Job Description:

Schedule: Part Time (32 hours); four 8-hour shifts per week on a rotating Monday through Friday schedule.

Shift Details: Day shifts aligned with infusion center patient schedules and operational needs, currently scheduled between 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. No weekends or major holidays.

Location: Intermountain Health Cancer Center Saint Joseph Hospital, Denver, Colorado

Benefits Eligible: Yes - Link to Benefit Details

Top candidates will have experience with sterile compounding of chemotherapy and other hazardous medications in an oncology or infusion setting.

Join the Pharmacy team at Intermountain Health Cancer Center at Saint Joseph Hospital and play a vital role in supporting patients throughout their cancer treatment journey. As a Clinical Pharmacist, you'll provide comprehensive medication management, review and verify complex treatment plans, support sterile compounding operations, monitor therapeutic outcomes, and serve as a trusted medication expert for both caregivers and patients. This role offers the opportunity to practice at the top of your license while making a meaningful impact on patient care every day.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy working with dependable teammates, and are passionate about making a meaningful impact on patients' lives, you'll find purpose and belonging here. Together, we're helping people live the healthiest lives possible, one patient at a time.

Saint Joseph Hospital was founded in Denver in 1873 by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth as the first private teaching hospital in Colorado. Today, it remains the largest private teaching hospital in Denver. The hospital provides a tradition of healthcare that includes compassionate caregivers, stellar clinical expertise and active clinical partnerships with National Jewish Health and community physicians.

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Specialized Responsibilities in the Cancer Center

• Verifies and oversees the preparation of hazardous and nonhazardous compounded sterile preparations in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
• Reviews and verifies oncology and supportive-care treatment plans in Epic Beacon, including medication selection, dosing, laboratory parameters, treatment parameters, sequencing, and required modifications.
• Uses Epic Beacon and other pharmacy technologies to document clinical review, verify medication orders, and support safe and timely treatment.

Essential Functions

• Reviews patients' medication order for allergy interactions, duplication of therapy, appropriateness of drug therapy, and drug- drug interaction. Makes appropriate evidence-based interventions to optimize medication use. Ensures safe, appropriate, cost-effective therapies and accurately dispenses medications.
• Oversees and/or participates in assuring appropriate medications are prepared and delivered timely to care areas and are stored both securely and appropriate for both stability and effective workflow.
• Provides counseling to patients and promotes quality medication education and adherence. Ensures patient is well informed, treated with respect, and receives the highest level of professional service.
• Completes all regulatory and compliance training and ensures documentation of regulatory requirements is clear and complete. Is knowledgeable and compliant with state and federal laws, regulations, pharmacy policies, procedures, and standard operating procedures.
• Supervises and directs activities of interns, technicians, and support personnel as required. Provides medication related clinical consultation and clarification to other health professionals.
• Takes the initiative to solve problems including, but not limited to, equipment, maintenance, drug availability, staffing issues, and extraordinary patient care concerns.
• Identifies potential areas for improvement including processes that could be streamlined or revised to improve patient satisfaction. Identifies potential safety hazards that may create problems for patients and/or staff and takes appropriate actions. Participates in departmental meetings, contributing ideas or feedback
• Supports clinic or hospital and system directives, including clinical, compliance, business operations, standardization, and customer service.
• Supports local and enterprise pharmacy leadership initiatives.

Specialized Skills in the Cancer Center

• Sterile compounding and aseptic technique
• Hazardous and nonhazardous sterile compounding oversight
• Oncology dosing and calculations

Skills

• Pharmacy
• Pharmacy Services
• Medication Management
• Pharmaceutical Care
• Project Management
• Quality Improvement
• Problem Solving
• Federal Pharmacy Laws
• State Pharmacy Laws

Qualifications

Minimum

• Doctor of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree from an accredited institution (education verified).
• License to practice pharmacy in the state of practice and dispense controlled substances
• Current knowledge of state and federal regulations and statutes regarding the practice of pharmacy in the state of practice.
• Effective communication, people management, and project management skills.
• Immunization certification if applicable to practice site needs 

Preferred

• Previous experience working in an integrated healthcare delivery system
• Board Certification
• Health System Residency

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The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

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