Job Title: Clinical Pharmacist - Senior Level
Location: Onsite, Ottumwa, IA 52501
Salary: USD$ 111,089 - $155,625
Position Type: Full-time
Reports To: Director of Pharmacy
Travel: None Required
Relocation: Partial
Signing Bonus: Yes
Visa Sponsorship: Not supported at this time
Position Summary
As a Clinical Pharmacist, you will be responsible and accountable for providing safe, effective, and prompt medication therapy across our healthcare facility. This junior-level role blends direct patient-centered care with integrated pharmacy operational services in a decentralized practice setting. Working alongside physicians, nurses, and other multidisciplinary personnel, you will ensure our pharmaceutical care programs are seamlessly integrated and optimized to deliver exceptional patient outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Direct Patient Care: Deliver direct patient-centered care and integrated pharmacy operational services within decentralized patient care areas.
- Medication Therapy Management: Assess unique patient needs, incorporating age and disease-specific characteristics to design, monitor, and adjust individualized drug therapy plans.
- Clinical Monitoring & Interventions: Review patient charts/profiles to proactively identify, prevent, or mitigate drug-related issues, adverse reactions, and treatment failures.
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Partner actively with physicians, nurses, and caregivers to provide evidence-based medication recommendations and ensure continuity of care across shifts.
- Quality & Stewardship: Lead assigned service lines, facilitate stewardship programs, track operational/financial efficiency, and actively participate in Quality Management Program initiatives.
- Operations Support: Maintain proficiency in hospital computer/ordering systems and support central, satellite, or specialty dispensing operations (including chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition) as assigned.
- Mentorship: Serve as an educational resource and actively act as a preceptor for Doctor of Pharmacy students.
Position Requirements
Must-Haves (Minimum Qualifications):
- License: Current, valid license as a Registered Pharmacist in the State of Iowa.
- Education: Graduate of an accredited college of pharmacy.
- Experience: 2 to 4 years of clinical pharmacy experience in a hospital setting.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree.
- Completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency.
- Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy Specialties (BCPS).
- Strong technical comfort with electronic health records, pharmacy ordering systems, and Microsoft Office.
Benefits
We provide a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to support your health, well-being, and financial future:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Retirement Savings Plan
- Paid Time Off (PTO)