Clinical Pharmacist - Pharmacy (Full-Time, 40, Rotating)

Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc.; Aiea (HI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Queen's Medical Center in Hawaii seeks a clinical pharmacist to deliver comprehensive pharmaceutical care to newborns through geriatrics. The role emphasizes clinical services, education, and collaboration with the medical team.

Responsibilities include rounding with the care team, optimizing therapy, counseling patients, and ensuring safe, effective medication use in a fast-paced hospital environment.

Qualifications

• Current Hawaii State license as a Pharmacist.
• Doctor of Pharmacy degree preferred.
• Post-graduate clinical residency preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacist services for patients across all ages.
• Implement and maintain educational and informational pharmacy services.
• Support distribution functions while collaborating with health-care teams.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Hospital rounding

Patient counseling

Pharmacokinetics

Education

PharmD

Hawaii State Pharmacist License

Residency preferred

Job description

Responsibilities

I. JOB SUMMARY/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implements, maintains and provides clinical pharmacist services including: clinical, educational, informational and distributional functions for newborn, infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients of The Queen's Medical Center (QMC).

II. TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Standing, sitting, stooping, bending, walking, finger dexterity, seeing, hearing, speaking.
• Frequent: pushing/pulling usual weight of up to 40 pounds of force, lifting or carrying up to 30 pounds, reaching above, at and below shoulder level, frequent gripping of an object.
• Continuous: repetitive arm/hand motions.
• Occasional: kneeling, crawling, climbing stairs, walking on uneven ground, squatting, static gripping of an object for prolonged periods, pushing/pulling up to maximum 50 pounds.
• Operate pagers, computers, printers, typewriters, telephones, fax machines, dispensers, laminar flow hoods, TPN compounding machines and other pharmaceutical and office equipment.

III. TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Not substantially subject to adverse environmental conditions.
• Subjected to noise/vibration from air conditioner, printers, time stamp machines, pneumatic tubes, telephone, etc.
• Exposure to body fluids, chemicals, some contact with patients with communicable diseases.
• May be required to work with hazardous drugs, depending upon area of assignment.
• Work environment is fast paced, congested and may be stressful due to workload.
• Interacts with patients, nurses, physicians and the general public.
• Works on multiple tasks at the same time.

IV. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A. EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:

• Current Hawaii State license as a Pharmacist.
• Doctor of Pharmacy degree preferred.
• Post-graduate clinical residency accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists preferred.

B. EXPERIENCE:

• Clinical hospital pharmacist experience preferred. Preferably with experience in rounding with a medical team, monitoring of patient drug therapy, pharmacokinetic dosing and patient counseling and education.
• Experience in unit dose and IV services preferred.
• Ability to communicate professional expertise to all levels of the health care team.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Vet

Your Health. Our Legacy

Our Mission:

To fulfill the intent of Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV to provide in perpetuity quality health care services to improve the well-being of Native Hawaiians and all of the people of Hawai'i.

Our Values:

• Compassion guides our actions
• Aloha inspires us in all that we do
• Respect and understanding are essential for the dignity of all
• Excellence is our quest