Part-Time Pharmacist- Day/Evening Shift

10 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is seeking a licensed pediatric hospital pharmacist to ensure safe and effective medication therapy. You will review orders, dispense medications, and provide clinical education to healthcare professionals, patients, and families while ensuring compliance with state and federal laws.

Required PharmD degree from an accredited school, Georgia license or eligibility, and BLS within 30 days.

Qualifications

• PharmD degree from an accredited school.
• Georgia licensed pharmacist or eligibility.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of employment.

Responsibilities

• Reviews, processes, and dispenses all physician medication and IV orders, ensuring appropriate dosage by age/weight/diagnosis.
• Interacts and collaborates with healthcare providers to ensure safe, cost-effective drug therapy.
• Serves as a preceptor to new employees and residents; maintains professional competence.

Skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Patient communication

Education

PharmD or equivalent

Job description

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Work Shift Variable Work Day(s) Variable Shift Start Time Variable Shift End Time Variable Worker Sub-Type Regular

Job Description

Ensures safe, efficacious, rational, and cost-effective patient medication therapy by influencing physicians' use of resources and monitoring drug effectiveness. Develops and improves integrated clinical and distributive pharmaceutical services. Reviews physician orders, coordinates dispensing of medications, and provides clinical and educational services to other healthcare professionals and pediatric patients and their families in compliance with state and federal laws. Proactively supports efforts that ensure delivery of safe patient care and services and promote a safe environment at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Experience

1 year of experience in a hospital pharmacy

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in a pediatric hospital pharmacy

Education

PharmD (or equivalent experience) and graduation from an accredited pharmacy school

Certification Summary

Georgia licensed pharmacist or eligible Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of employment

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Demonstrated use of problem identifying and solving skills. Ability to work effectively with multiple groups of healthcare professionals and communicate effectively with patients and parents/caregivers

Job Responsibilities

Reviews, processes, and dispenses all physician medication and intravenous solution orders, ensuring appropriateness of dosage and use based on patient age, weight, and diagnosis. Interacts and participates with team members and other healthcare providers for the provision of safe and cost-effective drug therapy for assigned patient care teams. Provides drug information to healthcare professionals. Ensures rational medication use and continuous performance improvement throughout the healthcare system. Supervises area(s) when in charge. Serves as a preceptor to new employees and pharmacy practice residents/students. Maintains individual competence and develops professional practice management skills. Performs other responsibilities as required. Demonstrates competencies that incorporate age-specific guidelines, including N = Neonate (less than 30 days), I = Infant (30 days to 1 year), EC = Early Childhood (1-5 years), LC = Late Childhood (5-13 years), A = Adolescent (13-17 years), AD = Adult, and ALL = all ages.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic covered by applicable law.

Primary Location Address

1001 Johnson Ferry Rd

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Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has been 100 percent committed to kids for more than 100 years. A not-for-profit organization, Children’s is dedicated to making kids better today and healthier tomorrow. With 3 hospitals, 20 neighborhood locations and a total of 673 beds, Children’s is the largest healthcare provider for children in Georgia and one of the largest pediatric clinical care providers in the country. Children’s offers access to more than 60 pediatric specialties and programs and is ranked among the top children’s hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report. Children’s has been recognized as a Fortune 100 Best Place to Work, a Best Place for Working Mothers, and as a top employer for diversity and millennials. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefit package that supports our mission, vision and values. We are proud to offer an array of programs and services to our employees that have distinguished us as a best place to work in the country.

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