Monument Health

Pharmacist | Cancer Care Institute

Monument Health$90K — $120K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy required.
  • Valid South Dakota Board of Pharmacy license required.
  • ACLS certification required within 90 days of hire.
  • BLS certification required within 90 days of hire.
  • Doctorate in Pharmacy preferred.
  • PGY-1 residency preferred.
  • 1+ years in Pharmaceutical and 3+ years in Hospital & Clinical settings preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Identify medication-related problems and optimize therapy management.
  • Monitor patient responses to medication treatments.
  • Provide drug information to multidisciplinary team members and education to patients.
  • Manage pharmacy protocols and maintain compliance with regulations.
  • Lead and implement pharmacy service programs in specialty areas.
  • Document consultations and interventions thoroughly and consistently.
  • Participate in quality improvement initiatives.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment across diverse healthcare teams.
  • Opportunity to lead initiatives in a specialty pharmacy area.
  • Engagement in quality improvement projects for professional development.
  • Potential for further training and certifications in specialized areas.
  • Access to a shared commitment to patient-centered care.
Full Job Description
Current Employees:

If you are a current Monument Health employee, please apply via the internal career site by logging into your Workday Account and clicking the "Career" icon on your homepage.

Primary Work Location
Monument Health Rapid City Hospital

Department
RCH CCI Pharmacy

Scheduled Weekly Hours
40

Job Summary
Clinical pharmacists work in collaboration with other providers to deliver comprehensive medication management that optimizes patient outcomes. Care is coordinated among providers and caregivers and across systems of care as patients transition in and out of various settings in accordance with accepted hospital standards and policies and federal and state pharmacy laws and regulations.

Job Description

Essential Functions:
  • Identifies medication-related problems such as: appropriateness of drug, dose, route, frequency, duration; minimizes therapeutic duplication; identifies/prevents drug-drug, drug-food, drug-lab, or drug-disease interactions.
  • Monitors patient response to therapy.
  • Provides accurate and adequate drug information to other multi-disciplinary team members and drug educational information to patients and their families.
  • Follows and appropriately manages pharmacy protocols (e.g. heparin, warfarin, pharmacokinetic, IV to PO, therapeutic interchange, renal dosing).
  • Participates in quality improvement projects.
  • Under general direction/guidance from pharmacy leadership, leads development, implementation, and maintenance of pharmacy services in a specialty area (e.g. medication safety, drug shortages, formulary changes, team leader in a specific practice area).
  • Acts as a resource in area of specialty.
  • Consistent documentation of consults relative to peers.
  • Consistent documentation of pharmacist interventions relative to peers.
  • Consistent documentation of adverse drug reactions relative to peers in same practice settings.
  • Consistent documentation of medication variances relative to peers.
  • Any other duties as assigned.


Additional Requirements

Required:

Education - Bachelors in Pharmacy

Certifications - Pharmacist - South Dakota Board of Pharmacy; Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA); Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) - Within 90 days of hire or transfer.

Regarding BLS certification: The department you are applying to may require BLS certification sooner than 90 days post transfer/hire. The hiring manager will discuss this with you if it is applicable.

Preferred:

Education - Doctorate in Pharmacy

Certifications - Post-graduate Year 1 (PGY-1) - American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP); Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA)

Work Experience - 1+ years Pharmaceutical Experience; 3+ years Hospital Experience; 3+ years Clinical Experience

Light work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

Job Category
Clinical Care

Job Family
Pharmacy

Shift

Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department

Employee Type
Regular

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About Monument Health

Monument Health is a not-for-profit health care system located in Rapid City, South Dakota. It was founded in 1948 as Rapid City Regional Hospital and has since expanded to include five hospitals, 24 clinics, and several specialty centers. Monument Health provides a wide range of medical services, including cancer care, heart and vascular care, orthopedics, and women's health. The health care system is committed to providing high-quality, compassionate care to the communities it serves.
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Size
4,500 employees
Industry
Founded
1973

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