Clinical Pharmacist Inpatient

Job Description:

Job Specifics:

Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Shift Details: Primarily day shifts (10 hours) with occasional evening coverage, every-third-weekend and holiday rotation.

Location: St. Mary’s Regional Hospital, Colorado

Benefits Eligible: Yes - Link to Benefit Details

Successful candidates will have a strong foundation in inpatient hospital practice and completion of a Health System Pharmacy Residency.

Join our Inpatient Pharmacy Team at St. Mary's Regional Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado, where collaboration, clinical excellence, and exceptional patient care are at the heart of everything we do. Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians work side-by-side with interdisciplinary care teams to ensure safe, timely, and effective medication therapy across the hospital.

This team supports patient care through unit-dose dispensing, sterile IV compounding, and automated dispensing cabinet (Omnicell) operations, including accurate documentation, inventory management, and controlled substance accountability.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, value dependable teammates, and want to make a meaningful impact on patients throughout their care journey, you'll feel right at home here. Join a team committed to medication safety, clinical excellence, and exceptional patient care.

Intermountain Health St. Mary’s Regional Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado, the largest medical center between Denver and Salt Lake City, is committed to putting people first. Serving the healthcare needs of western Colorado and eastern Utah for nearly 120 years and founded in 1896 by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, St. Mary’s has a rich history of serving the many needs of its community, from advanced medical care to charitable giving.

Life in Grand Junction:
Grand Junction offers over 300 days of sunshine per year and a perfect blend of Western charm, adventure, and natural beauty. Enjoy outdoor activities like hiking, biking, skiing, and rafting, as well as cultural experiences such as art walks, live performances, and local festivals. Explore nearby natural wonders and Colorado’s wine country.  Check out the video from Visit Grand Junction to see all the exciting activities that Grand Junction and western Colorado offers.

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Essential Functions

• Reviews patients' medication order for allergy interactions, duplication of therapy, appropriateness of drug therapy, and drug- drug interaction. Makes appropriate evidence-based interventions to optimize medication use. Ensures safe, appropriate, cost-effective therapies and accurately dispenses medications.
• Oversees and/or participates in assuring appropriate medications are prepared and delivered timely to care areas and are stored both securely and appropriate for both stability and effective workflow.
• Provides counseling to patients and promotes quality medication education and adherence. Ensures patient is well informed, treated with respect, and receives the highest level of professional service.
• Completes all regulatory and compliance training and ensures documentation of regulatory requirements is clear and complete. Is knowledgeable and compliant with state and federal laws, regulations, pharmacy policies, procedures, and standard operating procedures.
• Supervises and directs activities of interns, technicians, and support personnel as required. Provides medication related clinical consultation and clarification to other health professionals.
• Takes the initiative to solve problems including, but not limited to, equipment, maintenance, drug availability, staffing issues, and extraordinary patient care concerns.
• Identifies potential areas for improvement including processes that could be streamlined or revised to improve patient satisfaction. Identifies potential safety hazards that may create problems for patients and/or staff and takes appropriate actions. Participates in departmental meetings, contributing ideas or feedback
• Supports clinic or hospital and system directives, including clinical, compliance, business operations, standardization, and customer service.
  
• Supports local and enterprise pharmacy leadership initiatives.
  
  

Skills

• Pharmacy
• Pharmacy Services
• Medication Management
• Pharmaceutical Care
• Project Management
• Quality Improvement
• Problem Solving
• Federal Pharmacy Laws
• State Pharmacy Laws

Qualifications

Minimum

• Doctor of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree from an accredited institution (education verified).
• License to practice pharmacy in the state of practice and dispense controlled substances
• Current knowledge of state and federal regulations and statutes regarding the practice of pharmacy in the state of practice.
• Effective communication, people management, and project management skills.
• Immunization certification if applicable to practice site needs 

Preferred

• Previous experience working in an integrated healthcare delivery system
• Board CertificationHealth System Residency

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy.
• This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.

Location:

St. Marys Regional Hospital

Work City:

Grand Junction

Work State:

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$62.89 - $92.44

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

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