Job Description

Job Description

The Cedars-Sinai Angeles Clinic & Research Institute has established an international reputation for developing new cancer therapies, providing the best in experimental and traditional treatments, and expertly guiding and training the next generation of clinicians. We are committed to bringing innovative therapeutic options to all patients with cancer. Our board-certified fellowship-trained medical oncologists, surgeons, immunotherapists, pathologists, and dermatologists work closely together to advance cancer care.

Days/Hours: Monday - Friday, day shift

As a Pharmacist at the Cedars-Sinai Angeles Clinic in Los Angeles on Wilshire Blvd, you will provide therapeutic recommendations and answers medication and patient-related questions from other healthcare providers.

• Identifies, resolves, and prevents potential and actual medication-related problems including untreated indications, improper drug selection, sub-therapeutic dosage, overdosage, failure to receive medication, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, and medications without indication.
• Provides patients? and other healthcare providers with education on medication use, side effects, and drug interactions when appropriate.
• Communicates with physicians and pharmacists to recommend changes in medication therapy to optimize patient outcomes (i.e. labs not at goal, discontinuation of medication).
• Supports the process of completing medication prior authorizations as needed.
• Documents of patient progress and outcomes for future reporting.
• Assures ongoing performance improvement of the pharmaceutical care services provided.
• Provides physician education through presentations and "Pharmacy Hot Topics" Cedars-Sinai Medical Group internal monthly newsletter.
• Trains pharmacy residents and students rotating through Cedars-Sinai Medical Group.
• Participates in meetings within the department.

Qualifications

Educational Requirements:

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)

Licenses/Certifications:

• CA Pharmacist License
• Basic Life Support by American Heart Association or American Red Cross

What else are we looking for?

• Oncology experience is strongly preferred
• Epic and Beacon experience strongly preferred
• Must be able to prioritize, organize and coordinate work
• Abilitiy to multi-task in a very busy environment
• Strong English written and oral communication skills
• Ability to use Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Powerpoint, Excel, etc)

Why work here?

Beyond outstanding employee benefits (including health, vision, dental and life and insurance) we take pride in hiring the best employees. Our accomplished and compassionate staff reflects the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve. They are proof of our dedication to creating a dynamic, inclusive environment that fuels innovation.

Req ID : 8026

Working Title : Pharmacist - Oncology - Angeles Clinic

Department : Angeles Pharmacy

Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation

Job Category : Pharmacy

Job Specialty : Pharmacy

Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT

Primary Shift : Day

Shift Duration : 8 hour

Base Pay : $65.10 - $104.16

About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi ... tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.

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Job Tags

Full time, Shift work, Day shift, Monday to Friday,

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