Staff Clinical Pharmacist Mn, Full-Time Nights (Pediatric)

UChicago Medicine; Illinois; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

UChicago Medicine is hiring a Staff Clinical Pharmacist for the Inpatient Pharmacy to ensure safe and effective medication therapy across adult and pediatric units. The role supports centralized and decentralized systems and collaborates with physicians to optimize patient care.

Responsibilities include supervising technicians, ensuring accurate orders, monitoring drug utilization, and documenting interventions.

Qualifications

• ACPE-accredited pharmacy education required.
• DOPharmacy or PharmD degree; licensure eligible in Illinois within 60 days of employment.
• Completion of ASHP PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency.
• 2-4 years clinical hospital pharmacy experience preferred (required if no PGY-1).
• Board certification preferred in area of expertise.

Responsibilities

• Verify medication orders for accuracy, dosing, safety, and interactions.
• Supervise pharmacy technicians and coordinate medication preparation and delivery.
• Ensure appropriate drug utilization and IV to PO conversions.
• Document clinical interventions to prevent drug-related problems and optimize therapy.
• Collaborate with physicians to adjust therapy and provide drug information.
• Assist in training new staff; work across adult and pediatric inpatient settings.

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy

Illinois PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency

Bachelor of Pharmacy

Clinical pharmacy experience (2-4 years)

Illinois licensure eligibility within 60 days

Job description

Job Description

Join one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic medical centers, University of Chicago Medicine, in the role of Staff Clinical Pharmacist with the Inpatient Pharmacy. This opportunity allows for growth and collaboration, while supporting a team that is dedicated to enhancing lives and being on the forefront of all we do.

Staff Clinical Pharmacist are registered pharmacists who assume responsibility and accountability for the provision of safe, effective, and prompt medication therapy. Through various assignments within the department, they provide support of centralized and decentralized medication-use systems as well as deliver optimal medication therapy to patients with a broad range of disease states. Clinical Pharmacists adeptly function in pharmacy operational areas, including but not limited to central dispensing pharmacies, satellite dispensing pharmacies, and specialty pharmacy areas.

Essential Job Functions

• Ensure the accuracy and appropriateness of all medication orders by evaluating drug selection, dose, frequency, safety, dosage form, allergies, drug interactions, and disease state interactions prior to dispensing of medications.
• Supervises pharmacy technicians working under their direction to provide the following and assure the completion of:*
  • Preparation of first and missing doses
  • Order Entry
  • Delivery of STAT medications as necessary
  • IV Therapy coordination
• Ensure proper drug utilization by monitoring compliance with drug use criteria, clinical pathways, and IV to PO conversion
• Document clinical interventions which prevent or eliminate drug-related problems (i.e. Adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, etc.) or promote cost-effective drug therapy.
• Clarify and solve problems concerning medication orders with prescribing physicians, suggest alternative medication therapies to physicians when appropriate, serve as a source of information for Investigational drug information for health professionals, identify and report adverse drug reactions.
• Assist in the orientation and training of new personnel.
• Staff in both adult and pediatric inpatient hospital pharmacies

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy
• Doctor of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Pharmacy
• Eligible for licensure as a pharmacist in the state of Illinois (complete licensure process within 60 days of employment)
• Completion of an ASHP accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency
• Clinical pharmacy experience (2-4 years) in a hospital setting preferred (required if no PGY-1 residency)
• Exceptional aptitude or knowledge may be considered in lieu of experience. Extensive clinical experience and development may be considered in lieu of formal training

Preferred Qualifications

• Board Certification in area of expertise
• Experience in Pediatrics

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: Full-time/1.00FTE
• Shift: Overnight; 7 on/7 off
• Unit/Department: Inpatient
• CBA Code: Non-Union

About Us

We've been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment... with patients and with each other. We're in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you'd like to add enriching human life to your profile, UChicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, we're doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.

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UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.

As a condition of employment, all employees are required to complete a pre-employment physical, background check, drug screening, and comply with the flu vaccination requirements prior to hire. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered for flu vaccination consistent with applicable law.

Compensation & Benefits Overview

UChicago Medicine is committed to transparency in compensation and benefits. The pay range provided reflects the anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position.

The pay range is based on a full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) and is reflective of current market data, reviewed on an annual basis. Compensation offered at the time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience and organizational considerations, such as internal equity. Pay ranges for employees subject to Collective Bargaining Agreements are negotiated by the medical center and their respective union.

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