Clinical Staff Pharmacist, Rotating Shift, Pharmacy

Pharmacist Position at Shady Grove Medical Center

The pharmacist is responsible for compounding and dispensing medications, evaluating patients for appropriate medication and dosing, providing medication education, responding to code emergencies and supervising pharmacy technicians in the preparation of medications. Serve on committees as determined by the Manager of Pharmacy Services. Accurately processes telephone calls and messages in a timely and pleasant manner. Actions and attitude that contributes to the critical success factors of the organization (i.e. Best place to work, Most extraordinary experience, Superior outcomes, Financial success for reinvestment, A growing organization vital to the community, and Valued as a faith-based organization).

Work Schedule:

Shady Grove Medical Center seeks to hire an experienced pharmacist who will embrace our mission to extend God's care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.

As a clinical staff pharmacist you will:

• Prepare and dispense medications
• Utilize pharmacy support personnel
• Provide in service education for physicians, nurses, and other practitioners
• Perform pharmacy functions to assure safe and effective medication delivery to the Nursing Department
• Design, recommend, monitor, and evaluate patient-specific pharmacotherapy
• Help assure adherence to medication-use policies
• Participate in the formulary process
• Comply with all accreditations, regulatory and safety requirements
• Maximize work efficiency with use of technology
• Respond to requests for drug information
• Ensure continuity of pharmaceutical care
• Participate in departmental performance improvement program
• Maintain confidentiality of patient information
• Participate in the process for assessing, managing and reporting medication errors
• Manage time effectively

Qualified candidates will possess:

• Graduation from an ACPE accredited pharmacy school, with PharmD degree; alternatively, Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy with acute hospital/clinical experience, required.
• Strongly preferred: Minimum one year of hospital pharmacy practice
• Considered: Recent graduate w/ minimum 2 years hospital pharmacy technician/intern experience; or non-hospital pharmacist experience, with counseling and medication therapy management
• Supervisory/management experience not required but welcome
• Strongly preferred: Experience responding to Code Blue calls; ACLS certification/training
• Strongly preferred: Performing Clinical Skills: medication dosing (vancomycin, aminoglycosides), renal dosing adjustment, antimicrobial stewardship, anticoagulant (warfarin, heparin, DOAC) dosing
• Strongly preferred: Specific experience with NICU, the Emergency Department, Critical Care/ICU
• Strongly preferred: Interpersonal skills and comfort with communications with nurses and physicians
• Strongly preferred: Knowledge and experience with IV compounding (USP 797 & 800), automation (Pyxis, carousel, etc)
• Strongly preferred: Experience supervising pharmacy technicians

Pay Range:

$55.88 - $83.82

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position is classified as:

United States of America (Non-Exempt)

At Adventist HealthCare our job is to care for you.

We do this by offering:

• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
• Free Employee parking
• Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire
• Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)
• Paid Time Off
• Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period
• Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance
• Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

As a faith-based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist HealthCare has earned a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care. Adventist HealthCare was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County. If you want to make a difference in someone's life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference.

Join the Adventist HealthCare team today, apply now to be considered!

COVID-19 Vaccination

Adventist HealthCare strongly recommends all applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment. Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination.

Tobacco and Drug Statement

Tobacco use is a well-recognized preventable cause of death in the United States and an important public health issue. In order to promote and maintain a healthy work environment, Adventist HealthCare will not hire applicants for employment who either state that they are nicotine users or who test positive for nicotine and drug use.

While some jurisdictions, including Maryland, permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes, marijuana continues to be classified as an illegal drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act. As a result, medical marijuana use will not be accepted as a valid explanation for a positive drug test result.

Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana. Those testing positive are given the opportunity to re-apply in 90 days, if they can truthfully attest that they have not used any nicotine products in the past ninety (90) days and successfully pass follow-up testing. ("Nicotine products" include, but are not limited to: cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes, vaping products, hookah, and nicotine replacement products (e.g., nicotine gum, nicotine patches, nicotine lozenges, etc.).

Equal Employment Opportunity Adventist HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to attracting, engaging, and developing the best people to cultivate our mission-centric culture. Our goal is to have a welcoming, equitable, and safe place to work and grow for all employees, no matter their background. AHC does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and related medical conditions, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Adventist HealthCare will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Adventist HealthCare is a religious organization as defined under applicable law; however, it will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodations for applicants' religious beliefs.

Applicants who wish to request accommodations for disabilities or religious belief should contact the Support Center HR Office.