Clinical Pharmacist Critical Care

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, MA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Biotech and Pharmaceutical, Critical Care, Cross-Functional, Documentation, Epic Systems, Epic Willow (Pharmacy), Hospital, Medications, Patient Care, Pediatrics, People Management, Pharmacy, Prescription Filling, Problem Solving Skills, Procedure Development, Quality Management, Schedule Development, Team Player, Technical Research
LOCATION
Boston, MA
POSTED
24 days ago
Position Summary
The mission of the Department of Pharmacy is to provide excellent and innovative pharmaceutical care to patients and the community through safe and collaborative practices, incorporating education, research, and technology. We are currently searching for a 40-hour pharmacist in our inpatient critical care pharmacy team.

Key Responsibilities
  • Interpreting and evaluating medication orders to ensure drug and dosage are appropriate for patients and to identify possible adverse reactions, contacting members of the multidisciplinary team as needed.
  • Providing drug information as a subject matter expert.
  • Providing patient education.
  • Completing medication history documentation.
  • Performing quality improvement activities.
  • Reviewing, filling, and dispensing medication orders/prescriptions.
  • Supervising support personnel within the assigned work area and ensuring products are prepared and distributed in accordance with established procedures, schedules and protocols 
  • Checking orders/prescriptions filled by support personnel, verifying products are correctly prepared and labeled.

Minimum Qualifications                                                                                                              
Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, Doctorate degree in pharmacy preferred
Experience:
  • 2-3 years of pharmacist experience required, hospital pharmacy experience preferred. 
  • PGY-1 pharmacy residency preferred, PGY-2 pharmacy residency in pediatrics or critical care highly preferred
  • Analytical skills to collect information from diverse sources, apply professional principles in performing various analyses, and summarize the information and data to solve problems
  • Pediatric hospital experience highly preferred
  • Experience with EPIC Willow preferred
Licensure/Certifications:
  • Massachusetts pharmacist license

This is a day/eve rotating weekend shift position

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Boston Children's Hospital