Clinical Pharmacist II 7 on 7 off Night Shift - 35 hours/week

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Boston, MA

19d

About The Position

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to join its overnight pharmacy team. The position supports safe and effective medication use through medication order verification, clinical review, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary care team. Pharmacists practice at the top of their license while supporting patient safety and operational excellence across patient care areas. The schedule is seven nights on followed by seven nights off, at 35 hours per week, with potential flexibility to rotate into day or evening shifts based on departmental needs. The pharmacist initiates and ensures the quality of pharmacy and drug distribution services in patient care areas, and assumes responsibility for medication distribution, IV admixtures, and the safety and efficacy of prescribed drug therapy in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Qualified candidates are eligible for a sign-on bonus. The role also includes participation in department initiatives, process and quality improvement, clinical guideline development, onboarding and training, and precepting pharmacy students or residents. The position requires competency to provide patient care across neonatal, youth, young adult, middle-aged, and elderly age groups. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires staff to be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.

Requirements

PGY-1 residency or 1–3 years of relevant hospital experience.
Maintain pharmacist certification and credentials in accordance with the Board of Registration and comply with institutional policies and procedures.
Meet age-based competency requirements for patient care involving neonatal, youth, young adult, middle-aged, and elderly patients.
Beth Israel Lahey Health requires staff to be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

Ability to make decisions guided by precedents, policies, and objectives, including recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area.
Ability to address highly varied, complex, and often non-recurring problems using staff input, innovative and creative approaches, and Lean diagnostic techniques.
Ability to set goals and determine how to achieve defined results with some guidelines and broad managerial direction.
Ability to summarize and communicate moderately complex information in English in varied written formats.
Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families, and external customers.
In-depth knowledge of concepts, practices, and policies, with the ability to apply them in complex and varied situations.
Ability to collaborate in small teams, improve immediate work-group operations, offer ideas, identify issues, and respect team members.
Ability to provide high-level customer service and staff training, meet unit service standards, and resolve service issues respectfully and promptly.

Responsibilities

Practice in accordance with applicable state and federal laws, rules, and regulations; maintain required certification and credentials and follow institutional policies and procedures.
Review and verify medication orders using patient-specific information, including diagnosis, weight or body surface area, age, allergies, organ function, laboratory values, medication duplication, and drug interactions.
Clarify inappropriate, incomplete, or unclear medication orders with prescribers in a timely manner.
Document and communicate pertinent information and discussions with the healthcare team and pharmacy staff to ensure continuity of care.
Provide drug information to physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
Check and verify sterile and non-sterile medications.
Supervise students, technicians, and residents within the pharmacist’s area of practice.
Promote patient safety by submitting medication-related events and near misses.
Complete daily pharmacy surveillance monitoring, follow-up, documentation, patient care initiatives, and relevant reports.
Collaborate with pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and other pharmacy personnel, while promoting respect and teamwork.
Participate in onboarding and training new hires, and precept pharmacy students and/or residents in core clinical rotations or learning experiences.
Participate in departmental initiatives, including formulary stewardship, medication request presentations to the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, policy and procedure development and maintenance, workflow assessments, and development of departmental tools and resources.
Support departmental workgroups to improve processes and quality outcomes.
Support the development and revision of departmental clinical guidelines.
Perform other duties as assigned.