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Pharmacist Clinical - Institutional

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  • Saint Louis, MO
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    Highlights

    Provides pharmaceutical care to patients, verifies medication orders, compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals in accordance with federal, state and local regulations and hospital policy. Ensures safety and appropriateness of medication therapy through order verification, dispensing, home medication reconciliation, chart review, patient counseling, lab value monitoring and dose/therapy adjustment as applicable.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSaint Louis, MO

    Description

    It's more than a career, it's a calling

    MO-SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

    Worker Type:

    Regular

    Job Highlights:

    Join a team where your work matters – every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you’ll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.

    In this role, you will provide hands-on support in a fast-paced environment where every shift makes a direct impact on patients and families. Your attention to detail, compassion, and ability to work closely with various teams will help create a safer, smoother care experience. If you want to grow in a collaborative care setting, this role is perfect for you.

    • Department: Pharmacy
    • Schedule: Full time, Day shift, Monday - Friday, no nights, weekends or holidays.
    • Fully onsite
    • Location: Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

    Strong candidate for the Infusion Center Clinical Pharmacist will have:

    • Strong background in United States Pharmacopeia (USP) 797 compliance.
    • Strong background in United States Pharmacopeia (USP) 800 compliance.
    • Experience with outpatient infusions.
    • Experience with outpatient medication reimbursement.

    Experience in Pediatrics and outpatient infusion center settings highly preferred!

    Apply today. SSM Health- We bring out the incredible in you, every day.

    Job Summary:

    Provides pharmaceutical care to patients, verifies medication orders, compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals in accordance with federal, state and local regulations and hospital policy. Serves as a resource to other healthcare professionals including pharmacy students and residents and ensures that patient care meets standards of safety and effectiveness. Oversees the duties of the pharmacy technicians and interns.

    Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

    PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Ensures safety and appropriateness of medication therapy through order verification, dispensing, home medication reconciliation, chart review, patient counseling, lab value monitoring and dose/therapy adjustment as applicable. Documents medication related plans and interventions in electronic medical record.
    • Provides clinical consultation delivering best-practice, evidence-based and complete information to practitioners. Makes recommendations and encourages safe and cost-effective pharmacotherapy for patients through multi-disciplinary collaboration.
    • Oversees the medication dispensing process to ensure accurate and timely delivery of optimal pharmacotherapy to patients. This includes supervision of pharmacy technicians and/or interns who support the role of the pharmacist in the drug delivery system.
    • Precept pharmacy students and residents, as applicable.
    • Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
    • Performs other duties as assigned.


    EDUCATION

    • Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D; Bachelor of Pharmacy) from accredited school of pharmacy


    EXPERIENCE

    • No experience required

    PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

    • Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
    • Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
    • Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
    • Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
    • Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
    • Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
    • Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
    • Rare climbing.

    REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS 

    Resuscitation Certification Requirement: Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) required within 90 day of employment. Other resuscitation certifications may be required dependent on department.
     
    State of Work Location: Illinois 

    •     Pharmacist, Registered - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) 

         
    State of Work Location: Missouri 

    •     Pharmacist - Missouri Division of Professional Registration 

         
    State of Work Location: Oklahoma 

    •     Pharmacist - Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy 

         
    State of Work Location: Wisconsin 

    •      Pharmacist - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

    Work Shift:

    Day Shift (United States of America)

    Job Type:

    Employee

    Department:

    3904000010 OP Infusion Therapy Pharmacy

    Scheduled Weekly Hours:
    40

    SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Click here to learn more.


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