Clinical Pharmacist, Oncology

Boston Children's Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Health insurance

403(b) Retirement Savings plan

Tuition and Certification Reimbursment

Job summary

Boston Children's Hospital is seeking an experienced pharmacist with oncology experience to join our team. The role involves interpreting and evaluating medication orders for safety, reviewing and dispensing prescriptions, and providing drug information to clinicians and patients.

Applicants should have a PharmD (or equivalent) with licensure in Massachusetts, 3–4 years of hospital pharmacy experience, and strong analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in pharmacy required; Doctorate in Pharmacy preferred.
• Three to four years pharmacy experience preferred; hospital oncology experience highly preferred.
• Current license and registration by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy.
• Analytical skills to synthesize information and design complex systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and evaluate medication orders to ensure appropriateness and identify potential adverse reactions, contacting physicians as needed.
• Review, fill and dispense physician medication orders/prescriptions.
• Check orders filled by staff, verify correct preparation and labeling.
• Provide drug information as subject matter expert and educate patients.
• Complete medication history documentation and participate in quality improvement activities.
• Supervise staff to ensure compliance with procedures and schedules.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in pharmacy

Doctorate degree in Pharmacy

Job description

Position Summary

We are currently seeing an experienced pharmacist with oncology experience to join our team!

Key Responsibilities

• 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 dispensing 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 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

• Three to four years of previous Pharmacist experience preferred, previous hospital-based oncology pharmacy experience highly preferred.
• Current license and registration by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy.
• 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.
• Communication skills to effectively deal with conflicting views or issues and mediate fair solutions and well‑developed writing skills.

Licensure

• Current license and registration by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy.

Schedule

M-F 8‑hour shift. Primarily days with rotating every fourth weekend.

The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good‑faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.

Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job‑related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell‑phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T‑passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.