Per Diem - Clinical Pharmacist

Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 117,000; Part time

Job summary

Boston Children's Hospital is seeking a Per Diem Pharmacist to support inpatient operations. You will interpret orders, ensure appropriate drug therapy, provide patient education, and maintain medication safety across shifts in a pediatric setting.

Strong collaboration with physicians, nurses, and pharmacy staff is essential. MA licensure is required; PharmD preferred, and hospital experience is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in pharmacy is required; PharmD preferred.
• Two to three years general pharmacy experience or one year pediatric experience; internship acceptable.
• Massachusetts pharmacist license or Massachusetts intern license required; licensure within 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and evaluate medication orders for appropriate drug and dosage; contact physician as needed.
• Review, fill and dispense physician orders.
• Check orders filled by staff and ensure correct labeling and preparation.
• Provide drug information as a subject matter expert and educate patients.
• Complete medication history documentation.
• Perform quality improvement activities.
• Supervise support personnel and ensure compliance with procedures.

Skills

Analytical skills

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 Per Diem pharmacist 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.