Education & Experience

• Licensure by the Maryland State Board of Pharmacy is required. If licensure is pending reciprocation, it must be completed before the end of the probationary period.
• Baccalaureate degree in Pharmacy or PharmD from a college or university accredited by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy is required. A doctor of pharmacy or clinical Master's of Science degree and completion of a pharmacy practice residency is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of clinical pharmacy experience required with Bachelor's degree.
• Completion of a Pharmacy Practice Residency or a minimum of three (3) years of clinical pharmacy experience in an equivalent practice experience in an integrated health care system, which includes an acute care hospital, is preferred. Completion of a Specialty Residency is preferred. The five (5) years of substituted clinical pharmacy experience noted above would be in addition to the three (3) years experience noted here.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of generally accepted pharmacy principles, practices, and procedures; pharmacology and therapeutics; drug information systems are required.
• Possess the following skills: ability to identify, prevent and solve drug-related problems; patient assessment skills; patient monitoring skills; drug information retrieval and literature search capabilities; ability to interpret/order clinical laboratory parameters; patient/family medication counseling skills; customer service skills.
• Ability to use computer system to manage patient information. Ability to operate other automated technology in support of the medication use process.
• Highly effective verbal communication skills are necessary in order to work with medical, nursing and various allied health staff in order to successfully provide optimal patient care.
• Ability to mentor and/or provide front-line management of pharmacy residents/fellows, pharmacy students and pharmacy support personnel in order to optimize the medication use process.
• Demonstrated ability in cost-effective decision-making.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, complete and evaluate assignments and/or projects.
• Qualifications listed above must be demonstrated during the probationary period.
• Highly effective verbal communication skills including courtesy, resourcefulness and efficiency in answering questions, giving directions, locating staff and explaining hospital/departmental policies and procedures are necessary. Verbal communication skills may include communicating with an interdisciplinary team, patients, and families. Effective writing skills are also required in order to take messages and maintain miscellaneous records, receipts, reports and logs.