Inpatient Pharmacist, Full-Time, Rotating
About The Position
The Clinical Pharmacist is responsible and accountable for providing safe, effective, and prompt pharmacy services. The pharmacist participates in all necessary aspects of the medication-use system while providing comprehensive, individualized pharmaceutical care to patients in assigned areas. They work competently and independently in pharmacy practice areas, manage drug therapy according to applicable clinical practice standards, and ensure provider medication orders are appropriate to support patient care and safety. The pharmacist maintains current knowledge of medications and relevant disease states, serves as a primary resource for drug information and education, and provides in-depth patient counseling when needed. They support employee training and pharmacy student precepting as assigned, take ownership of assigned tasks, follow policies and procedures, pursue additional training, and stay current with changes relevant to their practice areas. This role requires effective customer service, communication, decision-making, and organization, as well as professionalism, collaboration, and teamwork. The pharmacist ensures adequate supplies for continuous patient care, triages and escalates issues outside their scope, uses appropriate systems to process patient information, maintains quality assurance in accordance with departmental and legal requirements, and operates pharmacy equipment appropriately. Other duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's-level degree in Pharmacy.
- Virginia Pharmacist License.
- Full-time position with rotating shifts; every third weekend and holiday rotation required.
Nice To Haves
- Doctorate-level degree in Pharmacy.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
- Previous inpatient acute care hospital experience.
- PGY1 or PGY2 residency training.
Responsibilities
- Provide safe, effective, and prompt pharmacy services.
- Participate in all necessary aspects of the medication-use system and provide comprehensive, individualized pharmaceutical care to patients in assigned areas.
- Work competently and independently in pharmacy practice areas.
- Manage patient drug therapy in accordance with applicable clinical practice standards.
- Review provider medication orders for appropriateness to maintain a high level of patient care and safety.
- Maintain current knowledge of medication use and disease states applicable to assigned practice areas.
- Serve as a primary resource for drug information and education.
- Provide in-depth patient counseling when required.
- Participate in training new employees as assigned.
- Take local responsibility and ownership for assigned tasks.
- Follow policies and procedures consistently, seek additional training, and stay current with new and changing information relevant to assigned areas.
- Demonstrate customer service, communication, decision-making, and organizational skills to ensure efficient job performance.
- Model professionalism, collaboration, and teamwork.
- Ensure adequate supplies are available for continuous patient care.
- Triage and escalate questions or issues outside the scope of practice as needed.
- Use appropriate systems to process patient information.
- Maintain quality assurance according to departmental and legal requirements.
- Operate pharmacy equipment appropriately.
- Precept pharmacy students as assigned.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Adoption, fertility, and surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000.
- Paid time off and sick leave.
- Paid parental and family caregiver leave.
- Emergency backup care.
- Long-term and short-term disability and critical illness plans.
- Life insurance.
- 401(k)/403(b) with employer match.
- Tuition assistance up to $5,250 per year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education.
- Student debt pay down up to $10,000.
- Pet insurance.
- Legal resources plan.
- Opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus, subject to established system and employee eligibility criteria.
- A $15,000 sign-on bonus for a qualified candidate.
- Potential additional compensation, including shift differentials, on-call pay, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
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