As a Clinical Staff Pharmacist you will:
• Maintain excellent working knowledge of pharmacy practice and the Electronic Health Record. Verify and enter orders accurately, to ensure barcode scanning, timely accessibility of drugs, formulary maintenance, adherence to policy, and overall patient safety.
• Engage all members of the healthcare team, including patients and families to design, recommend, and monitor patient-specific pharmacotherapy, participate in multidisciplinary rounds, provide patient counseling and other follow up; respond to code emergencies.
• Accurately and safely prepare, label, check, and dispense all medication
• Communicate with team members regarding patient and department needs directly and utilizing shift reports and daily huddles, including information for Pharmacy Leaders, Clinicians, Technicians, Procurement and 340B, Information Technology, and others.
• Practice pharmacy stewardship through approved clinical protocols, medication dosing, therapeutic substitution, antibiotic stewardship, communicating with the healthcare team
• Maintain and supervise a working knowledge of Pharmacy Technician workflow, duties and skill sets to ensure smooth department function and throughput
• Participate in team meetings and others as assigned
• Additional duties as assigned
Qualified candidates will possess:
• Graduation from an ACPE accredited pharmacy school, with PharmD degree; alternatively, Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy with acute hospital/clinical experience, required.
• Strongly Preferred: Minimum one year of hospital pharmacy practice
• Considered: Recent graduate w/ minimum 2 years hospital pharmacy technician/intern experience; or non-hospital pharmacist experience, with counseling and medication therapy management
• Supervisory/management experience preferred
• Strongly Preferred: Minimum three years of hospital pharmacy practice experience; alternatively, completion of an ASHP accredited PGY-1 Residency, with minimum one year of practice experience preferred
• Strongly Preferred: Experience responding to Code Blue calls; ACLS certification/training
• Strongly Preferred: Performing Clinical Skills: medication dosing (vancomycin, aminoglycosides), renal dosing adjustment, antimicrobial stewardship, anticoagulant (warfarin, heparin, DOAC) dosing
• Strongly Preferred: Specific experience with NICU, the Emergency Department, Critical Care/ICU
• Strongly Preferred: Interpersonal skills and comfort with communications with nurses and physicians
• Strongly Preferred: Knowledge and experience with IV compounding (USP 797 & 800), automation (Pyxis, carousel, etc)
• Strongly Preferred: Experience supervising pharmacy technicians
Work Schedule:
10 hour shifts, 7 on and 7 off. The candidate will work with another pharmacist and two technicians.
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Pay Range:
$46.18 - $69.27In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount or if the position is Per Diem (offering a fixed rate), salary discussions will occur during the screening process.
United States of America (Non-Exempt)At Adventist HealthCare our job is to care for you.
We do this by offering:
Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
Free Employee parking
Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire
Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)
Paid Time Off
Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period
Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance
Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
Tuition Reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support
As a faith-based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist HealthCare has earned a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care. Adventist HealthCare was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County.
If you want to make a difference in someone’s life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference.
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COVID-19 Vaccination
Adventist HealthCare strongly recommends all applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment. Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination.
Tobacco and Drug Statement
Tobacco use is a well-recognized preventable cause of death in the United States and an important public health issue. In order to promote and maintain a healthy work environment, Adventist HealthCare will not hire applicants for employment who either state that they are nicotine users or who test positive for nicotine and drug use.
While some jurisdictions, including Maryland, permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes, marijuana continues to be classified as an illegal drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act. As a result, medical marijuana use will not be accepted as a valid explanation for a positive drug test result.
Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana. Those testing positive are given the opportunity to re-apply in 90 days, if they can truthfully attest that they have not used any nicotine products in the past ninety (90) days and successfully pass follow-up testing. ("Nicotine products" include, but are not limited to: cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes, vaping products, hookah, and nicotine replacement products (e.g., nicotine gum, nicotine patches, nicotine lozenges, etc.).
Equal Employment Opportunity
Adventist HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to attracting, engaging, and developing the best people to cultivate our mission-centric culture. Our goal is to have a welcoming, equitable, and safe place to work and grow for all employees, no matter their background. AHC does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and related medical conditions, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Applicants who wish to request accommodations for disabilities or religious belief should contact the Support Center HR Office.