Clinical Pharmacist

Join Advocate Aurora Health as a Clinical Pharmacist and play a vital role in delivering high-quality patient care. As a key member of our pharmacy team, you will work closely with healthcare professionals to develop and implement effective medication therapy plans.

• Develop and maintain expertise in clinical practice, including appropriate drug therapy and prevention/resolution of drug-related problems.
• Evaluate patients for drug-drug, drug-food, drug-lab, and drug-disease interactions.
• Individualize drug therapy regimens based on patient size, organ functions, and disease states.
• Facilitate medication-related continuity of care at admission, transfer, and discharge.
• Review and accurately interpret medication orders.
• Develop competency in dispensing and compounding medications consistent with good pharmaceutical practice.
• Practice in compliance with department policies and procedures, as well as local, state, and federal regulations.
• Ensure formulary adherence, recommend cost-effective therapies to providers, and minimize waste in daily practice.
• Actively support procedures and initiatives to prevent medication events.
• Report events through appropriate channels.
• Support department medication safety and quality improvement activities.
• Orient and train new pharmacy team members.
• May work with interns, residents, and students to guide daily activities.
• May be preceptor-in-training.
• Provide direction to pharmacy technicians to ensure smooth workflow and service standards.

• Pharmacist license issued by the state in which the team member practices.
• Patient-facing teammates may be required to have immunization and non-vaccine injectable certifications.
• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy.
• No experience required.

Advocate Aurora Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience, and value-based care.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise.

It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics, and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments, and specialized musculoskeletal programs.

Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation's largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs.

Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.