Clinical Pharmacist

Corewell Health • Saint Joseph, MI

16h • Onsite

About The Position

Corewell Health Lakeland is a not-for-profit, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health, inspiring hope, and saving lives through compassionate care and wellness promotion. With three hospitals, an outpatient surgery center, long-term care, and hospice care across Southwest Michigan, Lakeland provides leading-edge medical services and highly specialized healthcare professionals. The system continues to invest in the community, as evidenced by a new facility in Niles, Michigan, offering a range of coordinated health services for families.

This Clinical Pharmacist role is integral to ensuring the safety and efficacy of medication use within the health system. The position involves educating patients and healthcare teams, participating in process improvement, and managing medication automation systems. Key responsibilities include interpreting medication orders, compounding and dispensing medications, evaluating patients, ordering and interpreting laboratory tests, and providing dosage recommendations to optimize therapeutic outcomes and patient safety. The role also requires supervising support personnel, engaging in continuous professional development, and ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and policies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited College of Pharmacy
• 2 years of relevant experience hospital pharmacy
• LIC-Clinical Pharmacist - STATE_MI State of Michigan 90 Days required
• LIC-Pharmacist Controlled Substance - STATE_MI State of Michigan 90 Days required
• CRT-Adv Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - AHA American Heart Association 180 Days required Or CRT-Pediatric Adv Life Support (PALS) - AHA American Heart Association 180 Days required Or CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - AHA American Heart Association 180 Days required Or CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - ARC American Red Cross 180 Days required
• All Pharmacists with Bachelor’s Degree or any experience may apply

Nice To Haves

• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accredited residency in Pharmacy Practice
• Ideal candidate will possess a PharmD Degree and either Inpatient experience or a PGY1 or PGY2 Residency

Responsibilities

• Maintains accountability for ensuring the safety and efficacy of medication use.
• Educates and acts as a consultant to patients/family and members of the health care team related to optimal drug therapy.
• Participates in process improvement activities and drug use evaluations.
• Works with multiple medication automation systems.
• Interprets and screens medication orders for appropriate agent, dose, route, allergies, and potential drug interactions.
• Safely compounds and dispenses medications for administration to patients.
• Evaluates patients, orders appropriate laboratory tests, and interprets serum drug levels utilizing pharmacokinetic principles.
• Provides prescribers with dosage regimen recommendations to optimize therapeutic outcomes, reduce patient risk, and monitor the costs associated with drug therapy.
• Provides appropriate supervision and direction within appropriate skill level to technicians, residents, interns, and other support personnel.
• Engages in continuous study of the entire professional field to maintain the professional competence, knowledge, and skills necessary for satisfactory performance of all assigned responsibilities.
• Completes required continuous training and education, including department and Corewell Health specific requirements on a timely basis.
• Provides education and counseling to patients/family/significant others/members of the health care team in order to optimize outcomes and appropriate use of medications.
• Ensures that services are provided in accordance with State and Federal regulations, organizational policy, and accreditation/compliance requirements.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals.
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv
• Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you, like restaurants, phone plans, spas, and more!
• Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level