Clinical Staff Pharmacist

Core Responsibilities And Duties

• Delivers patient care, which optimizes the patient’s health status and outcomes.
• Prepares and dispenses medication orders according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Collaborates with other providers to develop and recommend medication therapy regimens for individual patients, order sets or protocols.
• Reconciles medications as patients move across the continuum of hospital care.
• Ensures safe, appropriate, cost-effective medication therapies for patients.
• Provides customer service in a timely manner exhibiting courtesy, respect, and teamwork that promotes excellence and a positive image of Gillette Children’s and its services.
• Interacts with all “customers” including patients, their families, and the general public.
• Educates patients about their medications.
• Provides drug expertise to other members of the organization.
• Utilizes the scientific base of knowledge in practice through application and support of research.

Qualifications

• Graduate of ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy (B.S. Pharmacy).
• Licensure or eligibility for licensure as a Registered Pharmacist in Minnesota.
• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required of all pharmacists who are scheduled to work independently (those with an assigned FTE).
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) training is required for pharmacists staffing independently during Code Blue coverage hours; therefore all pharmacists who have an assigned FTE, except for those who are regularly scheduled to work straight overnights, are required to be PALS trained & certified.
• Upon hire, if a pharmacist is not current with PALS certification, the pharmacist supervisor will assign a PALS training course to be completed within 12 months of hire date.
• Pediatric residency and/or prior experience in pediatrics or hospital setting preferred.
• Knowledge, Skills And Abilities: Demonstrated strong interpersonal & communication skills as related to patients, families, co-workers, nurses, physicians, others.
• Interested in working with people with disabilities, primarily children & adolescents, and their families.

Compensation And Benefits

The annual salary range for this opportunity is $81,706 to $122,553, with a median salary of $102,130 (adjusted to reflect the .6 FTE).

Pay is dependent on several factors including relevant work experience, education, certification & licensure, and internal equity.

Gillette supports career progression and offers a competitive benefits package that includes a retirement savings match, tuition and certification reimbursement, paid time off, and health and wellness benefits for .5 FTE and above.