• Job Description

  Req#: 00601880

  Employment Type:

  Part time

  Shift:

  Rotating Shift

  Description:

  Position Purpose

  The Clinical Staff Pharmacist will provide excellent customer service to patients and other members of the interdisciplinary team and serve as a clinical leader to students, residents, and other staff members. Actively participating in department programs and clinical/professional development projects, serve as a preceptor and mentor to pharmacy students on Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) and Advanced Pharmacy Practice experience (APPE) rotations, primary preceptor to PGY-1 residents, assisting the Residency Program Director and serving on the Residency Advisory Committee. Will actively round on patients and develop a relationship with the interdisciplinary health care team, provide medication therapy plans monitor patients, and contribute to the creation/implementation of clinical services.

  What you will do

  • Supervise non-pharmacist personnel by assigning duties, checking all orders, maintaining efficient workflow, and checking IVs and other medications prepared by technicians

  • Assess need for non-formulary items ordered according to department policy, and initiates contact with prescribing physician for substitute

  • Verify physicians’ orders for proper dose, regimen, allergies, potential drug-drug interactions/incompatibilities, adverse drug reactions and monitors lab data on all patients before dispensing medication

  • Verify all narcotic orders are received, maintain perpetual inventory log, perform weekly C-II inventory and monthly controlled drug inventory

  • Advise other health care professionals on drug interactions, incompatibilities, side effects, and proper administration of medications

  Minimum Qualifications

  • Pharm D degree

  • CT Pharmacist license

  • PGY-1 Pharmacy residency plus 3 years of relevant experience or 5 years of post-graduate inpatient hospital experience

  • Board Certification or acquisition of Board Certification in next 2 years is desired

  Position Highlights and Benefits

  • Full time salaried at 40 hours per week.

  • Primarily days with some evening rotation, every third weekend and rotating Holidays

  • Great Benefits and Health Insurance Coverage—starting Day One!

  Ministry/Facility Information

  Saint Francis Hospital is committed to exceeding the expectations of our patients and families by providing world-class service in a progressive, people-centered, compassionate health care environment. We are licensed for 617 beds and 65 bassinets, are a major teaching hospital and the largest Catholic hospital in New England.

  Our Commitment

  Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

• About the company

  Trinity Health employs about 129,000 colleagues, including 7,500 employed physicians and clinicians. Committed to those who are poor and underserved in its communities, Trinity Health is known for its focus on the country's aging population. As a single, unified ministry, the organization is the innovator of Senior Emergency Departments, the largest not-for-profit provider of home health care services — ranked by number of visits — in the nation, as well as the nation’s leading provider of PACE (Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly) based on the number of available programs.

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