Clinical Pharmacist | Inpatient Pharmacy | Hematology Oncology Focused | Day Shift

Do you want to work at one of the top 100 hospitals in the nation?

Christiana Care is currently recruiting for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our team.

Life is full of choices, and Christiana Care recognizes whom you work for is an important decision. Choose an organization that values pharmacy services and provides the opportunity to impact the health of our community adhering to our Core Values and Behaviors guided by Excellence and Love.

This position is full-time (40 hours weekly, 8-hour shifts) that works day shift collaborating with interdisciplinary care teams to maintain and propose best new treatment practice protocols in accordance with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines and primary literature.

Why Christiana Care?

• At the Newark Campus, operations run through a network of inpatient pharmacists, including a central pharmacy and satellite pharmacies that focus on critical care, emergency medicine, heart failure, investigational drugs, neonates, oncology, pediatrics, perioperative services, sterile and non-sterile compounding, transplant, and trauma.
• Clinical services include robust acute and ambulatory care services. In the acute care setting, the department employs a decentralized model of practice, placing pharmacists directly into patient care units as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Generous PTO plan and 12-Week Fully Paid Parental Leave
• 403(b) with competitive employer match and Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
• Not-for-profit organization eligible with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program
• Pharmacy Board Certification reimbursement

As a Clinical Pharmacist you will:

• Serve as the inpatient pharmacy lead and point of contact for hematology and oncology Epic Beacon protocol build
• Facilitate and collaborate with appropriate caregivers in the development, reviewing and updating of hematology and oncology protocols with an understanding of the pharmacy operational impact of such protocols
• Work collaboratively with IVAS Newark campus in the operational implementation of hematology/oncology protocols and treatment plans including assisting with blank Beacon treatment plans
• Maintain USP 797 and USP 800 qualifications to assist in Newark Campus IV Admixture Services and OR pharmacy
• Manage patient’s complete medication plan, including the patient’s supportive care plan, throughout the continuum (inpatient, outpatient, home) in concert with the health care team.
• Collaborate with other pharmacists (e.g., hematology oncology, infectious diseases clinical pharmacy specialists), as needed, to address patient and disease-specific therapeutic issues
• Evaluate drug efficacy, monitor therapeutic goals and outcomes, and review for contraindications/precautions
• Order and evaluate laboratory tests per approved protocols to support medication therapy monitoring
• Electronically document interventions and provide sign out as appropriate
• Opportunities to serve as a preceptor for both pharmacy students and residents
• Assist with projects such as MUEs, drug monographs, and performance improvement activities
• Review and interpret provider orders and dispense medication
• Serve as a representative for the Department of Pharmacy on appropriate hospital committees/projects including oncology drug management.
• Navigate oncology drug shortages, including recommendation of alternative therapies when appropriate.

Education and Experience Requirements
:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy or Pharm
  
  D degree from an accredited College of Pharmacy required
• ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency preferred or equivalent experience (3 years acute care)
• Board certification preferred
• Current licensure (or eligible to reciprocate) in the State of Delaware

About Christiana Care:

Christiana Care is one of the country's most dynamic health systems, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs. Christiana Care includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, hospital care at home, medical aid units, three hospitals (1,300 beds). We provide a Level I trauma center, Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and…