Pharmacy Resident

Working Here | Experience Serving Your Community

If you are looking to foster a fulfilling career path while serving your community, you are in the right place. All careers at CHAS Health allow you to make an impact on patient’s lives and our greater community. No matter what clinic or location you join, you become a part of the bigger picture – providing trustworthy, patient-centered, and attentive care to anyone who walks through our doors. We continue to expand operations and are regularly looking for talented and dedicated individuals to help us continue to make a difference in patient lives. Challenging the status quo starts with you – get started today.

Everyone Welcome

From the beginning, we strongly believe that all people have the right to high-quality health care. Our goal is to remove barriers to care and provide high-quality, evidence-based care in a place that is convenient – in your neighborhood. We believe everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect regardless of their situation.

Compensation Range:

$25.67 - $37.70

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Competitive Compensation & Exceptional Benefits at CHAS Health

Join a workforce that values your expertise as much as your wellbeing! CHAS Health's comprehensive compensation package* includes:

• Annual milestone bonus for all eligible employees! $500 for every year worked, up to $5,000.

• Robust health coverage with employer-offered medical, dental, vision, long-term care, and life insurance.

• 401(k) with up to 6% employer match for a retirement plan that invests in your future.

• Work/life balance—enjoy more than six (6) weeks of paid time off (PTO) annually for full-time employees, to recharge and refresh.

• Tuition assistance and student loan repayment—let CHAS Health pay for your education!

• Up to $7,500 for childcare annually through reimbursement, to help you balance work and family life.

• CME and license fee reimbursement—we've got you covered.

Offered benefits dependent upon employee eligibility and criteria

Job Description:

Application Requirement-

Please submit a current CV/resume, a letter of interest, and two professional letters of reference as part of your application. All materials should be uploaded together when applying and emailed to Mike Tobin (MTobin@chas.org).

Purpose of Job

Improve the overall health of the communities we serve by training highly-motivated clinical pharmacists so that they are prepared to independently and confidently provide advanced patient care services in the ambulatory and managed care settings.  Upon completion of the program, the resident will demonstrate proficiency in: collaboration with other healthcare providers, providing pharmaceutical care to diverse patient populations, and completion of a teaching certificate. Duties of this position are as follows:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Checks medication orders for therapeutic appropriateness; checks transcription of medication orders; updates medications on administrative records; observes for adverse drug reactions; provides medication counseling to patients; provides drug information to physicians, nurses, patients and other health care professionals; documents interventions with health care personnel related to drug therapy; performs drug utilization evaluations on medications; attends educational seminars.

• Rounds with clinical pharmacists to gain working knowledge of various disease states.  

• Coordinates with pharmacy leadership team to identify longitudinal project needs for organization including design, implementation, and presentation of project status.

• Completes the Washington State University College of Pharmacy Teaching Certificate during the residency year.

• Assists in precepting pharmacy students during clerkship rotations.

• Performs other duties assigned, including supporting the CHAS Health Mission and Core Values.

Qualifications

Education/Experience: PharmD from accredited school of pharmacy and valid Washington State pharmacy intern license at time of hire.

Skills: Excellent oral and written communications skills required. Computer skills required. Self‐directed, independent, motivated learner required. Ability to maintain confidentiality. BLS (CPR/AED) required. Commitment to supporting a safe and respectful environment is required.

Physical Demands

Pharmacists must be able to move around the facility between 1/3rd and 2/3rds of the day, sitting at a workstation occurs under 1/3rd of the day.  Using hands and reaching with arms occurs over 2/3rds of the day.  Communication is required over 2/3rds of the day.  Climbing, stooping or crawling is minimal.  Lifting up to 10 lbs occurs occasionally, while 25-50 lbs occurs infrequently.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Our core values are our foundation, the guiding sense of direction for our organization:

• Social Responsibility

• Patient-Centered

• Entrepreneurship

• Respect for Human Dignity

• Commitment to Continuous Quality Improvement

• Fun

CHAS Health | Equal Employment Opportunity

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at CHAS Health will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. CHAS Health does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.