Oncology Clinical Pharmacist

Intermountain Health • Saint Joseph, MO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Join the Pharmacy team at Intermountain Health Cancer Center at Saint Joseph Hospital and play a vital role in supporting patients throughout their cancer treatment journey. As a Clinical Pharmacist, you'll provide comprehensive medication management, review and verify complex treatment plans, support sterile compounding operations, monitor therapeutic outcomes, and serve as a trusted medication expert for both caregivers and patients. This role offers the opportunity to practice at the top of your license while making a meaningful impact on patient care every day. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy working with dependable teammates, and are passionate about making a meaningful impact on patients' lives, you'll find purpose and belonging here. Together, we're helping people live the healthiest lives possible, one patient at a time. Saint Joseph Hospital was founded in Denver in 1873 by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth as the first private teaching hospital in Colorado. Today, it remains the largest private teaching hospital in Denver. The hospital provides a tradition of healthcare that includes compassionate caregivers, stellar clinical expertise and active clinical partnerships with National Jewish Health and community physicians.

Requirements

• Minimum Doctor of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree from an accredited institution (education verified).
• License to practice pharmacy in the state of practice and dispense controlled substances
• Current knowledge of state and federal regulations and statutes regarding the practice of pharmacy in the state of practice.
• Effective communication, people management, and project management skills.
• Immunization certification if applicable to practice site needs

Nice To Haves

• Top candidates will have experience with sterile compounding of chemotherapy and other hazardous medications in an oncology or infusion setting.
• Previous experience working in an integrated healthcare delivery system
• Board Certification
• Health System Residency

Responsibilities

• Assists with all phases of pharmacy services while under the supervision of a pharmacist as required by state of practice and job duties.
• Answers phones and provides excellent customer service as appropriate to practice site.
• Assists the pharmacist in collecting clinical and other patient information and maintaining appropriate records as required by regulation and policy.
• Utilizes pharmacy technology effectively to prepare medication orders for dispensing, performs calculations as necessary, and compounds medications for accurate compounding as appropriate to practice site, in accordance with state law, policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Attains appropriate supervision and accuracy checks by the pharmacist(s) and clearly understands when a pharmacist must verify tasks and activities.
• Accurately fills and maintains medication supplies including verifying and monitoring controlled substance inventories to ensure security, accuracy, cost effectiveness, and 340B/Charging management as required to practice site.
• Packages and labels medications accurately and appropriately to minimize waste as appropriate to practice site and job duties.
• Ensures pharmacy cleanliness and orderliness as appropriate to practice site.
• Communicates with caregivers regarding responsibilities, identified concerns, and participates in quality and patient safety initiatives, identifying potential safety hazards that may create problems for patients and/or staff and takes appropriate actions to escalate items to the pharmacist for review as appropriate based on urgency, regulations, and scope.
• Delivers detail-oriented, consistent, flexible care and completes advanced tasks consistent with scope and performs other duties as assigned by management.
• Promotes mission, vision, and values of Intermountain Health, and abides by service behavior standards.

Benefits

• Benefits Eligible - Link to Benefit Details
• We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

What This Job Offers

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