Clinical Pharmacist | Day/Evening Shifts | $15,000 Sign On Bonus

ChristianaCare is one of the top 100 hospitals in the nation and is currently recruiting for an inpatient Clinical Pharmacist to join the team. This full-time position (40 hours weekly, 8-hour shifts) primarily works day shift with an evening shift component and includes a weekend/holiday requirement—currently every 4th weekend and 2-3 holiday shifts per year.

About ChristianaCare

ChristianaCare is a not-for-profit health system centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible, and lowering healthcare costs. The system includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, medical aid units, and three hospitals (1,300 beds). ChristianaCare provides a Level I trauma center, Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center, and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care, and women’s health. Ranked 21st in the nation for hospital admissions and 6th for admission of stroke patients, ChristianaCare is a teaching health system with a focus on population health and value-based care.

Responsibilities

• Participate in direct patient care through daily interdisciplinary rounds.
• Manage specific medication therapies per approved policies (e.g., warfarin, aminoglycosides, vancomycin, IV to PO conversions, renal dose adjustments, indication-directed dosing adjustments, selection of surgical prophylaxis medications).
• Evaluate drug efficacy, monitor therapeutic goals and outcomes, and review for contraindications/precautions.
• Order and evaluate laboratory tests per approved protocols to support medication therapy monitoring.
• Identify opportunities during chart review for counseling and medication history completion.
• Communicate recommendations directly with providers.
• Electronically document interventions and provide sign-out as appropriate.
• Serve as a preceptor for pharmacy students and residents.
• Provide drug information to allied healthcare professionals and fulfill provider-initiated pharmacy consults.
• Assist with projects such as medication-use evaluations (MUEs), drug monographs, and performance improvement activities.
• Review and interpret provider orders and dispense medication.
• Coordinate and supervise workplace activities.
• Assume responsibility for satellite pharmacies, including sterile product processing in the IV Admixture Service lab and OR pharmacy.

Requirements

• B.S. in Pharmacy required; Pharm.D. degree preferred.
• ASHP-accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency preferred; equivalent experience (3 years of acute care hospital experience) will be considered.
• Board certification preferred.
• Current licensure in the state of Delaware or obtainable before initiation of employment.

Benefits

• Generous PTO plan and 12-week fully paid parental leave.
• 403(b) with competitive employer match and defined contribution retirement plan.
• Not-for-profit organization eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
• Pharmacy Board Certification reimbursement.

Pay

Hourly pay range: $58.26 – $93.22. The actual salary within this range will depend on individual factors including skills, relevant experience, and qualifications.