Pharmacist, Healthcare

Overview

If you are a Pharmacist looking to start or continue your career in a hospital setting, we invite you to apply to UPMC Altoona today! The schedule is full-time, Day shift, every other weekend, and holidays.

Sign-on bonuses: $15,000 for a 2-year commitment or $30,000 for a 3-year commitment.

UPMC Monthly Loan Repayment program: eligible Pharmacy graduates may receive $36,000 in loan repayment paid over three years.

Purpose: Pharmacists are responsible and accountable for providing safe, effective, and cost-effective pharmacotherapy. They support centralized and decentralized medication-use systems to deliver optimal medication therapy. Pharmacist Specialists participate in all necessary aspects of the medication-use process and pharmacy operations and services. Pharmacy services include but are not limited to assessing patient parameters, incorporating age and disease-specific characteristics into drug therapy and patient education, and participating in detecting, mitigating, and preventing medication-related adverse events.

Pharmacists serve as resources and liaisons to other departments, healthcare team members, or external groups. They also support and lead patient care quality and regulatory compliance initiatives designed to improve medication-use processes or pharmacy practice. Pharmacists provide medication and practice-related education/training and actively serve as preceptors for pharmacy students and pharmacy residents. If applicable, participation in quality initiatives is expected to improve clinical pharmacy services by monitoring processes, analyzing data, implementing interventions, and evaluating the effectiveness of those interventions.