Boston Children's Hospital

Clinical Pharmacist, Oncology

Boston Children's Hospital • $100K — $130K *
Boston, MA 02115In-Person
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
More than 3 months ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in pharmacy; Doctorate preferred.
  • 3-4 years of pharmacist experience, oncology experience highly preferred.
  • Current license and registration by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy.
  • Strong analytical skills to solve problems and design systems.
  • Effective communication skills for mediation and writing.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret and evaluate medication orders to ensure appropriateness and safety.
  • Review, fill, and dispense physician orders/prescriptions.
  • Verify products prepared by support staff for accuracy and labeling.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert providing drug information.
  • Educate patients on medication usage and safety.
  • Document medication histories thoroughly.
  • Engage in quality improvement activities.
  • Supervise support personnel ensuring adherence to procedures and protocols.

Benefits

  • Rotating weekend schedule allowing for work-life balance.
  • Full-time position with consistent hours (M-F day shifts).
  • Opportunity to work in a specialized oncology setting.
  • Supportive team environment focused on patient care.
Full Job Description
Job Posting Description

Position Summary/Department Summary:
We are currently seeing an experience pharmacist with oncology experience to join our team!

Key Responsibilities:
  • 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 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:
  • Three to four years of previous Pharmacist experience preferred, previous hospital-based oncology pharmacy experience highly preferred.
  • Current license and registration by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy.
  • 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.
  • Communication skills to effectively deal with conflicting views or issues and mediate fair solutions and well-developed writing skills.
Licensure:
  • Current license and registration by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy.
Schedule: M-F 8-hour shift. Primarily days with rotating every fourth weekend

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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