Boston Children's Hospital

Clinical Pharmacist

Boston Children's Hospital • $110K — $130K *
Boston, MA 02115In-Person
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in pharmacy; Doctorate degree preferred.
  • 1 year of post-degree coursework or internship, plus 2-3 years of general pharmacy experience, or 1 year pediatric experience.
  • Hospital pharmacist experience preferred.
  • Experience with EPIC Willow and Beacon highly preferred.
  • Strong analytical skills to gather, analyze, and summarize complex information.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee distribution of controlled substances and non-sterile compounding.
  • Interpret and evaluate medication orders for appropriateness and contact physicians as needed.
  • Review and dispense physician medication orders and prescriptions.
  • Verify orders filled by support staff for accuracy and adherence to protocols.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert for drug information.
  • Provide education to patients regarding medications.
  • Document medication history accurately.
  • Engage in quality improvement activities.
  • Supervise support personnel to ensure compliance with preparation and distribution protocols.

Benefits

  • $10,000 sign-on bonus for new hires.
  • Eligibility for full-time benefits.
Full Job Description
Job Posting Description

Position Summary
We are currently searching for a 40-hour pharmacist, evening shift, to provide coverage in our inpatient operations area.

Key Responsibilities
  • Controlled substances distribution, non-sterile compounding oversight, inventory functions oversight, discharge prescriptions, and hospital patient daily medication supply provision review.
  • Interpreting and evaluating medication orders to ensure drug and dosage are appropriate for patient and to identify possible adverse reactions, contacting physician as needed.
  • Reviewing, filling and dispense physician medication orders/prescriptions.
  • Checking orders/prescriptions filled by support personnel, verifying products are correctly prepared and labeled.
  • Providing drug information as a subject matter expert.
  • Providing patient education.
  • Completing medication history documentation.
  • Performing quality improvement activities.
  • Supervising support personnel within the assigned work area and ensuring products are prepared and distributed in accordance with established procedures, schedules and protocols

Minimum Qualifications
Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in pharmacy, Doctorate degree in pharmacy preferred
Experience:
  • Up to one year of post degree course work and/or an internship and: two to three years general pharmacy experience, or one year directly related- pediatric experience.
  • Analytical skills to collect information from diverse sources, apply professional principles in performing various analyses, and summarize the information and data to solve problems OR design relatively complex systems and programs.
  • Hospital pharmacist experience preferred
  • Experience with EPIC Willow and Beacon highly preferred
  • Analytical skills to collect information from diverse sources, and summarize the information and data to solve problems or design relatively complex systems and programs
Licensure/Certification:
  • Massachusetts pharmacist license, or Massachusetts pharmacy intern license is required; Massachusetts pharmacist intern license holders must obtain pharmacist licensure within the first 90 days of employment.
$10,000 Sign On Bonus

This position is eligible for full-time benefits

About Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Children's Hospital is a 404-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age. Boston Children's Hospital is home to the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric hospital. More than 1,100 scientists, including nine members of the National Academy of Sciences, 11 on-staff members of the Institute of Medicine and 9 members of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The hospital is also the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
Learn more about Boston Children's Hospital
Size
20,000 employees
Industry
Healthcare
Founded
1869
* Ladders Estimates

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