Clinical Pharmacist

BJC HealthCare • St. Louis, MO

11d • Onsite

About The Position

Join our team at BJC HealthCare Home Care Infusion Pharmacy! We’ve recently moved into a brand-new, state-of-the-art compounding facility, designed to support innovation, quality, and growth across our system. If you’re eager to advance your pharmacy career in a collaborative and patient-focused environment, we’d love to hear from you. In this position you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across hospitals and physician practices; Provide clinical recommendations to support safe, effective, and personalized infusion therapies; Help ensure optimal patient outcomes through high-quality pharmaceutical care and more! Make the difference in patient care with our dynamic team! Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. On-Call Rotation: Weekend call every 3–4 weeks (based on staffing) Additional weekday call totaling an average of 2–4 days per month. BJC Home Care offers patients and their families a complete range of home care services, including skilled nursing services, adult and pediatric hospice and supportive care, rehabilitation therapy, home infusion therapy, infusion treatment rooms, home medical equipment and high-tech respiratory care. Specialty home care programs also are available, including adult and pediatric asthma, cardiac, diabetes, orthopedic and wound care programs. BJC Home Care provides care to thousands of patients in both Missouri and Illinois. Serving more than 25 counties, it has become the largest home care network in the region and one of the largest in the country. The Home Infusion Therapy Department of BJC Home Care Services works closely with physicians, patients and caregivers to enable patients to remain or return home while receiving intravenous medications. Our services include 24 hour on-call pharmacy and nursing services, comprehensive patient education materials, patient assessment and drug administration monitoring, and coordination of professional services including home care nursing and laboratory services.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy
• <2 years of experience
• No Supervisor Experience
• Medication Therapy Srvcs in MO
• RPh

Nice To Haves

• Doctorate in Pharmacy
• 2-5 years of experience

Responsibilities

• Assess, monitor, initiate and modify medication use according to patient condition and age specific criteria.
• Ensure prompt and accurate medication preparation and dispensing.
• Prevent, direct and resolve medication-related issues.
• Supervise and direct supportive personnel.
• Counsel and educate to promote optimal drug therapy.
• Direct and assist in the procurement, storage, distribution and disposal of medications.
• Directs and manages workflow including oversight of technicians, interns and volunteers ensuring the accuracy of their work in accordance with departmental procedures and Federal and State regulations.
• Participates in departmental meetings and on committees at the health service organization, as appropriate.
• Serves as medication therapy resource for activities such as drug information, training of staff, transitions of care and Medication Therapy Services.
• Evaluates medication orders for appropriateness with regard to patient condition, organ function and concomitant therapies to promote optimal patient outcomes. Documents all activities and communication as appropriate.
• Recognize opportunities and offer solutions to maximize efficiency and promote safety within the medication use process.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

What This Job Offers

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