Per Diem - Clinical Pharmacist

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Affordable health insurance

Vision and dental insurance

Tuition and certification reimburse

Job summary

Boston Children's Hospital is seeking a Per Diem Pharmacist to support inpatient operations. The role focuses on safe medication use, review of orders, and patient education within a high-volume pediatric hospital.

The position requires Massachusetts licensure (interns must license within 90 days) and 2–3 years of general pharmacy experience or 1 year in pediatrics. Experience with EPIC Willow and Beacon is highly preferred.

Qualifications

• Massachusetts pharmacist license or Massachusetts pharmacist intern license; intern must obtain licensure within 90 days of employment.
• 2-3 years general pharmacy experience or 1 year pediatric experience preferred.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret orders, ensure appropriate drug/dose, and identify adverse reactions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee controlled substances distribution and non-sterile compounding oversight.
• Review and interpret medication orders for appropriateness and communicate with physicians as needed.
• Review, fill, and dispense physician orders; verify labeling and accuracy.
• Provide drug information and patient education; document medication histories.
• Supervise support personnel and ensure work adheres to procedures and protocols.
• Participate in quality improvement activities and patient safety initiatives.

Skills

Controlled substances

Non-sterile compounding

Inventory management

Discharge prescriptions

Patient education

Education

Pharmacy degree

Doctorate in Pharmacy (preferred)

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.

The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.

Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.

• flexible schedules


• affordable health


• vision and dental insurance


• child care and student loan subsidies


• generous levels of time off


• 403(b) Retirement Savings plan


• Pension


• Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement


• cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes