"Pharmacist, Retail Pharmacy"

Position Summary/Department Summary

The mission of the Department of Pharmacy is to provide excellent and innovative pharmaceutical care to patients and the community through safe and collaborative practices, incorporating education, research, and technology. We are currently searching for a 40-hour pharmacist to work in our new onsite retail pharmacy.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in pharmacy, Doctorate degree in Pharmacy preferred.

Experience

Up to one year of post-degree course work and/or an internship and: two to three years general pharmacy experience. Previous hospital-based retail pharmacy pediatric experience highly preferred. Analytical skills to collect information from diverse sources, apply professional principles in performing various analyses, and summarize the information and data to solve problems OR design relatively complex systems and programs. Communication skills to effectively deal with conflicting views or issues and mediate fair solutions or well-developed writing skills.

Licensure/Certifications

Massachusetts pharmacist license, or Massachusetts pharmacy intern license is required. If a candidate holds a current Massachusetts pharmacy intern license, a Massachusetts pharmacist license must be obtained within the first 90 days of employment.

Schedule

Schedule is rotating days/eves/weekends.

About Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Children's Hospital is a 395-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age.