Pharmacist Resident-PGY 1 - Sharp Memorial Hospital - Variable Shift - Full Time

Hours:

Shift Start Time: Variable Shift End Time: Variable AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift Additional Shift Information: Weekend Requirements: As Needed On-Call Required: No Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $28.170 - $35.210 - $39.430 The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position.

The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

Must be matched to the Sharp Chula Vista 2026 to 2027 Pharmacy Residency program.

What You Will Do To be provided the training to accelerate growth and competence in patient care, practice management, and leadership skills in pharmacy practice; and as part of the training, to provide the professional, clinical and technical knowledge, and skills and expertise required for the provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care that supports the mission, values and philosophy of Pharmacy Services and Sharp HealthCare.

Required

Qualifications

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) ACPE accredited Doctor of Pharmacy degree program. California Pharmacist License - CA State Board of Pharmacy OR California Intern Pharmacist - CA State Board of Pharmacy

• REQUIRED AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association
• REQUIRED ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association
• REQUIRED Other Qualification

Requirements

If license is a CA Intern Pharmacist, California Pharmacist License is required by November 1st of year hired. The department will track and maintain this requirement. BLS and ACLS is required within 90 days of hire.

Essential Functions Clinical responsibilities Demonstrates competency in performing clinical consults, advisory services and patient monitoring. Has met minimum certification requirements as outlined in the Pharmacy Certification Process For Formal Pharmacotherapy Consult and Advisory Services policy and procedure.

Advisory services include antibiotic surveillance and renal dose monitoring. Achieves good patient and pharmacoeconomic outcomes through active participation in Drug Utilization Evaluation, Renal Target Monitoring, and Adverse Drug Reaction programs.

Identifies, resolves and documents prescribing, formulary and therapeutic issues through integration of patient variables, clinical status, drug knowledge, and professional judgment. Demonstrates initiative and accountability Adheres to departmental dress code and adheres to attendance policy.

Models professional attitude and conduct at all times. Performs additional projects in consultation with pharmacy management and accepts accountability for timely follow-through and completion of assignments.

Shows initiative by suggesting and working on performance improvement initiatives related to the practice of pharmacy. General support Demonstrates full commitment to the residency program by treating it as a full-time obligation and by completing the educational goals and objectives established for the program.

Achieves the broad educational outcomes determined for the program site. Develops competence in the many aspects of patient care and practice management and making full use of the evaluations of the preceptors and self-evaluations.

Participates in the assessment and evaluation processes for each learning experience, and quarterly evaluation processes.

Patient care includes evaluation of patient status and drug therapy, screening of drug orders, dispensing medication, drug information services to physicians and nurses, precepting pharmacy students, and providing consult services.

Practice management includes participation in the formulary process, drug use policies, establishing the residency program, safe medication practice programs, performance improvement efforts and departmental goals. Satisfactorily completes an appropriate residency project.

Practice responsibilities Medications are prepared and dispensed accurately and in a timely manner in accordance with recognized standards of practice, legal and regulatory requirements, and hospital pharmacy policies and procedures.

Participates in Code Blue emergencies as required, mixes and labels medications as needed, and provides information. Meets all required job competencies including age specific. Staff development Participates in staff development and teaching. Actively participates or serves as a preceptor in student training programs.

Actively participates in staff meetings and attends or give inservices. Participates in advisory groups, multidisciplinary teams and committees, focus groups, task forces or other designated activities as approved by Manager/Director or Residency Program Director that will further the practice of pharmacy at the site.

Professional Competency If CA Intern Pharmacist, California Pharmacist License is required by November 1st of year hired. The department will track and maintain this requirement.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Demonstrates age specific competencies subject to the age specific populations served by the entity where practicing. Knowledge of current federal and state laws and regulations, professional ethics, and standards of practice.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit health care system based in San Diego, California, with four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three medical groups and a health plan.

We provide medical services in virtually all fields of medicine, including primary care, heart care, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health, rehabilitation, robotic surgery and bariatric surgery. Sharp sets the community standard for exceptional care.

Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital have received prestigious Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care.

At the heart of our organization are more than 18,000 affiliated physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers who are on a journey to make health care better for our patients and their families.

It’s what we call The Sharp Experience – treating each person with dignity, compassion and respect, and using our clinical excellence and advanced technology to deliver the highest-quality patient care.

We are dedicated to transforming the health care experience by making Sharp the best place to work, the best place to practice medicine and the best place to receive care in San Diego.