Inpatient Clinical Pharmacist: Patient-Centered Therapy Lead

Advocate Aurora Health; Berwyn (IL); On-site; USD 76,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health seeks a pharmacist to join the Illinois Masonic Medical Center Pharmacy team. The role entails rotating central and decentralized clinical shifts, with day and evening schedules and weekend rotation. Residency or hospital experience is preferred, and the position is full-time.

Responsibilities include overseeing medication therapy, counseling patients and caregivers, and ensuring safe medication use. Licensure in state, immunization certification, and credentialing are required.

Qualifications

• Licensed in the state(s) of practice or eligible for reciprocity
• Immunization and non-vaccine injectable certification required
• Credentialing and privileging required

Responsibilities

• Oversees pharmaceutical care, including retrieving and evaluating biomedical literature and designing medication therapy regimens
• Uses effective patient education techniques to provide counseling to patients and caregivers, including information on medication therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, handling, and medication administration
• Designs, recommends, monitors, and evaluates patient specific pharmacotherapeutic regimens based on relevant biomedical literature. Implements recommendations effectively and utilizes policies and procedures and documents in the appropriate format

Skills

Computer skills

Communication skills

Team building

Conflict resolution

Life support training

Education

Pharmacy degree (ACPE-accredited)

FPGEC NABP

Job description

Advocate Health seeks a pharmacist to join the Illinois Masonic Medical Center Pharmacy team. The role entails rotating central and decentralized clinical shifts, with day and evening schedules and weekend rotation. Residency or hospital experience is preferred, and the position is full-time.

Responsibilities include overseeing medication therapy, counseling patients and caregivers, and ensuring safe medication use. Licensure in state, immunization certification, and credentialing are required.