Pharmacist - Pool​/PRN

National Jewish Health is seeking an as-needed Pharmacist to support pharmacy operations by providing coverage for staff vacancies and absences across multiple National Jewish Health locations, including Northern and Western sites, with responsibilities that include oncology pharmacy support. This role is responsible for processing and verifying prescriptions, overseeing pharmacy technician workflow, and delivering pharmacological expertise to multidisciplinary care teams and patients.

The Pharmacist ensures continuity of safe, accurate, and efficient medication services while maintaining high standards of patient care and operational excellence.

Key responsibilities include:

• Reviewing, interpreting, and verifying prescriber orders and preparing medications accurately and safely
• Providing coverage and operational support during staffing gaps to ensure uninterrupted pharmacy services
• Directing and supporting pharmacy technician workflow to maintain efficiency and accuracy
• Counseling patients and providing pharmacological guidance to health care professionals
• Supporting clinical and research activities, including investigational drug protocols

National Jewish Health is a nationally recognized leader in respiratory, immunologic, and complex chronic disease care and has been advancing patient care, research, and education since 1899. The institution offers a collaborative, mission-driven environment where pharmacists contribute to high-quality patient outcomes while supporting flexible staffing needs.

The staff pharmacist processes prescriptions, oversees and directs pharmacy technician workflow, provides pharmacological information to multidisciplinary health care teams and patients, and identifies and solves day-to-day operational issues.

• Reviews, interprets, clarifies, and enters prescriber orders/prescriptions.
• Prepares all forms of medications using accurate calculations and proper procedures.
• Maintains and improves operational efficiency and accuracy by training, organizing and directing pharmacy technician workflow. Verifies the accuracy of their order entry, preparation, and labeling of prescriptions.
• Listens attentively and responds promptly to customers’ needs, requests and concerns in a respectful manner.
• Utilizes available information to track and understand each patient’s medication history and make recommendations to prescribers as the situation requires.
• Provides pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals and counseling customers on drug therapies.
• Maintains safe, clean and organized work environment.
• Collaborates with research staff on investigational drug research. Maintains accurate records, dispenses and labels per research protocol.
• Performs competencies and assigned training prior to deadline. Completes professional continuing education as required by rules and regulations of governing body.
• Provides after hours services to hospital personnel as requested.
• Assists Director of Pharmacy in implementation of department initiatives.

• Checks accuracy and expiration dates, and stocks Pyxis machines as needed.
• Checks customers out at register efficiently and accurately.
• Inventories, stocks and places orders for the pharmacy stock as needed.
• Accountability: Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as a team member; displays honesty and truthfulness; confronts problems quickly; displays a strong commitment to organizational success and inspires others to commit to goals; demonstrates a commitment to National Jewish Health.
• Adaptability: Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
• Attention to Detail: Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time. Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards…