Inpatient Hospital Pharmacist (Evening) – Sign-On Bonus

Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Full benefits

Job summary

Boston Children's Hospital is seeking a 40-hour pharmacist for the evening shift to support inpatient operations. The role includes reviewing orders, dispensing medications, and ensuring dosing accuracy, while providing drug information and patient education.

Experience in hospital pharmacy and EPIC Willow/Beacon is highly preferred. Candidates should hold a Massachusetts pharmacist license (intern license acceptable with licensure within 90 days) and may have pediatric experience.

Qualifications

• Analytical skills to evaluate medication orders and ensure safe dosing.
• Ability to interpret orders, identify adverse reactions, and communicate with physicians.
• Experience or interest in hospital pharmacy operations and EPIC Willow/Beacon systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee controlled substances distribution and non-sterile compounding oversight.
• Review, fill and dispense physician orders; verify accuracy and labeling.
• Provide drug information and patient education; complete medication history.
• Supervise support personnel and ensure adherence to procedures and protocols.
• Participate in quality improvement activities.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy

Doctorate degree in pharmacy

Tools

EPIC Willow

Beacon

Job description

Position 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 a 40-hour pharmacist, evening shift, to provide coverage in our inpatient operations area.

Key Responsibilities

• Controlled substances distribution, non-sterile compounding oversight, inventory functions oversight, discharge prescriptions, and hospital patient daily medication supply provision review.
• 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 the 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 post degree course work and/or an internship and: two to three years general pharmacy experience, or one year directly related‑ pediatric experience.
• 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.
• Hospital pharmacist experience preferred
• Experience with EPIC Willow and Beacon highly preferred
• Analytical skills to collect information from diverse sources, and summarize the information and data to solve problems or design relatively complex systems and programs

Licensure/Certification:

• Massachusetts pharmacist license, or Massachusetts pharmacy intern license is required; Massachusetts pharmacist intern license holders must obtain pharmacist licensure within the first 90 days of employment.

$10,000 Sign On Bonus

This position is eligible for full-time benefits