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Christiana Care Health Services, Inc.
Clinical Pharmacist | Step-Down ICU Focused | Inpatient Pharmacy | $10,000 Sign On Bonus
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A Hospital Pharmacist provides medications to patients and educates patients on the proper use of medications. Works within a hospital settings. May consult with physicians about correct dosage and appropriate administration as well as discuss adverse reactions. The types of medications and their dispersal may differ significantly from those handled by retail pharmacists.
$138,721 / year median in Delaware
-11% projected decline
Job Description
Job Details Do you want to work at one of the top 100 hospitals in the nation? ChristianaCare is currently recruiting for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our team. Life is full of choices, and ChristianaCare recognizes whom you work for is an important decision. Choose an organization that values pharmacy services and provides the opportunity to impact the health of our community adhering to our Core Values and Behaviors guided by Excellence and Love. This position is full-time (40 hours weekly, 8-hour shifts) that primarily works day shift providing direct patient care to high-acuity and step-down ICU patients. The role includes an evening shift component and a weekend/holiday requirement focused on ICU coverage. Weekend coverage is currently required every 4th weekend with an expectation of 1-2 holiday shifts per year. Why ChristianaCare? At the Newark Campus, operations run through a network of inpatient pharmacists, including a central pharmacy and satellite pharmacies that focus on critical care, emergency medicine, heart failure, investigational drugs, neonates, oncology, pediatrics, perioperative services, sterile and non-sterile compounding, transplant, and trauma. Clinical services include robust acute and ambulatory care services. In the acute care setting, the department employs a decentralized model of practice, placing pharmacists directly into patient care units as part of a multidisciplinary team. Generous PTO plan and 12-Week Fully Paid Parental Leave 403(b) with competitive employer match and Defined Contribution Retirement Plan Not-for-profit organization eligible with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program Pharmacy Board Certification reimbursement As a Clinical Pharmacist you will: Participate in direct patient care through daily interdisciplinary rounds. Manage specific medication therapies per approved policies (e.g., warfarin, aminoglycosides, vancomycin, IV to PO conversions, renal dose adjustments, indication-directed dosing adjustments, selection of surgical prophylaxis medications) Evaluate drug efficacy, monitor therapeutic goals and outcomes, and review for contraindications/precautions Order and evaluate laboratory tests per approved protocols to support medication therapy monitoring Identify opportunities during chart review for counseling and medication history completion Communicate recommendations directly with provider Electronically document interventions and provide sign out as appropriate Opportunities to serve as a preceptor for both pharmacy students and residents Provide drug information to allied healthcare professionals and fulfill provider-initiated pharmacy consults Assist with projects such as MUEs, drug monographs, and performance improvement activities Review and interpret provider orders and dispense medication Coordinate and supervise work-place activities Assume responsibility of the satellite pharmacies including the sterile product processing in the IV Admixture Service lab and OR pharmacy