Clinical Pharmacist

Job Summary and Responsibilities

The Pharmacy Department at Chandler Regional Medical Center operates 24/7, providing innovative and automated pharmaceutical services across all hospital departments. Our team consists of decentralized and centralized pharmacists, along with specialists in infectious disease and cardiology. Pharmacy technicians support pharmacists by utilizing the Omnicell automated dispensing machine, Cerner patient care system, and bedside medication verification.

We are seeking an exceptional pharmacist for a hybrid role primarily focused in our Critical Care areas (ICU/ED). This pharmacist will deliver comprehensive clinical pharmacy services, including pharmacokinetic and therapeutic consultations. Responsibilities include collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to ensure optimal medication management, reviewing orders, monitoring therapies, and managing drug therapy during emergencies. The pharmacist will perform accurate and timely computer order entry and medication reviews for therapeutic appropriateness, duplications, interactions, effectiveness, and safety. Additionally, this role provides an opportunity to mentor PharmD candidates and PGY1 residents, fostering their professional development within the pharmacy team.

• Review prescriptions in queue for safety and accuracy. Check patient’s medical history to ensure any medications prescribed will be safe and effective. Make recommendations if you see an error or know another medication would be better.
• Consults with and advises medical, nursing, and other healthcare providers regarding the prescribing, dispensing, or administration of pharmaceuticals
• Routinely monitors the patient’s total drug therapy for effectiveness, side effects, adverse reactions, toxicities, drug interactions, and incompatibilities
• Conducts assigned target drug monitoring programs and concurrent drug use evaluation activities as required
• Performs and documents Pharmacist Intervention activities such as recommendations on drug product selection, dosage adjustments, and appropriate drug therapy
• Provide CommonSpirit’s level of exceptional service to all patients or nurses filling orders.
• Participates actively in cardiopulmonary emergencies.

Qualified candidates should have a PharmD degree, with residency training preferred, and strong clinical experience in critical care settings. Excellent communication and collaboration skills are essential. Join us in making a significant impact on patient care and advancing pharmacy practice at Chandler Regional Medical Center.

While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, etc.

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelors Of Science Pharmacy, upon hire or
• Doctor Of Pharmacy Pharmacy, upon hire
• Pharmacist: AZ, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and

Preferred

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Located in the Phoenix, Ariz., suburb of Chandler, the Chandler Regional Medical Center is a 429-bed, not-for-profit hospital with more than 2,600 team members and almost 1,000 doctors on staff representing all major specialties. Chandler Regional joined the Dignity Health system in 1999, but has been part of the community for more than 50 years. The hospital includes a Level I Trauma Center, a Heart and Vascular Center, a Wound Healing Center, a Family Birth Center and many additional services. Dignity Health Chandler Regional, Mercy Gilbert, and Arizona General Hospital Mesa awarded $422,000 in grants to support five community projects led by 15 local organizations. Since 1991, Dignity Health's Community Health Improvement Grants program has provided $91 million to nearly 3,800 health projects, focusing on vulnerable and underserved populations.

Total Rewards

Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.