Clinical Staff Pharmacist

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Corbin (KY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Pet insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Bereavement leave

PTO buyback

Leave sharing

Employee support fund

401k match

ID theft protection

Paid time off on hire

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a Pharmacist I for a part-time, first-shift role in Corbin, KY. The hospital pharmacy operates 24/7, uses automated dispensing and barcoding, and collaborates with clinical teams to optimize patient therapy.

The role involves specialty medication counseling, MTM activities, and coordination with care teams to ensure safe, effective treatment outcomes. License and degree requirements apply.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy.
• Kentucky Board of Pharmacy license in good standing.
• 1-3 years related work experience or completion of ASHP accredited pharmacy residency program preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary point of contact with patients related to specialty medication needs and provide empathetic counseling.
• Enroll specialty pharmacy patients into medication management programs by assisting recruitment in clinic.
• Provide initial clinical medication counseling and regular patient reassessments via in-person, telephonic, or video encounters.
• Perform medication therapy management and coordinate medication adjustments to optimize regimens and outcomes.
• Coordinate drug distribution in accordance with scope of practice, policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with providers and clinical staff to integrate pharmacy services and coordinate care for eligible patients.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy

Job description

Summary Job Description

Pharmacist I Part‑Time I First Shift Hospital Pharmacy I Corbin, KY The pharmacy department works to achieve optimal medication use and patient outcomes in a collaborative, patient-focused environment. Pharmacy is responsible for the storage, preparation (including sterile compounding), distribution, and dispensing of medications 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Pharmacy utilizes automated dispensing cabinets and barcoding to enhance patient safety and operational efficiency. Inpatient pharmacy clinical services involve pharmacists working directly with healthcare teams to optimize patient drug therapy by providing drug information and therapeutic monitoring.

Description

Serves as a primary point of contact with patients related to specialty medication needs and demonstrates empathy and compassion to patients and caregivers. Enrolls specialty pharmacy patients into medication management programs by assisting with recruitment of patients in clinic. Provides initial clinical medication counseling and regular patient reassessments via in person, telephonic, or video encounters to ensure appropriateness of specialty therapy and ongoing therapy management. Performs medication therapy management, which may include coordinating medication adjustments to optimize patient medication regimens and improve clinical outcomes. Refers appropriate patients to financial counseling for copay assistance through manufacturers or charity programs. Communicates with patients and families about the benefits of filling their prescriptions with Baptist Health. Coordinates drug distribution in accordance with scope of practice, policies and procedures, gender and age of patient served. Collaborate with providers and clinical staff to integrate pharmacy services and coordinate care with eligible patients. Communicates with physicians and other clinicians as necessary to facilitate exemplary service for new and existing Baptist Health specialty pharmacy patients. Provides limited/indirect supervision for Specialty Pharmacy Care Coordinators and timely response to clinical escalations. Maintain pharmacy onsite clinic services, operational policies and procedures, clinical pharmacy workflows and practice expectations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy. Kentucky Board of Pharmacy license in good standing as applicable to practice site. 1-3 years related work experience or completion of ASHP accredited pharmacy residency program preferred.

Benefits

• Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• PTO Sell Back Program
• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
• Retirement with Company Match
• Identity Theft Protection
• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410‑bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40‑bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug‑free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre‑employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll‑free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.