Pharmacist Resident
About The Position
As our Resident Pharmacist, you will complete an intensive post-graduate training program, developing advanced clinical skills and expertise to deliver patient-centered pharmaceutical care and optimize medication safety. Every day you will rotate through diverse clinical settings, providing direct patient care under supervision. You'll evaluate medication regimens, make evidence-based recommendations, monitor therapy, and educate. Responsibilities include interdisciplinary participation, research, and contributing to quality initiatives. To succeed, you'll need exceptional clinical knowledge, strong critical thinking, excellent communication for team collaboration/education, and a profound commitment to learning, patient safety, and advancing pharmacy practice. Self-motivation and adaptability are essential. The position is located at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, a 571-bed, not-for-profit hospital founded in 1895 by the Sisters of Mercy, dedicated to caring for the poor and underserved. It is a nationally recognized center for quality quaternary care, medical education and research, including the internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute, Norton Thoracic Institute, Cancer Center at St. Joseph's, Ivy Brain Tumor Center, and St. Joseph's Level I Trauma Center. The hospital is also a respected center for high-risk obstetrics, neuro-rehabilitation, orthopedics, and other medical services, and is considered a sought-after destination hospital for treating complex cases. St. Joseph's includes the Creighton University School of Medicine at St. Joseph's and a strategic alliance with Phoenix Children's Hospital.
Requirements
- Graduation from an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) approved school of pharmacy with a BS, MS, or Pharm D degree, including didactic courses, upon hire
- Pharmacist Intern: AZ, upon hire
- Pharmacist license within 90 days
- Exceptional clinical knowledge
- Strong critical thinking
- Excellent communication for team collaboration/education
- Profound commitment to learning, patient safety, and advancing pharmacy practice
- Self-motivation and adaptability
Nice To Haves
- Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire
Responsibilities
- Complete an intensive post-graduate training program, developing advanced clinical skills and expertise to deliver patient-centered pharmaceutical care and optimize medication safety
- Rotate through diverse clinical settings, providing direct patient care under supervision
- Evaluate medication regimens, make evidence-based recommendations, monitor therapy, and educate
- Participate in all aspects of comprehensive clinical pharmacy services including rounds with medical teams, pharmacokinetic consultations, parenteral nutrition consultations, anticoagulation management, antimicrobial stewardship monitoring, medication reconciliation, discharge counseling, documentation of clinical interventions in the identified data base, and compliance with clinical pathways and protocols
- Performs all activities associated with meeting the goals and objectives of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accredited PGY1 residency program
- Process prescriber orders in the identified pharmacy information systems in an effective, efficient, timely, safe and accurate manner to ensure the appropriateness of the indication, dose/frequency, route, interactions, dose adjustment, physical and therapeutic incompatibilities, side effects, duplicate therapies, and cost-effectiveness
- Evaluate need for all non-formulary medication required
- Provide direct oversight and timely and accurate verification of final product for all aseptic parenteral and non-parenteral medication preparation, dispensing and distribution in compliance with state, federal statutes and hospital procedures
- Ensure doses are filled and delivered within established departmental guidelines in a timely and safe manner
- Identify and evaluate adverse drug reactions and medication errors
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
