Clinical Pharmacist Inpatient

Job Description:

Schedule: Part time 20 hours per week

Shift Details:

Mostly days of 8 or 10-hour shifts 

Some evenings and nights 

Weekend rotation: every 3rd or 4th weekend 

Holiday rotations 

Location: Lutheran Hospital in Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Benefits Eligible: Yes - Link to Benefit Details

Join our Inpatient Pharmacy Team at Lutheran Hospital in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and become part of a collaborative group of more than 60 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians dedicated to delivering exceptional patient care. Together, we partner closely with physicians, nurses, and other care team members to provide safe, timely, and effective medication therapy across our 226-bed, state-of-the-art community hospital, designated as both a Level II Trauma Center and Comprehensive Stroke Center.

Beyond supporting inpatient services, our pharmacy team also provides care for the Lutheran Collier Hospice Inpatient Unit and the Cancer Centers of Colorado Infusion Center at Denver West, creating unique opportunities to contribute across diverse patient populations and settings throughout the continuum of care.

Pharmacists rotate between centralized and decentralized practice areas, offering a dynamic blend of operational and clinical responsibilities. Our team supports patient care through unit-dose dispensing, sterile IV compounding, participation in interdisciplinary rounds, and management of advanced pharmacy technology, including Omnicell automated dispensing cabinets and Swisslog Carousel and BoxPicker automation systems. We are committed to medication safety, operational excellence, and exceptional patient outcomes.

Whether serving directly at the bedside or supporting critical pharmacy operations, every team member plays an important role in ensuring patients receive the medications they need safely and efficiently throughout their hospital stay. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, value dependable teammates, and enjoy making a meaningful impact on patient care, you'll feel right at home here.

Lutheran Hospital is a community-based, acute-care hospital in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Lutheran Hospital began in 1905 as the Evangelical Lutheran Sanitarium, a tent colony for tuberculosis patients. As medical advances diminished the demand for tuberculosis treatment, community leaders decided the center should meet a new need. Community-based Lutheran Hospital, a not-for-profit, general medical facility located on a 100-acre campus, opened its doors in 1961. Construction of the six-story replacement hospital began in 2021, culminating in a state-of-the-art facility designed to support exceptional patient care, innovation, and growth. The new Lutheran Hospital campus at Clear Crossing in Wheat Ridge opened on August 3, 2024, and represents the future of healthcare in Denver's western suburbs.

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Job Function

This position demonstrates consistent application of knowledge and skills to deliver appropriate, safe, efficient and cost-effective pharmaceutical care within the scope of their assigned practice. This position is responsible for the care of patients as well as the development of effective, professional relationships within the multidisciplinary team.

Essential Functions

• Reviews patients' medication order for allergy interactions, duplication of therapy, appropriateness of drug therapy, and drug- drug interaction. Makes appropriate evidence-based interventions to optimize medication use. Ensures safe, appropriate, cost-effective therapies and accurately dispenses medications.

• Oversees and/or participates in assuring appropriate medications are prepared and delivered timely to care areas and are stored both securely and appropriate for both stability and effective workflow.

• Provides co