Clinical Pharmacist, Pediatrics

Exemption Status

Exempt

$96,220.80 - $

Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Monday through Friday, Weekends (Saturday and Sunday)

Day, rotating weekends & holidays

1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

40

10020 - 3800 Pharmacy

This position may have a signing bonus available; a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading‑edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other.

And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Pediatric pharmacist, responsible for medication management and education with a direct impact on patient care, quality, and safety for patients in the pediatric ICU and pediatric general medicine.

The following key performance areas (Clinical, Operations/Distribution, Financial, Safety and Regulatory, Research and Education) are performed by the clinical pharmacist:

• Review patient medication history, educate patients on drug therapy, establish desired outcomes, develop/modify therapeutic plans, determine alternatives, develop monitoring plans, monitor outcomes, document issues in EHR, interpret laboratory data, review medication profiles, monitor pharmacokinetics, and assess interactions.
• Maintain and update a patient profile with demographics, diagnosis, allergies, and current medications.
• Monitor drug therapy for appropriateness of use, dose, form, regimen, route, duplication, and interaction.
• Provide drug information to health care professionals and patients.
• Document clinical interventions.
• Counsel patients on discharge medications as appropriate.
• Perform clinical review and verification of medication orders.
• Perform medication order entry when needed.
• Discuss order clarifications with prescriber, document interventions, and communicate changes as needed.
• Facilitate medication discharge planning and smooth transition to alternate sites of care.

• Ensure timely and accurate dispensing of medications.
• Ensure proper technique and accurate preparation of all pharmaceutical products, including oral, non‑sterile, sterile compounding, chemotherapeutic, hazardous, and investigational agents.
• Accurately fill and dispense medications from the pharmacy area.
• Cross‑cover a variety of practice areas as requested by supervisor.
• Ensure regulatory compliance of controlled substance distribution and monitoring.
• Supervise pharmacy technician work.
• Provide feedback to maintain and optimize pharmacy technology.

• Promote formulary drug use and convert non‑formulary orders when possible according to P&T protocol; coordinate procurement of non‑formulary drugs when necessary.
• Conduct targeted drug program and usage evaluations; report results to Department Managers, Pharmacy, and Therapeutics Committee.
• Identify and act upon cost avoidance by promoting cost‑effective regimens and reducing waste.
• Facilitate cost‑saving programs such as IV to PO and therapeutic substitution.
• Manage medication inventory, product expiry, and recalls.

• Detect, monitor, document, and report adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
• Use drug use reports to identify adverse events.
• Participate in Joint Commission and other accreditation and regulatory activities such as National Patient Safety Goals and Pharmacy Quality Improvement Plan.

• Precept IPPE, APPE, and pharmacy resident rotations consistent with academic credentials and clinical experience.
• Participate in continuing education, meetings, training…