Clinical Staff Pharmacist, Rotating Shifts, Pharmacy
About The Position
Shady Grove Medical Center seeks to hire an experienced Clinical Staff Pharmacist for our Pharmacy Department who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing. As a In Patient Clinical Staff Pharmacist, you will prepare and dispense medications, utilize pharmacy support personnel, provide in service education for physicians, nurses, and other practitioners, and perform pharmacy functions to assure safe and effective medication delivery to the Nursing Department. You will also design, recommend, monitor, and evaluate patient-specific pharmacotherapy, help assure adherence to medication-use policies, and participate in the formulary process. Additionally, you will comply with all accreditations, regulatory and safety requirements, maximize work efficiency with use of technology, respond to requests for drug information, ensure continuity of pharmaceutical care, and participate in departmental performance improvement programs. You will maintain the confidentiality of patient information, participate in the process for assessing, managing and reporting medication errors, and manage time effectively.
Requirements
- Strong customer service skills.
- Ability to handle multi-task environment and medical emergencies.
- Basic PC skills such as Microsoft Word and department specific software programs.
- Ability to communicate verbally in good English.
- Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy (BS/PharmD degree)
- Current Maryland Pharmacist license required
Nice To Haves
- Minimum one year of hospital pharmacy practice
- Recent graduate w/ minimum 2 years hospital pharmacy technician/intern experience; or non-hospital pharmacist experience, with counseling and medication therapy management
- Supervisory/management experience not required but welcome
- ASHP accredited PGY-1 Residency completion
- Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Certification
- American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification
- Member of American Society of Health-system Pharmacists (ASHP), and/or Maryland Society of Health-system Pharmacist (MSHP)
Responsibilities
- Prepare and dispense medications.
- Utilize pharmacy support personnel.
- Provide in service education for physicians, nurses, and other practitioners.
- Perform pharmacy functions to assure safe and effective medication delivery to the Nursing Department.
- Design, recommend, monitor, and evaluate patient-specific pharmacotherapy.
- Help assure adherence to medication-use policies.
- Participate in the formulary process.
- Comply with all accreditations, regulatory and safety requirements.
- Maximize work efficiency with use of technology.
- Respond to requests for drug information.
- Ensure continuity of pharmaceutical care.
- Participate in departmental performance improvement program.
- Maintains confidentiality of patient information.
- Participate in the process for assessing, managing and reporting medication errors.
- Manage time effectively.
Benefits
- Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
- Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
- Free Employee parking
- Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire
- Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)
- Paid Time Off
- Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period
- Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance
- Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
