Clinical Pharmacist, Inpatient Operations, every/other weekend

Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Part time

Job summary

Boston Children’s Hospital in Boston, MA is seeking an experienced Pharmacist to join the inpatient operations team on an every/other weekend shift. The role emphasizes safe medication distribution, order review, and collaboration with care teams to ensure optimal patient care.

The ideal candidate will hold Massachusetts pharmacist licensure, have 1–3 years of hospital experience (pediatric experience preferred), and familiarity with EPIC Willow and Beacon.

Qualifications

• Massachusetts pharmacist license or intern license; licensure within 90 days if intern.
• Inpatient hospital pharmacist experience preferred; pediatric experience encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Oversee controlled substances distribution and non-sterile compounding oversight.
• Review, fill and dispense physician orders; ensure accuracy and labeling.

Skills

Analytical skills

Drug information

Patient education

Education

Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy

Doctorate degree in pharmacy

Tools

EPIC Willow

Beacon

Job description

Position Summary

The mission of the Department of Pharmacy is to provide excellent and innovative pharmaceutical care to patients and the community through safe and collaborative practices, incorporating education, research, and technology. We are currently searching for an every/other weekend shift Pharmacist to join our inpatient operations team!

Key Responsibilities

• Controlled substances distribution, non-sterile compounding oversight, inventory functions oversight, discharge prescriptions, and hospital patient daily medication supply provision review.
• Interpreting and evaluating medication orders to ensure drug and dosage are appropriate for patient and to identify possible adverse reactions, contacting physician as needed.
• Reviewing, filling and dispense physician medication orders/prescriptions.
• Checking orders/prescriptions filled by support personnel, verifying products are correctly prepared and labeled.
• Providing drug information as a subject matter expert.
• Providing patient education.
• Completing medication history documentation.
• Performing quality improvement activities.
• Supervising support personnel within the assigned work area and ensuring products are prepared and distributed in accordance with established procedures, schedules and protocols.

Minimum Qualifications
Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, Doctorate degree in pharmacy preferred.

Experience:

• Up to one year of post degree course work and/or an internship and: two to three years general pharmacy experience, or one year directly related‑ pediatric experience.
• Inpatient hospital pharmacist experience highly preferred.
• Analytical skills to collect information from diverse sources, apply professional principles in performing various analyses, and summarize the information and data to solve problems OR design relatively complex systems and programs.
• Experience with EPIC Willow and Beacon highly preferred.
• Analytical skills to collect information from diverse sources, and summarize the information and data to solve problems or design relatively complex systems and programs.

Licensure/Certification:

• Massachusetts pharmacist license, or Massachusetts pharmacy intern license is required; Massachusetts pharmacist intern license holders must obtain pharmacist licensure within the first 90 days of employment.

This is an every-other-weekend position, shift flexibility ideal.
This position is not benefits eligible.