Pharmacist

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Clinical Pharmacist, you'll help our doctors and nurses safely prescribe and dispense medications to help our patients feel better and recover from their illness or injury.

Every day, you'll build trust in these interactions by reviewing every prescription in your queue. We never rely entirely on the computer to check for safety; we always use an expert for the final check. That's you. You'll review prescriptions for potential drug interactions, correct dosing, patient allergies or anything that looks unusual in your opinion.

To be successful in this role, you must enjoy learning new concepts and researching information in real-time to provide solutions for our patients. You should also continually look for ways to go above and beyond for your patients, delivering an exceptional experience along with exceptional care.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates an ability to coordinate subordinate activities by providing direction and guidance concerning the operational activities of the department.

• Demonstrates ability to document clinical activities and interventions such as consults, patient teachings and other patient specific information as defined by policy and procedure.

• Interprets medication orders and/or prescriptions for drug interactions, appropriate drug selection and appropriateness.

• Accurately enters / verifies the order or prescription into the computer system, labels, and dispenses medications in a timely manner.Verifies and checks medications prepared by other pharmacy personnel.Communicates drug information to patients and health professionals.

• Resolves drug related problems by consulting with other health care professionals to achieve appropriate patient outcomes.

• Unclear orders written by a licensed provider are clarified with the licensed provider.

Job Requirements

Required:

• Current license as a registered Pharmacist in the State of California and BLS American Heart Association (AHA) required

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree

Preferred:

• ACLS preferred

Where You'll Work

Bakersfield Memorial Hospital includes 385 general acute beds, 48 licensed critical care beds, 13 state-of-the-art surgical suites, and a full-service Emergency Department with an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Nationally Certified Stroke Center. In addition, we offer a beautiful Family Care and Birthing Center, the Lauren Small Children's Center including the area's only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Family Care Center, a Level II NICU, the Sarvanand Heart, and Brain Center with Kern County's first Bi-Plane Interventional Suite, the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics, and many more services. Memorial Hospital is a Children's Miracle Network Hospital and is home to the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House. Memorial Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner, serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality, compassionate care since 1956. Click here ( to learn more about Bakersfield Memorial Hospital.

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Pay Range

$69.41 - $103.25 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.