Clinical Pharmacist - Per Diem

Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Health insurance

Vision and dental insurance

Retirement plan (403(b)

Employee discounts

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Boston Children's Hospital seeks a Per Diem Pharmacist to join the onsite retail pharmacy team in Boston, MA. The role involves interpreting medication orders, dispensing prescriptions, and providing drug information to patients and staff.

The candidate should hold a Massachusetts pharmacist license (or intern license with license to be obtained within 90 days) and have 2–3 years of hospital pharmacy experience; pediatric hospital retail experience is highly preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in pharmacy; Doctorate preferred.
• Massachusetts pharmacist license required; must obtain within 90 days.
• 2–3 years general pharmacy experience; hospital retail pediatric experience preferred.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and evaluate medication orders for appropriateness and safety.
• Review, fill and dispense physician orders.
• Check orders filled by support personnel for accuracy.
• Provide drug information as a subject matter expert.
• Educate patients about medications.
• Complete medication history documentation.
• Participate in quality improvement activities.
• Supervise support personnel and ensure procedures are followed.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy

Doctorate in Pharmacy preferred

Job description

Position Summary/Department 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 Per Diem Pharmacist to work in our onsite retail pharmacy.

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 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 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 postdegree course work and/or an internship and/or: two to three years general pharmacy experience.
• Massachusetts pharmacist license, or Massachusetts pharmacy intern license is required; Massachusetts pharmacist license must be obtained within the first 90 days of employment.
• Previous hospital-based retail pharmacy pediatric 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.
• Communication skills to effectively deal with conflicting views or issues and mediate fair solutions or welldeveloped writing skills.

Licensure/Certifications

• Massachusetts pharmacist license

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, employee discounts and discounted commuter benefits at certain locations. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.