Clinical Pharmacist- Pen Bay Hospital
Location: Rockport, ME
Facility: Pen Bay Hospital
Schedule: Full Time
Job Category: Professional - Clinical
Req #: 5558
Date Posted:
Description
Pen Bay Medical Center
Professional - Clinical
Req #: 5558
Summary
Pen Bay Hospital is a not-for-profit, Top Rural, Leapfrog Hospital Safety Score Graded and the largest community hospital in Midcoast Maine. Pen Bay Hospital operates as a family of services that also includes Pen Bay Physicians & Associates, Quarry Hill Retirement Community, and the Sussman House. Through these organizations, and with a staff of more than 100 outstanding physicians and more than 1,500 healthcare professionals, we are able to provide the people of Midcoast Maine with a continuum of both routine and specialty patient-centered medical services. Pen Bay Hospital is part of the Coastal Healthcare Alliance and the MaineHealth system.
Our family of providers includes:
- Pen Bay Hospital – a 99-bed, full-service community hospital overlooking beautiful Penobscot Bay in Rockport.
- Pen Bay Physicians & Associates – a multi-specialty physician group practice dedicated to ensuring that the healthcare needs of the residents and visitors of Midcoast Maine are met.
- Quarry Hill – Midcoast Maine’s premier extended care community for adults 55+, Quarry Hill provides unsurpassed independent, assisted-living, short- and long-term nursing care and specialized memory-loss care.
$10,000.00 Sign on Bonus paid in 3 installments, prorated for Part Time
Current MaineHealth employees not eligible for the sign on bonus. Must be separated from MaineHealth system for 6 months to be eligible.
Summary:
Staff pharmacists fill/verify orders for medications, monitor patient medication therapy regimens, provide drug information, and supervise and direct support personnel. In the absence of the pharmacy manager, a staff pharmacist may be required to assume the essential responsibilities and perform the duties of the pharmacy manager.
Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
1. Education: The Clinical Pharmacist role reviews medication orders for safe and effective medication use; collaborates with physicians and other health care personnel to achieve optimal patient outcomes; and formulates recommendations based on current literature and evidence-based practice. 2. License/Certifications: Current applicable state(s) license with Board of Pharmacy required. 3. Experience: Previous pharmacist experience preferred. 4. Additional Skills/Requirements Required: N/A 5. Additional Skills/Requirements Preferred: N/A
With a career at any of the MaineHealth locations across Maine and New Hampshire, you’ll be working with health care professionals that truly value the people around them – both within the walls of the organization and the communities that surround it.
We offer benefits that support an individual's needs for today and flexibility to plan for tomorrow – programs such as paid parental leave, a flexible work policy, student loan assistance, training and education, along with well-being resources for you and your family.
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