Description
**Clinical Pharmacist**
CHI St. Vincent HealthLittle Rock, Arkansas
**Requisition ID** 253 **Employment Type** Full Time **Department** Pharmacy **Hours/Pay Period** 80 **Shift** Night **Weekly Schedule** 7 days on 7 off **Remote** No **Category** Pharmacy
**Overview**
CHI St. Vincent, now part of CommonSpirit Health formed between Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S., from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services, CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources, CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community.
CHI St. Vincent provides you with the same level of care you provide for others. We care about our employees' well-being and offer benefits that complement work/life balance.
**We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:**
+ Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
+ Flexible spending accounts
+ Voluntary Protection: Group Accident, Critical Illness, and Identity Theft
+ Free Premium Membership to Care.com with preloaded credits for children and/or dependent adults
+ Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
+ Paid Time Off (PTO)
+ Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
+ Matching 401(k) and 457(b) Retirement Programs
+ Wellness Program
**Responsibilities**
Expectations:
+ Review and interpret medication and pharmaceutical orders for in-patients/out-patients.
+ Enter essential information pertaining to medication or pharmaceutical order into the Pharmacy computer system.
+ Review medication or pharmaceutical entry for accuracy.
+ Review medication orders for allergies, drug interactions, overdosage, duplication and therapeutic parameters using professional knowledge and expertise to facilitate decisions.
+ Prepare and dispense prescriptions to discharged in-patients, E.R. patients, employees and their dependents and other persons under emergency situations following all applicable state and federal regulations.
+ Prepares medications and pharmaceuticals for distribution to in-patients. Compounds products not commercially available when necessary. Checks each patient tray, filled by technicians, for accuracy prior to delivery to nursing units.
+ Provide drug information and discharge counseling to patients when appropriate (i.e. all take home prescriptions filled by the pharmacy and patient counseling at the request of nursing or a physician).
+ Issue controlled substances to nursing units/departments and maintain records as required.
+ Identify, store and control medications brought to hospital by patients.
+ Confers with physicians when necessary to clarify/verify orders.
+ Provide pharmacokinetic consults to physicians and other health care personnel.
**Qualifications**
Minimum Requirements:
Education:Graduate of accredited College of Pharmacy, which includes approved internship and/or residency. Licensed to practice as a pharmacist or graduate intern in the State of Arkansas. PharmD degree preferred.
Experience:Hospital experience and Clinical Residency preferred
**Equal Opportunity**
CommonSpirit Health™ is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to
a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, parental status,
ancestry, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected
by law. For more information about your EEO rights as an applicant,
pleaseclick here. (\_0/EEOLawPoster.pdf)
CommonSpirit Health™ will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).
External hires must pass a post-offer, pre-employment background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with an arrest and/or conviction will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, ban the box laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by telephone at and let us know the nature of your request. We will only respond to messages left that involve a request for a reasonable accommodation in the application process. We will accommodate the needs of any qualified candidate who requests a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
CommonSpirit Health™ participates in E-Verify.
