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Pharmacy Resident - Full Time - Rotating shift

Join the hospital trusted by Chicago’s Southland, Ingalls Memorial Hospital, in this role as a Pharmacy Resident.

Job Summary:

Pharmacy Residents are registered pharmacists who are participating in a twelve-month clinical residency appointment with UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial.  Pharmacy Residents provide safe, effective, and optimal medication therapy to patients with a broad range of disease states.  They proficiently provide direct patient-centered care and integrated pharmacy operational services in a decentralized practice setting with physicians, nurses, and other hospital personnel.  They also provide centralized pharmacy operations including order entry and verification, drug product checking, product compounding, and medication dispensing.  Pharmacy Residents participate in all necessary aspects of the medication-use system while providing comprehensive and individualized pharmaceutical care to the patients in their assigned areas.  Pharmaceutical care services include assessing patient needs, incorporating age and disease specific characteristics into drug therapy and patient education, adjusting care according to patient response, and providing clinical interventions to detect, mitigate, and prevent medication adverse events.  Pharmacy Residents serve as departmental resources and liaisons to other departments, hospital personnel, or external groups.  They proficiently manage and facilitate the appropriate use of medications according to professional and regulatory standards.

Education:

Graduate of an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy required.

Doctor of Pharmacy degree required.  Registered Pharmacist in the State of Illinois or eligible.

Knowledge:

Understanding of contemporary hospital/clinical practice and service; and general hospital operations.  Excellent written and verbal communication skills.  Ability to interact constructively with supervisors, peers, and support personnel.  Ability to integrate clinical and distributive pharmacy services with quality improvement, teaching, research, and professional development activities.

Certifications:

•  Eligible for, or active, Illinois pharmacist license
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Must comply with Ingalls Memorial Hospital's COVID-19 Vaccination requirement as a condition of employment. If you have already received the vaccination, you must provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. This is in addition to your compliance with the Flu Vaccination requirement as well. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered consistent with applicable law. Lastly, a pre-employment physical, drug screening, and background check are also required for all employees prior to hire.

For nearly a century Ingalls Memorial has pioneered sophisticated clinical care and developed the area's most convenient network of comprehensive outpatient centers, all dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of the community. Now, partnered with UChicago Medicine, we have expanded our network of expert physicians, convenient facilities and scope of service to speed your healing process and help navigate your path to wellness. A skilled Medical Staff and talented employees dedicated to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of illness and injury provide a firm foundation for our reputation for quality. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment… with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial is for you. Here at Ingalls, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us!

UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial is growing; discover how you can be a part of this pursuit of excellence at: Ingalls Career Opportunities  

UChicago Medicine Ingalls is an equal opportunity employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.