Pharmacist - Variable Shift

Job Description
At Adventist Health, we are committed to providing quality healthcare to our community. Our 192-bed hospital in Montebello has a 70-year history of delivering exceptional care. The Los Angeles area is renowned for its art, rich culture, and diverse community. Our team is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our patients and their families.

Job Summary:
As a Pharmacist, you will play a vital role in ensuring the safe and effective use of medications. Your responsibilities will include verifying and filling orders, monitoring patient medication therapies, providing drug information, identifying and troubleshooting potential medication safety hazards, and documenting all interactions for medical review. You will also supervise and direct support personnel to ensure seamless operations.

Requirements:
Education and Work Experience:
Graduate of a school of pharmacy: Required
Doctor of Pharmacy (Ph.D.) degree: Preferred
One year's technical experience: Preferred
Inpatient clinical pharmacy experience: Preferred
Licenses/Certifications:
Pharmacist license in the state of practice: Required
All licensures and certifications needed to fulfill the duties required of a Pharmacist at the state level: Required
Registered Pharmacist (RPH): Required
Facility Specific License/Certifications:
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification: Required
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or Healthstream Advanced Cardiac Life Support (HS-ACLS) or RQI ACLS: Required
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or Healthstream Pediatric Advanced Life Support (HS-PALS): Required
Essential Functions:
Processes, enters, verifies, and distributes medication orders within the institution in a timely manner and in compliance with department and hospital policies, as well as Joint Commission and other regulatory guidelines. Actively ensures that medication therapy is efficacious, safe, cost-effective, and achieves the best therapeutic outcomes. Assures that medication prescribing is optimal with respect to indication, dose, route, frequency, history of allergy, and does not duplicate or negatively interact with other drugs. Conducts and manages daily reports on medication utilization based upon daily rounds to identify, catalogue, and subsequently analyze areas in which medication improvement is needed. Consistently performs quality assurance procedures in related work areas. Participates in all pharmacy-related tasks and programs such as clinical rounds, unit-based and/or population-based medication management activities, remote order verification, and all other areas as directed/necessitated. Expedites changes needed to meet regulatory, accrediting, licensing, and government agency standards and laws. Participates in department cost savings. Complies with drug formulary and appropriate documentation. Collaborates with appropriate leadership and buyer to purchase, contract, and procure medications and related supplies to ensure that product and vendor selection is based upon the highest medication safety standards. Assists in making recommendations on process improvement or development of new pharmacy services. Performs other job-related duties as assigned. Organizational Requirements:
Adventist Health is committed to the safety and well-being of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations, including, but not limited to, measles, mumps, flu (based on the seasonal availability of the flu vaccine typically during October-March each year), COVID-19 vaccine (required in CA, HI, and OR) etc., as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.

About Us:
Adventist Health is a faith-based, nonprofit, integrated health system serving more than 90 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii with over 400 sites of care, including 26 acute care facilities, clinics, home care, and hospice agencies in both rural and urban communities. Our compassionate and talented team of 37,000 includes employees, physicians, and volunteers driven in pursuit of one mission: living God's love by inspiring health, wholeness, and hope.