Clinical Pharmacist: Patient Care & Medication Safety

Atlantic Health System; Summit (NJ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlantic Health System in Summit, NJ seeks a Pharmacist to provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care across inpatient and outpatient settings, reviewing medication orders, monitoring outcomes, and offering clinical recommendations to the healthcare team.

You will collaborate with physicians and nurses, participate in quality and patient safety initiatives, and educate patients and staff while ensuring compliance with USP guidelines and institutional policies.

Qualifications

• Graduated from accredited school of pharmacy.
• Current NJ Board of Pharmacy license.
• Active registration with NJ Board of Pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Review patient profiles to assure safe and effective medication therapy
• Dispense medications and monitor drug safety based on current clinical and institutional guidelines, and patient-specific criteria
• Oversees technician practice/activities as per regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for mediation storage and documentation
• Actively participates in clinical services (e.g., stewardship, cost-effective, patient experience)
• Adheres to safety requirements in sterile and non-sterile medications and other hazardous agents (e.g., oncology) per USP 797/800, ASHP, NIOSH
• Communicates effectively with healthcare providers and caregivers and ensures continuity of pharmaceutical care between shifts
• Participates in training, education and mentoring of other pharmacists and technicians

Skills

Medication therapy management

Clinical pharmacology

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Patient education

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy

Job description

Atlantic Health System in Summit, NJ seeks a Pharmacist to provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care across inpatient and outpatient settings, reviewing medication orders, monitoring outcomes, and offering clinical recommendations to the healthcare team.

You will collaborate with physicians and nurses, participate in quality and patient safety initiatives, and educate patients and staff while ensuring compliance with USP guidelines and institutional policies.