Pharmacist I - Sharp Memorial Hospital - Variable Shift - Full Time

sharp; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare in San Diego seeks a Pharmacist to deliver comprehensive pharmaceutical care and verify medication orders within inpatient settings. The role emphasizes clinical knowledge, dose accuracy and patient education at the point of care.

Required qualifications include California Pharmacist License, ACLS, and BLS certifications. Hospital pharmacy experience is preferred, with PGY1 completion considered an asset. This is an on-site position with hospital-based work hours.

Qualifications

• CA Pharmacist License is required by the CA State Board of Pharmacy.
• ACLS Certification is required by the American Heart Association.
• AHA BLS for Healthcare Professionals is required by the American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

• Verification and review of medication orders.
• Reviews all medication orders for dose, duration, frequency, dosage form and indication.
• Monitors therapy for potential or actual drug interactions.
• Compliance with inpatient drug formulary.
• Provides counseling to patients on medication use.
• Assesses patient understanding of medication regimen and provides education.
• Discharge counseling and education on medications.
• Medication Therapy Monitoring and protocol-based adjustments.
• Daily profile review including age, renal/hepatic function and labs.
• Communicates with nurses and physicians about therapeutic issues.
• Documents interventions and multidisciplinary communications.

Education

CA Pharmacist License - CA State Board of Pharmacy - REQUIRED

ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - REQUIRED

AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (BLS) - REQUIRED

Job description

Hours

Shift Start Time:

Variable Shift End Time:

Variable

AWS Hours Requirement

10/40 - 10 Hour Shift

Weekend Requirements

Every Other

On-Call Required

No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum)

$72.290 - $93.280 - $104.470

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant's years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

What You Will Do

To provide the professional, clinical and technical knowledge, skills and expertise required for the provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care that supports the mission, values and philosophy of Pharmacy Services and Sharp HealthCare.

Required Qualifications

Other : Education pursuant to licensure requirement.

• California Pharmacist License - CA State Board of Pharmacy -REQUIRED
• ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 Year experience in hospital pharmacy practice.
• 1 Year completion of PGY1 Pharmacy Residency.

Other Qualification Requirements

AHA BLS and ACLS are required within 90 days of hire.

Essential Functions

Verification and review of medication orders

Reviews all medication orders for appropriate dose, duration, frequency, dosage form and indication.

Monitors therapy for potential or actual drug interactions (e.g., drug‑drug, drug‑disease, drug‑allergy, etc.)

Compliance with inpatient drug formulary.

If applicable, provides counseling to patients on medication use consistent with professional standards.

Assesses patient understanding of medication regimen and provides education tailored to the patient through the following modalities:

• First dose teaching
• Food-drug interaction counseling
• Discharge counseling
• Medication classes
• Compliance aids

At sites where pharmacists or technicians are involved in medication reconciliation, participates in admission and discharge reconciliation, including documentation of activities as needed.

Medication Therapy Monitoring

Ensures that drug regimen is consistent with all Sharp medication use guidelines and policies (or other evidence‑based guidelines in the absence of Sharp‑specific guidelines) which includes but is not limited to antimicrobial use guidelines, intravenous to oral, renal dosing, and serum drug concentration protocols.

Adjusts regimens based on approved protocols and consultation with the interdisciplinary team.

Completion of a daily profile review for each patient consisting of the following elements:

• Age, sex, height, weight, and renal/hepatic function
• Pregnancy and lactation status
• Appropriateness of the dose, route, rate, timing and frequency of administration, indication, and therapeutic duplication of all medications
• Available laboratory values and microbiology results
• Appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy regimens which may include anticipated/planned stopped dates.
• Potential drug‑drug, disease‑drug, food‑drug interactions, or contraindications.
• Adherence with Sharp Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee approved medication use guidelines/protocols.
• Targeted or therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacokinetics, and adjustment of drug regimens if necessary.
• Review documented adverse drug reactions/allergies and report new occurrences.
• Review for disease progression and resolution of symptoms (e.g., pain).
• Communication of necessary information to pertinent health care providers, patients, caregivers, and encourage health promotion and prevention.
• Assesses the patient's progression to achieving desired medication treatment goals.

At applicable entities, demonstrates knowledge and competency of chemotherapy dosing, monitoring, and established guidelines.

Clinical Intervention Program

Qualitative participation in clinical intervention program through consistent issue identification, provision of reliable best practice/literature‑based recommendations, follow‑through with prescribers and other clinicians.

Quantitative work, measured by the completion and documentation of interventions consistent with the average established for each pharmacy department/shift.

Communicates with nurses and physicians in a timely manner about therapeutic issues or problems. Follows up on formulary compliance issues and/or communicates issues to management.

Documents interventions, patient contact, and multidisciplinary communication consistent with Sharp policies and procedures.

Addresses patient specific drug information questions and documents requests promptly and professionally.

Pharmacy Operations

Medications are prepared and dispensed accurately and in a timely