Pharmacist - Per Diem

Pharmacist – Per Diem

Location:

JFK University Medical Center, Edison, New Jersey

Requisition # | Shift: Day | Status:
Per Diem

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

• Comply with and enforce all state and federal regulations and institutional policies relating to pharmaceutical care and medication management.
• Review and verify all medications prior to dispensing, including allergies, drug‑drug interactions, drug‑food interactions, and clinical appropriateness.
• Oversee dispensing, chain of custody, and accountability of controlled substances.
• Handle investigational drugs where applicable.
• Adhere to USP 795, 797, and 800 standards for sterile and nonsterile compounding and hazardous drugs.
• Supervise ancillary personnel (Pharmacy Technicians and Assistants/Couriers).
• Apply safe medication best practices as recommended by I‑SMP, Joint Commission, and institutional guidelines.
• Provide patient counseling and participate in clinical initiatives (renal dose adjustments, IV‑to‑PO conversions, antibiotic stewardship, opioid stewardship).
• Train pharmacy staff and residents, educate students and interns.
• Maintain network and departmental competencies, licensing and certification requirements.
• Perform unit inspections to assure medication management standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Graduate of an ACPE accredited school of pharmacy with a minimum of a BS degree in Pharmacy.
• Registered Pharmacist License.
• 1–2 years of hospital pharmacy experience preferred.
• Knowledge of USP 795, 797, and 800 principles.
• EPIC experience preferred.

Minimum rate of $70.22 per hour.

Hackensack Meridian Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.