Pharmacist - Oncology (Days) Pittsfield

Staff Pharmacist in Oncology

COVID vaccination (dose date on or after 10/3/23) now required for this health system. Exemption forms are available in Trio/Downloadable Forms (both forms require provider/religious leader signatures), or please ask your delivery team for documents. If approved by healthsystem traveler will wear a mask at all times while on site. To avoid delays in processing, please include traveler covid vaccination card/or intent to fill out exemption form with profile submission. The staff pharmacist in oncology is responsible for providing patient-centered care in a multidisciplinary practice setting with pharmacists, nurses, physicians, and other personnel. Services provided include (but are not limited to): assessing patient therapy for appropriateness, incorporating age specific modifications, and clinical interventions to prevent adverse drug events. They will also conduct clinical research and other professional development programs. He/she will serve as a liaison to other departments at the cancer and infusion center by providing operational support and educational services for new treatment regimens. The staff pharmacist in oncology demonstrates in-depth knowledge of the regulations governing the preparation of intravenous admixtures, chemotherapy, and other sterile products and supervises pharmacy technicians and other support personnel. Provides oversight and participates in maintaining and storing adequate inventory of all medication required for the practice. Develop and update department and nursing policies. Work with the oncology team to standardize ordering procedures for chemotherapeutic medications. Berkshire health system will not consider any traveler who resides within 50 miles of facility. To avoid delays in processing, please include perm address at profile upload. Requested time off during the course of this assignment must be noted and verified at upload. RTO requests after upload will not be approved!! No more than 5 days of rto will be accepted (less is better). Traveler must be willing to work one of the following: Christmas eve/Christmas day and weekend after new year eve/new year day and weekend after 8hrs non-billable orientation holiday and ot multipliers - 1.25% charge and call, call-back not applicable for this need submission requirements schedule accommodations will not be considered for this need (10/12hr). Do not upload a traveler who will not work posted shift. 5+ years extensive acute care clinical experience ability to mix compounds required doctoral of pharmacy (pharm d) required completion of ashp accredited pgy1 pharmacy residency in oncology is strongly preferred. Board certification oncology pharmacist (bcop) certification is required is strongly preferred must demonstrate the ability to work independently, without direct supervision within established policy. Applicant must be capable of supervising the work of support personnel. Specialty pharmacy medication management traveler must have their own vehicle for this need machinery, tools & equipment: pharmacy and hospital computer systems alaris smart pump pharmacy automated medication dispensing systems vertical and horizontal laminar air flow hoods ancillary iv room equipment and programs; infusion pumps, dose edge, simplify797 ancillary equipment necessary for performing day-to-day tasks (syringe, needle, graduate, calculator) vocera badge fax machine profile requirements: work history skills checklist (pertinent to position), current to 1 year 1 supervisory signed reference (from within the past two years of employment) license/certifications - must be uploaded with profile certification requirements bls (aha) state license requirements massachusetts additional license requirements ma license must be in hand upon submission about the facility bm is a 298-bed teaching hospital and is ranked among the safest hospitals in the nation by the leapfrog group, which has given bm straight "a" grades since the inception of leapfrog's patient safety program, one of only 42 hospitals in the nation to achieve this honor; and recipient of both the 2017 and 2018 healthgrades patient safety excellence award. Berkshire medical center offers a full continuum of medical specialties, including anesthesiology, dentistry, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, around the clock neurology and neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), pathology, pediatrics, psychiatry, radiation oncology, radiology, rehabilitation, substance abuse, cardiac rehabilitation, a sleep lab and others. BMC has a state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging department, with MRI, high-speed CT, ultrasound, x-ray, mammography and more, providing 24-hour service. BMC has previously been honored by healthgrades with its distinguished hospital award for clinical excellence and was one of healthgrades america's best hospitals in 2016. BMC is a not for profit medical center fully accredited by the joint commission. As a medical center affiliated with Berkshire health systems, Berkshire medical center, its Hillcrest Campus and North Adams Campus serve all residents of Berkshire County, Massachusetts and communities in adjacent eastern New York, northwest Connecticut and southwest Vermont.