Pharmacist - Inpatient

Akron Children’s Hospital; Akron, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Akron Children's Hospital is seeking a Pharmacist to ensure safe and effective drug therapy for all patients. The role is full-time onsite in Akron, OH with a $8,000 sign-on bonus and a 40-hour week.

Responsibilities include consulting with physicians and nursing staff, reviewing orders for safety and accuracy, maintaining required records, and supporting patient care across age groups. Pharmacists with pediatric experience and Ohio licensure are preferred.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy required; PharmD preferred.
• License: Ohio State Board of Pharmacy license required.
• Experience: 5–7 years preferred; pediatrics experience encouraged.
• Certifications: JCAHO accreditation experience preferred.
• Experience: supervising none.

Responsibilities

• Consult with physicians and nursing staff to resolve therapy questions; document resolutions.
• Review new medication orders for completeness, allergies, dosing reasonableness, duplicates, and reactions.
• Maintain all required records including controlled substances.
• Provide care considering patients' physical, psychological, social, educational, and safety needs.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Pharmacy experience

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Patient safety focus

Documentation accuracy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy

PharmD degree

Ohio State Board of Pharmacy license

Tools

MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)

Job description

$8,000Sign-On Bonus(taxable)Available
Full-time, 40 hours/weekVariable Shift, M-F and Every 3rd Weekend Rotation
Onsite Akron, OH

Summary:

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

Responsibilities:

• 1. 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.
• 2. Reviews each new medication order against patient profile information for completeness, allergy conflicts, reasonableness of dose, duplicate drug therapy, and clinically significant drug reactions.
• 3. Maintains all legally required and departmentally required records including controlled substances.
• 4. 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.
• 5. Other duties as required.

Other information:

Technical Expertise

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

Education and Experience

• 1. Education: Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy is required; PharmD degree is preferred.
• 2. Certification: Current license by the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy is required.
• 3. Years of relevant experience: 5 to 7 years is preferred.
• 4. Years of experience supervising: None.

• Possesses a valid Statedriver'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