Clinical Pharmacist MedSurge

Clinical Pharmacist – Med/Surg

St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center | Boise, Idaho

St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to join our Adult Medical/Surgical Pharmacy team. This position provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care for a diverse adult patient population across general medicine and surgical services.

Our Med/Surg pharmacists practice as integrated members of the patient care team, working closely with physicians, nurses, pharmacy technicians, dietitians, and other disciplines. The role offers a high degree of clinical independence and the opportunity to directly influence medication therapy, patient safety, clinical workflows, and pharmacy practice.

This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacist who enjoys broad-based acute care practice, complex medication management, interdisciplinary collaboration, teaching, and continuous improvement.

What You’ll Do

• Provide comprehensive medication management for adult Med/Surg and Hospital at Home patients.
• Manage complex therapies including antimicrobials, anticoagulation, renal dosing, parenteral nutrition, pain management, and electrolyte replacement.
• Identify and resolve medication safety concerns, interactions, dosing issues, and opportunities to improve therapy.
• Support medication reconciliation, transitions of care, and discharge planning.
• Respond to medication‑related questions from providers and nurses.
• Precept pharmacy residents and students.
• Contribute to guidelines, protocols, medication‑use evaluations, Epic optimization, and other quality‑improvement projects.
• Work primarily day shifts in Med/Surg, with occasional rotation into centralized pharmacy staffing, evening, and night coverage as needed based on departmental staffing needs, including every other weekend coverage.

Work primarily day shifts in Med/Surg, with occasional rotation into centralized pharmacy staffing, evening, and night coverage as needed based on departmental staffing needs, including every other weekend coverage.

• May assist in the training of technicians, externs, interns, residents and other department staff.
• Serve as a role model and mentor to technicians, students, residents and new practitioners.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a pharmacist who is:

• Comfortable working independently and has a strong clinical foundation.
• Collaborative and confident communicating with the care team.
• Able to manage a busy, varied acute‑care workload.
• Curious, proactive, and willing to speak up when something can be improved.
• Interested in teaching, practice advancement, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Education: Degree from an accredited pharmacy program
• Experience: 0 years' experience
• Licenses/Certifications: Valid Pharmacist License in state of practice AND Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Certified through American Safety and Health Institute, American Heart Association, or American Red Cross.

Preferred Qualifications

PGY1 residency, BCPS or other relevant board certification, or previous inpatient hospital pharmacy experience, preferably in a Med/Surg setting

What's In It For You

At St. Luke’s, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission – and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on‑site massages, on‑site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.