Pharmacist Clinical

Job Overview:

This is a Clinical Generalist Pharmacist role based within the Pharmacy for Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center. Located in Livingston, NJ, come join one of the best hospitals in New Jersey!

Qualifications:

Required:

• Registration in New Jersey as a pharmacist; current New Jersey licensure required
• Completion of course at an accredited School of Pharmacy, with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or PharmD

Preferred:

• Hospital pharmacy experience

Certifications and Licenses Required:

• Licensed NJ Pharmacist

Scheduling Requirements:

• FT, 37.5 hours/week
• Rotated hospital holiday coverage and overnight coverage for vacations as appropriate

Essential Functions:

• The pharmacist is responsible for the provision of pharmaceutical care to all patient age groups including geriatric, adult, adolescent, pediatric and neonatal patients
• They are responsible for the verification and monitoring of both the prescribing and effectiveness of all medications and IV admixtures
• They exercise considerable independent decision making

• Verifies and monitors medication-prescribing orders by established drug references and established drug usage criteria, before dispensing, as defined by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee or as determined by management, eg shortages, etc.
• Knowledgeable of changing policies, procedures, and clinical issues.
• Follows all procedures involved in the appropriate documentation of all medication errors, adverse drug reactions, and interventions and meets the required minimum documentation per employment status.
• The pharmacist appropriately enters and updates clinical interventions in the electronic health record system for all rejected orders.
• Verifies and monitors medical orders by established policies and procedures to meet regulatory requirements.
• Completes department and organization competencies and training as assigned.

Our Department:

• All staff is invited to participate in the Pharmacy Shared Governance Council- PSGC- to effect change within the department
• Staff size- 125 colleagues
• Various employee engagement celebrations through the year including Pi Day, Quarterly Pot Luck, Chili cook off, Ice cream socials, Cookie exchange, Book exchange, Wear Pink on Fridays in October
• Precepting opportunities available for both Rutgers Pharmacy Students, Rutgers Knight Scholar Students and PGY 1 and 2 residents
• Opportunity for Clinical Ladder Bonus Program after 6 months of employment for pharmacists and technicians

Other Duties:

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.