Pharmacist - Inpatient

Akron Children's; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Akron Children's Hospital is seeking a Pharmacist to ensure safe, effective drug therapy for all patients in our Akron, OH campus. This full-time, on-site role offers a 40-hour week with a rotating schedule and every third weekend.

You will collaborate with physicians and nurses to resolve therapy questions, review orders for accuracy and safety, maintain required records, and support care that addresses the needs of pediatric patients.

Qualifications

• Education requires a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy; PharmD preferred.
• Current license by the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy is required.
• 5–7 years of relevant experience preferred.
• Driver's license and ability to obtain insurability as determined by the ACH carrier.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with physicians and nursing staff to resolve drug-therapy questions.
• Review new medication orders for completeness, allergies, dose reasonableness, and interactions.
• Maintain all required records including controlled substances.
• Provide care addressing physical, psychological, social, educational, and safety needs of pediatric patients.
• Other duties as required.

Skills

Pharmacy experience

Pediatrics preferred

JCAHO experience

Healthcare experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy

PharmD preferred

Tools

MS Office

Job description

$8,000 Sign-On Bonus (taxable) Available

Full-time, 40 hours/week Variable Shift, M-F and Every 3rd Weekend Rotation

Onsite Akron, OH

Summary

The Pharmacist ensures safe, effective, appropriate drug therapy for all patients.

Responsibilities

• Contacts and confers with physician and nursing staff in a manner that results in an effective outcome when drug therapy questions, irregularities, or problems are encountered; documentation of the resolution of any inappropriate orders is recorded.
• Reviews each new medication order against patient profile information for completeness, allergy conflicts, reasonableness of dose, duplicate drug therapy, and clinically significant drug reactions.
• Maintains all legally required and departmentally required records including controlled substances.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care for the physical, psychological, social, educational, and safety needs of the patients served regardless of age.
• Other duties as required.

Other Information

Technical Expertise

• Experience in pharmacy is required; or pediatrics is preferred.
• Experience in JCAHO accreditation is preferred.
• Experience working with all levels within an organization is required.
• Experience in healthcare is preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required.

Education and Experience

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy is required; PharmD degree is preferred.
• Certification: Current license by the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy is required.
• Years of relevant experience: 5 to 7 years is preferred.
• Years of experience supervising: None.
• Possesses a valid State driver's license and ability to obtain and maintain insurability as determined by the ACH insurance carrier's requirements.
• An annual physical is required to be completed with the Akron Children's Hospital Employee Health Department.

Full Time

FTE: 1.000000

Status: Onsite