Clinical Pharmacist - Inpatient Abdominal Transplant MGH

Mass General Brigham • Boston, MA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Massachusetts General Hospital is seeking an Inpatient Abdominal Transplant Clinical Pharmacist to provide safe, effective, and prompt medication therapy for abdominal transplant patients and serve as a pharmacotherapy expert to the interdisciplinary transplant team. The pharmacist reviews transplant pharmacotherapy during interdisciplinary rounds; provides direct, patient-centered care and integrated pharmacy operational services; and collaborates with physicians, nurses, pharmacy colleagues, and other hospital personnel to optimize medication therapy.

The position includes assessing patient needs, accounting for age- and disease-specific characteristics in drug therapy and education, adjusting care based on patient response, and identifying, mitigating, and preventing medication-related adverse events. The pharmacist contributes to protocols and guidelines, quality improvement and research projects, and regulatory-compliance initiatives. They provide education and training to patients and healthcare professionals, serve as a resource and liaison for the Pharmacy and Transplant Departments, and precept pharmacy residents and Doctor of Pharmacy students. The position works relatively independently and participates in departmental quality improvement and professional training activities.

This is a regular, 40-hour-per-week, onsite position on the day shift at 55 Fruit Street. The posting lists an annual pay range of $127,000 to $169,079.04 and separately describes a $10,000 sign-on bonus subject to a 12-month work commitment and repayment terms.

Requirements

• Must be eligible for licensure to practice pharmacy in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Pharmacist state license is required.
• Must complete 20 continuing education credits per year to maintain licensure.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge and ability in department areas including IV admixtures, drug information, ambulatory care, manufacturing, and drug distribution.
• Demonstrate attention to detail.
• Know principles of growth and development across the lifespan, from neonates and adolescents to adults and geriatric patients.
• Be able to assess patient data relative to age-specific needs.
• Provide care as described in department policies and procedures.
• Be able to work relatively independently.
• Be familiar with pharmacy practice settings, legal requirements and limitations, prescription information and calculations, drug identification and generic equivalents, drug manufacturing, packaging and labeling information, and proper drug handling and storage practices.

Nice To Haves

• Board certification by examination or equivalent certification in the relevant specialty is preferred; certification is required within 18 months of hiring.
• Completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY1 and PGY2 Internal Medicine or Transplant Pharmacy Residency or Fellowship, or equivalent experience, is preferred.
• Two to three years of experience working as a pharmacist is preferred.
• Massachusetts Controlled Substances Registration (MCSR) is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assume responsibility and accountability for providing safe, effective, and prompt medication therapy.
• Cover abdominal transplant patients and serve as a pharmacotherapy expert to the interdisciplinary transplant team.
• Review transplant pharmacotherapy during interdisciplinary rounds.
• Provide direct patient-centered care and integrated pharmacy operational services in collaboration with physicians, nurses, and other hospital personnel.
• Assess patient needs and incorporate age- and disease-specific characteristics into drug therapy and patient education.
• Adjust care according to patient response and provide clinical interventions to detect, mitigate, and prevent medication adverse events.
• Contribute to protocols and guidelines, quality improvement projects, research, and initiatives to improve medication-use processes or pharmacy practice.
• Provide medication- and practice-related education and training to patients and healthcare professionals.
• Serve as a departmental resource and liaison to other departments, hospital personnel, and external groups.
• Manage medication use according to professional and regulatory standards.
• Precept pharmacy residents and Doctor of Pharmacy students.
• Participate in departmental quality improvement efforts and training of medical, nursing, and allied health professionals.
• Complete 20 continuing education credits per year to maintain licensure.

Benefits

• $10,000 sign-on bonus, subject to the stated eligibility, work-commitment, and repayment terms.
• Comprehensive benefits; details are provided by Talent Acquisition.
• Career advancement opportunities.
• Differentials, premiums, and bonuses as applicable.
• Recognition programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed