Pharmacist at ChristianaCare

Our amazing Pharmacy Team dispenses approximately 6,200,000 individualized patient doses per year, as well as 170,000 retail/mail order prescriptions. We provide medications that are safe and efficacious.

Life is full of choices, and whom you work for is one of life's most important decisions. ChristianaCare has earned national recognition for excellence. Choose an organization that provides career advancement and the opportunity to impact health. Come and join us in the ChristianaCare Pharmacy - Dedicated to getting the right drug to the right patient at the right time!

ChristianaCare is recruiting for a Pharmacist to work full time at the Health Care Center located in Newark, Delaware. Weekend rotation coverage at the Christiana Hospital retail store is required.

In this position, you will dispense medications; evaluate medication need, and clarify or correct orders with providers and nurses.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain costs and adhere to budget and formulary requirements.
• Resolve Customer service issues with Christiana Care’s core values being the primary focus.
• Manage, supervise and schedule pharmacy staff.
• Maintain drug stock par levels, to ensure drug inventory turnover.
• Encourage generic and preferred formulary usage while maintaining contract adherence.
• Receives and interprets physicians' medication orders; monitors patient medication profiles to guard against sensitivities, contraindications, duplications, and major drug interactions
• Assures the accurate and timely refilling of patient medication
• Assures maintenance of patients' medication records
• Provide drug information to other health care providers and patients. Consults and advises members of the medical staff on matters relating to specific drug therapy problems; provides drug information and other informational materials to members of the medical and nursing staff; works with medical and/or nursing personnel to resolve problems involving pharmacy services
• Coordinates and supervises work-place activities and resources; promotes professional competence; assures that services rendered, and work performed are in accordance with specific standards; advises, assists, and supervises work of pharmacy technicians; assumes final responsibility for accuracy of their work
• Prepares special medications involving compounding procedures and sterile products using aseptic techniques when necessary
• Assist with training programs of pharmacy interns, residents, students, and technicians; provides information in all pertinent areas of pharmacy practices, policies, and procedures

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Minimum of B.S. in Pharmacy required; PharmD preferred
• Current licensure (or eligible to reciprocate) in the state of Delaware
• Previous community pharmacy supervisory or managerial experience preferred

ChristianaCare offers:

• Full Medical, Dental, Vision and other insurance benefits
• 403 (b) with an employer match
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to care.com, access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work, retirement planning services, financial coaching, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and phenomenal discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets and much more!

If you 're inspired to make a difference, we invite you to become a ChristianaCare caregiver.