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Unit Based Pharmacist - Full Time
OCEAN MEDICAL CENTER Brick, New Jersey
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Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
The Unit Based Pharmacist is a patient-centered, unit-based model of care that integrates pharmacists with responsibility for both the clinical and the distributive activities of the pharmacy department. Pharmacists are actively engaged in medication management in coordination with physicians and the interdisciplinary team and exhibit a high degree of ownership and accountability for the medication-use process.
A day in the life of a Unit Based Pharmacist at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.
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OCEAN MEDICAL CENTER Brick, New Jersey
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- Requisition # 2025-162028
- ShiftEvening
- StatusFull Time with Benefits
Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
The Unit Based Pharmacist is a patient-centered, unit-based model of care that integrates pharmacists with responsibility for both the clinical and the distributive activities of the pharmacy department. Pharmacists are actively engaged in medication management in coordination with physicians and the interdisciplinary team and exhibit a high degree of ownership and accountability for the medication-use process.
- This position is for Emergency Medicine pharmacist. Completion of residency training in Emergency Medicine/ Critical care or experience of 5 years or more in Emergency Medicine/Critical care is preferred.
A day in the life of a Unit Based Pharmacist at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:
- Validate medication reconciliation: Reconcile medications upon admission for admitted patients. Reconcile medications for patients based on criteria and patient needs prior to discharge to ensure continuity of care.
- Perform patient assessment and counseling: Develop individualized treatment and monitoring plans for patients. Educate patients about new medications. Counsel patients who are prescribed high-risk medications or complex medication regimens on their discharge medications during inpatient hospitalization.
- Facilitate discharges: Identify barriers to patient medication adherence and work with the interdisciplinary team to address these issues prior to discharge.
- Collaborate with the doctors to optimize cost-effective and evidence based: Review and validate all orders prior to the first dose administered. Monitor patient medication profiles daily. Participate in patient care rounds.
- Drive improved outcomes: Prevent 30 day readmissions, increase HCAHPS scores, and improve patient safety indicators.
- Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
- Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college of Pharmacy.
- Possess strong interpersonal skills and work well at the team level, as well as independently.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficient computer skills that include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.
- Doctoral Degree in Pharmacy.
- A minimum of one (1) year Pharmacist experience in a hospital setting.
- Registered Pharmacist License.
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification within 6 months of entering position.
HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.
Our Network
Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) is a Mandatory Influenza Vaccination Facility
As a courtesy to assist you in your job search, we would like to send your resume to other areas of our Hackensack Meridian Health network who may have current openings that fit your skills and experience.
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Awards We’ve Received
2023
US News & World Report 2023
- HUMC - #1 Hospital in NJ & #5 in NY Metro Area
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- Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital - #1 Children’s Hospital in NJ
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- JSUMC - #6 Hospital in NJ
2023
2023 & 2022 Magnet Designations
for 9 HMH Institutions
2022
Newsweek 2022 Best Hospitals USA
- HUMC - #57
Newsweek 2022 America’s Best Addiction Treatment Centers
Blake Recovery Center at Carrier Clinic - #2
2023
Diversity Inc. 2023
Top Hospital and Health Systems
2022
Becker’s Hospital Review 2022
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