What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Pharmacist -Inpatient Operations position at Boston Children's Hospital?
Position Description
This Inpatient Operations Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacist will be responsible for:
- Controlled substances distribution, non-sterile compounding oversight, inventory functions oversight, discharge prescriptions, and hospital patient daily medication supply provision review.
- 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.
To qualify, you must have:
- Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy plus up to one year of post‑degree course work and/or an internship and: two to three years general pharmacy experience, or one year directly related pediatric experience. Doctorate degree in Pharmacy preferred.
- Current license and registration by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy.
- Previous hospital based pharmacy experience highly preferred, pediatric experience ideal.
- Analytical skills to collect information from diverse sources, apply professional principles in performing various analyses, and summarize the information and data in order to solve problems OR design relatively complex systems and programs.
- Communication skills in order to effectively deal with conflicting views or issues and mediate fair solutions or well‑developed writing skills.
The schedule is M-F days, 1 evening per week, and every 4th weekend rotation
Boston Children’s Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, childcare and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.
Status Full-Time
Standard Hours per Week 40
Job Posting Category Pharmacy
Regular, Temporary, Per Diem Regular
Office/Site Location Boston
Remote Eligibility Onsite Only
