Clinical Pharmacist

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Remote clinical pharmacist verifying prescriptions and counseling patients for Advocate Health’s Illinois and Wisconsin pharmacy operations. Supporting medication safety, consultation, education, and hospital communication.

Responsibilities:

  • Work remotely to review, verify, and counsel on Meds to Go prescriptions in Illinois
  • Assist with hospital communication and education
  • Provide verification and consultation for Medifriend locations and Wisconsin RD pharmacies
  • Oversee pharmaceutical care, including retrieving and evaluating biomedical literature and designing medication therapy regimens
  • Counsel patients and caregivers on medication therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, handling, and administration
  • Design, recommend, monitor, and evaluate patient-specific pharmacotherapeutic regimens
  • Review and accurately interpret medication orders and prescriptions
  • Participate in medical emergencies when applicable
  • Support medication safety and quality improvement activities, including event reporting
  • Perform quality assurance and performance improvement of the medication-use system
  • Collaborate with the healthcare team on formulary adherence and the medication-use process
  • Assist with non-formulary, compassionate-use, and investigational medications
  • Prepare, dispense, and oversee proper medication storage and handling
  • Serve as preceptor for pharmacy students, residents, and healthcare learners
  • Mentor, orient, train, and assist with performance evaluations of pharmacy teammates, residents, and students
  • Direct and check pharmacy support team work for safe, efficient, compliant workflows
  • Provide age-appropriate patient care based on growth, development, and patient-status data

Requirements:

  • Licensed in the state(s) of practice or eligible for reciprocity required
  • Immunization and non-vaccine injectable certification required based on area of practice
  • Credentialing and privileging required based on area of practice
  • Bachelor’s or Doctorate degree in pharmacy from an ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy required, or an FPGEC certificate from NABP
  • No experience required
  • Maintains skills in area of practice
  • Strong computer skills
  • Excellent communication and organization skills
  • Excellent presentation, facilitation, and training development skills
  • Decision making, team building, customer service, and conflict resolution skills
  • Life support training courses may be required dependent on department discretion
  • Must be licensed in both Illinois and Wisconsin
  • Ability to work 1st and 2nd shifts and weekends
  • Ability to meet physical requirements including walking, standing, pushing up to 50 pounds, and lifting 35 pounds
  • Ability to use pharmacy, computer, and automated dispensing equipment
  • Functional speech, vision, and hearing

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards benefits and well-being programs
  • Premium pay such as shift and on-call pay
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual performance-based increases
  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability benefits
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Adoption assistance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match
  • Other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program