On-Call Hospital Pharmacist — Bilingual & Patient-Centric

Cardinal Health; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardinal Health is seeking a hospital pharmacist to support health system operations, review orders, and provide clinical consultation to physicians and nurses. The role requires a Puerto Rico license, and on-call weekend coverage may be necessary.

The candidate should have a pharmacy degree, be bilingual in English and Spanish, and bring hospital pharmacy experience. The position emphasizes accuracy, policy compliance, and patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in pharmacy is required.
• PR Active License and Register is required.
• A minimum of 2+ years of experience in Hospital Pharmacy is preferred.
• Fully bilingual English and Spanish oral and written is required.
• Position is On Call, to cover employees licenses and/or weekends as needed.

Responsibilities

• Review medical orders, promote use hospital protocols and politics.
• Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
• Supervise pharmacy technicians.
• Ensuring adequate staffing is present to fulfill the needs of the pharmacy.
• Maintaining accurate records of all prescription medication received and dispensed.
• Ensure policies are in place regarding accurate dispensing and labeling of prescriptions and those policies are followed.
• Provide clinical consultations to physicians, nurses and staff of the Pharmacy in relation to doubts of the therapy that involve optimizing the patient's pharmacological therapy as well as offering appropriate and cost-effective therapeutic alternatives, as requested.
• Develop, implement and maintain a system of documentation of pharmaceutical interventions in the pharmacy system of the Hospital with the purpose of recording any intervention carried out and maintaining statistics of these.
• Comply and execute infection control practices, including the use of gowns, and hand washing, among other practices defined in the institution and the established policies.
• Maintain the level of competence required by the institution and the Board of Pharmacy of Puerto Rico or any regulatory body, through the participation and development of educational programs.

Skills

People skills

Attention to detail

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Bachelor's degree in pharmacy

Job description

Cardinal Health is seeking a hospital pharmacist to support health system operations, review orders, and provide clinical consultation to physicians and nurses. The role requires a Puerto Rico license, and on-call weekend coverage may be necessary.

The candidate should have a pharmacy degree, be bilingual in English and Spanish, and bring hospital pharmacy experience. The position emphasizes accuracy, policy compliance, and patient-centered care.