Inpatient Pharmacist, Per Diem, Night Shift

About Us

Adventist Health Sonora has been one of the area's leading healthcare providers since 1900. We are comprised of a 72-bed hospital, 30 medical offices, comprehensive cancer care, and a vast scope of award-winning services located throughout Tuolumne and Calaveras counties and the surrounding areas. Sonora is known for its friendly hometown charm, vast outdoor experiences, and lively downtown. The allure of Sonora's close-knit community is complemented by its proximity to Yosemite National Park, as well as just a quick drive to Lake Tahoe.

Adventist Health is a faith-based, nonprofit, integrated health system serving more than 100 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii with over 440 sites of care, including 27 acute care facilities. Founded on Adventist heritage and values, Adventist Health provides care in hospitals, clinics, home care, and hospice agencies in both rural and urban communities. Our compassionate and talented team of more than 38,000 includes employees, physicians, Medical Staff, and volunteers driven in pursuit of one mission: living God's love by inspiring health, wholeness, and hope.

About the Role

Verify and fill orders for medications, monitor patient medication therapies, provide drug information, identify and troubleshoot potential medication safety hazards, document all interactions for medical review, and supervise and direct support personnel.

Requirements

• Graduate of school of pharmacy: Required
• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree: Preferred
• One year's technical experience: Preferred
• Inpatient clinical pharmacy experience: Preferred
• Pharmacist license in the state of practice: Required
• All licensures and certifications needed to fulfill the duties required of a Pharmacist at the state level: Required

Responsibilities

• Process, enter, verify, and distribute medication orders within the institution in a timely manner and in compliance with department and hospital policies, as well as Joint Commission and other regulatory guidelines.
• Actively ensure that medication therapy is efficacious, safe, cost-effective, and achieves the best therapeutic outcomes.
• Assure that medication prescribing is optimal with respect to indication, dose, route, frequency, history of allergy, and does not duplicate or negatively interact with other drugs.
• Conduct and manage daily reports on medication utilization based upon daily rounds to identify, catalogue, and subsequently analyze areas in which medication improvement is needed.
• Consistently perform quality assurance procedures in related work areas.
• Participate in all pharmacy-related tasks and programs such as clinical rounds, unit-based and/or population-based medication management activities, remote order verification, and all other areas as directed/necessitated.
• Expedite changes needed to meet regulatory, accrediting, licensing, and government agency standards and laws.
• Participate in department cost savings. Comply with drug formulary and appropriate documentation.
• Collaborate with appropriate leadership and buyer to purchase, contract, and procure medications and related supplies to ensure that product and vendor selection is based upon the highest medication safety standards.
• Assist in making recommendations on process improvement or development of new pharmacy services.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Pay

The estimated base pay for this position is $68.66 to $94.17 per hour. Additional individual compensation may be available for this role through differentials, extra shift incentives, bonuses, etc. Base pay is only a portion of the total rewards package, and a comprehensive benefits program is available for qualifying positions.

Schedule

• Full time
• Night Shift
• 10-hour shifts

Location: Sonora, CA, United States