Pharmacist I (Inpatient)

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, andtreatment facilitiesin Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

The successful candidate:

• Must be able to work PRN, varying shifts primarily Mon-Fri DAYS or NIGHTS, with some occasional weekends. Pharmacy is open 24 hours per day/7 days per week.

• Responsible for reviewing and interpreting providers’ orders for all medications, screening for therapeutic incompatibilities, and ensuring cost-effective medication use that complies with the COH Enterprise Formulary.

• Provide patient-centered care and integrated pharmacy services in a decentralized and centralized practice setting.

• Assist with the monitoring of drug therapy, with an emphasis on chemotherapy, and is responsible for providing and educating on drug information to providers and other clinical staff.

• Responsible for oversight of technician staff as it relates to sterile intravenous compounding, using centralized and decentralized medication-use systems, including chemotherapy and TPN, medication refilling, and unit dose drug preparations.

• Participate in quality improvement projects with an emphasis on patient safety and will engage in multi-disciplinary initiatives as requested.

• Serve as a resource for providers and clinical staff in a decentralized or centralized capacity, which may include answering drug information questions and assisting with navigation through EHR drug order workflow.

• Competent in preparation and dispensing of sterile compounded products following guidelines outlined within USP 797 and USP 800, and able to supervise technician staff performing these functions.

• Participation in departmental and hospital quality assurance programs with an emphasis on patient safety, and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

Minimum Education Requirements

• Graduate of an ACPE-accredited College of Pharmacy

Minimum Experience

• Minimum of 2 year’s institutional pharmacy experience or strong interest in institutional and oncology pharmacy

Req. Certification/Licensure

• Active license with the State Board of Pharmacy

• Doctor of Pharmacy or other advanced degree highly preferred

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