Jump-start your career as a Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Pharmacist at the Memorial Health Dwaine & Cynthia Willett Children's Hospital of Savannah, located in historic Savannah, GA.
Memorial Health Dwaine & Cynthia Willett Children's Hospital of Savannah is affiliated with Memorial Health University Medical Center, an academic medical center. The children's hospital is designed with kids in mind. We offer 24/7 emergency care, a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Since 1992, we have helped thousands of children from more than 100 counties in the Southeast Georgia and Southern South Carolina areas. We care for a variety of ages, including newborns, kids and teens. Our team provides nonsurgical and surgical medical support, including spinal care, kidney care services, and pediatric cancer care.
Memorial Health Dwaine & Cynthia Willett Children's Hospital of Savannah is one of the only hemophilia centers that serves the Southeast Georgia and Southern South Carolina communities. We offer cancer and blood disorder treatment to infants, children and adolescents. We treat various cancers and hematologic conditions in children including bone cancer, brain cancer, factor deficiencies, leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, sickle cell, thalassemia, and von Willebrand disease.
The role of the pharmacist in this specific area includes but is not limited to: working with a multidisciplinary team to optimize patient care, participating in daily rounds, serving as a drug information resource for oncology/hematology-related questions, conducting education sessions with nursing, developing and implementing new chemotherapy-related protocols, evaluating and entering chemotherapy protocols, verifying outpatient infusions, investigational drug services, pharmacokinetic dosing, onsite order verification, pharmacy surveillance and error reporting, profile reviews, code blue response, pharmacy consults, developing processes to prepare patient-specific formulations, etc.
Job Summary and Qualifications
The Pediatric Hematology /Oncology Pharmacist provides pharmaceutical care including computer order entry, drug distribution, evaluation of medication orders for appropriateness of drug, dose, frequency and adequacy of monitoring, evaluation of drug interactions and allergies and therapeutic monitoring of drugs to patients across our pediatric hospital. Our pharmacists are valued members of daily multidisciplinary rounds.
• Actively participate in multidisciplinary team rounds and teaching rounds to make pharmacotherapy recommendations
• You will interpret orders and transcribe/verify in the pharmacy computer system efficiently
• You will oversee investigational drug usage and maintain required documentation and monitoring
• You will accurately compound and dispense pharmaceuticals
• You will oversee pharmacy technician workflows and responsibilities
• You will monitor drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose
• You will consult with Physicians and nursing staff members concerning the availability, dosage form, side effects, and possible incompatibility of new as well as currently used drugs. You will suggest appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic medication alternatives to medical staff
• You will sustain the hospital formulary, minimizing nonformulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic interchanges and promoting rational drug therapy selection, limiting unnecessary procurement costs
• You will provide accurate and timely medication information to healthcare staff and patients
• You will maintain appropriate controlled substance records
• You will assist with clinical services such as drug consults, nutrition support, pharmacokinetics, anticoagulant monitoring, pain management, IV to PO, renal dosing and other programs as defined by Pharmacy Leadership
What qualifications you will need:
• Clear and active Georgia pharmacist license
• Graduate of ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy is required; PharmD degree is preferred
• Children's Oncology Group (COG) membership is required
• PGY-2 in Pediatrics or Hematology/Oncology and/or extensive pediatric experience is preferred; Board Certification is preferred
Benefits
Memorial Health University Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
• Colleague recognition program
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Memorial Health University Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services since 1955, giving patients access to highly-trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 600+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities that serves 35 counties across southeast Georgia and southern South Carolina. Located in Savannah, Georgia, we are a regional referral center for heart care, cancer care, trauma care, children's care, high-risk pregnancies and high-risk newborn care. Our hospital includes the region's only Level I trauma center and children's hospital, as well as the Savannah campus of Mercer University School of Medicine.
