Palliative Care Clinical Pharmacist

About the role

AdventHealth in Orlando is hiring a full-time Palliative Care Clinical Pharmacist working a day shift, Monday to Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm. The pharmacist provides safe, timely and cost-effective medication therapy, counsels patients and families on safe medication use, and takes part in interdisciplinary rounds and quality improvement.

Key responsibilities

• Educate and counsel patients, families and healthcare team members on safe and effective medication use
• Provide safe, timely, cost-effective medication therapy and take part in stewardship, surveillance and restricted-use programs
• Engage in direct patient care and interdisciplinary rounds, covering transitions of care from admission through discharge and follow-up
• Supervise, mentor and evaluate pharmacy technicians, interns, students and residents
• Identify, report and help resolve medication safety events, adverse drug reactions and errors
• Use EHRs, pharmacy informatics systems and medication automation to optimise clinical decision support and documentation
• Contribute to practice innovation, research, specialty alignment (critical care, oncology, infectious disease), committees and scholarly activity
• Perform compounding, dispensing, verification and documentation across central, satellite and IV areas
• Review and monitor medication orders and patient profiles, complete pharmacist consults and adjust doses pharmacokinetically
• Take part in quality improvement, regulatory compliance and accreditation, and track performance metrics

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree (PharmD preferred)
• Licensed Pharmacist (RPH); active Oncology Pharmacy Specialty Certification (BCOP) preferred
• 1+ year of hospital experience strongly preferred
• Pain management and/or palliative care residency or 3+ years of related experience preferred
• Additional licensure or certification may apply depending on unit or state

Required skills

• Proficiency with EHRs, pharmacy informatics systems and medication automation
• Pharmacokinetic dosing and monitoring
• Compounding, dispensing and verification

What we offer

• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance from day one
• Paid time off from day one and 4 weeks of paid parental leave
• 403(b) retirement plan
• Career development and well-being resources, including mental health support and pet benefits
• Sign-on bonus of $2,500 for eligible applicants