Why Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers? Founded in 1993 by Dr. Parvinderjit Khanuja, Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers has expanded significantly across the metro Phoenix area over the past three decades. Today, Ironwood boasts 16 locations, including five comprehensive cancer centers, a multi-specialty oncology network with over 100 providers, a robust Integrative Services program, a dedicated research department, and a growing Women’s oncology program. With a team of over 700 employees, our mission is "Compassion through Kindness." We offer career opportunities that emphasize diversity, equity, and inclusion. At Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, we are committed to your professional growth and development, providing a highly competitive benefits and compensation package. We invite you to be a part of our team where you’ll experience a culture of teamwork, professionalism, collaboration, accountability, and empathy.

Position Summary: As a pharmacist at Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, you will collaborate closely with a team of highly skilled pharmacy technicians, a clinical pharmacist, and a pharmacy manager. This team is known for their attention to detail, extensive knowledge, and exceptional customer service, listening, mathematical, organizational, and multi-tasking abilities. You will be actively involved in the daily operations of the pharmacy under the guidance of the pharmacy manager.

Schedule: M-F day shift (no weekends or holidays). This position will work out of our Goodyear location and will travel between the additional locations in the West Valley.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides accurate, clinically relevant drug education to oncology physicians, nurses, and other care team members including advising on formulary chemotherapy and suggesting alternative therapeutic regimens/options as needed, performing drug utilization reviews, completing appropriate/accurate documentation.
• Optimizes the outcomes of oncology patients by providing evidence-based, patient-centered drug therapies and monitors for drug-related problems and medication cost containment.
• Serves as a resource for training and educating medical, nursing and pharmacy staff as it relates to medical oncology/chemotherapy.
• Identifies, prevents, reports and investigates potential adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
• Assists in the development and maintenance of a chemotherapy formulary and builds and reviews care plans.
• Supports regulatory requirements and local quality programs related to safe medication use.
• Review, process, and dispense medication orders after establishing appropriateness of drug choice, dosage, administration route and quantity in a timely manner.
• Keeps abreast of changing protocols and clinical pharmacy standards as they pertain to oncology.
• Ensures utilization of cost-effective medication therapy and patient access to treatment.
• Demonstrates accurate and thorough documentation skills in the electronic medical record. Facilitates pharmacist-to-provider communication of clinical interventions and recommendations.
• Adheres to clinical practices approved by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (e.g., collaborative practice agreements, clinical pharmacy protocols).
• Performs other duties as assigned by your department manager.

Qualifications:

• PharmD graduate of an ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy with a minimum of Doctor of Pharmacy degree or equivalent experience. Required.
• Registered Pharmacist (RPh) Licensed to practice pharmacy in the state of Arizona upon hiring. Required.
• Minimal of 1 year hospital pharmacy experiences. Required.
• Experiences in oncology pharmacy practice. Highly preferred.
• Completion of a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency (ASHP accredited) and three (3) years of clinical pharmacy experience OR a PGY2 oncology pharmacy residency. Preferred.
• BCOP (board certified oncology pharmacist). Preferred.
• Experiences in outpatient infusion center. Preferred.
• Experiences in medication management with oral oncolytic agents. Preferred.

We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefit package including health/dental/vision and life insurance, 401K, and a caring work environment. We are an E.O.E.

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