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Retail Pharmacist - Part Time

To us, it's about living life to the fullest while serving our patients, teammates, neighbors and friends. We are dedicated and passionate in everything we do, seeking challenge and appreciating the routes that got us here. Whether our path is clinical or not, we all came to find balance and meaning in our lives within the work we are passionate about and the adventures we live.

Vail Health has become the world’s most advanced mountain healthcare system. Vail Health consists of an updated 520,000-square-foot, 56-bed hospital.  This state-of-the-art facility provides exceptional care to all of our patients, with the most beautiful views in the area, located centrally in Vail. 

In addition to the hospital, Vail Health has many access points including:

  • Howard Head Sports Medicine offers physical therapy services at 10 locations and works closely with our internationally renowned orthopedic partners at The Steadman Clinic and Vail-Summit Orthopedics & Neurosurgery.
  • Vail Health also owns interest in multiple joint venture ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) throughout the region.
  • Colorado Mountain Medical, Beaver Creek Medical Center, urgent care clinics in Vail, Dillon, Avon and Eagle, Edwards medical campus and Eagle Healthcare Center.
  • The Shaw Cancer Center and Sonnenalp Breast Center are the region’s only fully accredited cancer treatment center and comprehensive breast center. 
  • Vail Health is also leading the way in serving our communities’ behavioral health needs with outpatient behavioral health services at the Edwards Community Health Campus, and the Precourt Healing Center, a 28-bed in-patient behavioral health facility, opening in 2025.
About the opportunity:
The Staff Pharmacist will interpret, prepare, file, and dispense medications on the order of physicians. The position will conduct all aspects of retail pharmacy operations according to all state, federal, agency, and organization regulations as well as with the mission, vision, and values of Vail Health.
 
 
What you will do:
  1. Interpret physician orders for medications and prescriptions by profiling, preparing, labeling, and dispensing prescription medications from the retail pharmacy in accordance with all applicable pharmacy laws.
  2. Evaluate medications for dosage, route, frequency, and interactions, and provide care based upon physical, motor/sensory, psychosocial, and safety that is appropriate to the age of the patient served.
  3. Counsel the patient with the appropriate medication information about the medication prescribed.
  4. Responsible for inventory control in the pharmacy by maintaining par levels of medications and aiding in prescription pricing strategies.
  5. In the absence of the Pharmacy Manager, ensure that day to day operations of the pharmacy are in compliance with the Colorado State Board of Pharmacy rules and regulations, as well as supervise and coordinate the Pharmacy Technicians’ activities and duties.
  6. Assist the Pharmacy Manager with personnel decisions, including hiring, disciplinary actions, and evaluations.
  7. Professionally interact with medical and nursing staff to provide quality pharmacy services.
  8. Assist with budgetary process for the department.
  9. Role models the principals of a Just Culture and Organizational Values.
  10. Perform other duties as assigned. Must be HIPAA compliant.
This description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.
 
What you will need:
 
Experience:
  • Two years of previous experience in health care required.
License(s):
  • State of Colorado Pharmacist license required.
Certification(s):
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
  • Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Certificate or Adult Immunization Training Program for Pharmacists Certificate preferred.
Computer / Typing:
  • Must possess, or be able to obtain within 90 days, the computers skills necessary to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc. Must be comfortable with Microsoft Office and pharmaceutical software.
Must have working knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing, and speaking English.
 
Education:
  • N/A

 

Application Close Date:

Application window will close on June 8, 2024.

 

 

 

Benefits at Vail Health (Full and Part Time) Include:

  • Competitive Wages & Family Benefits:
    • Competitive wages
    • Parental leave (4 weeks paid)
    • Housing programs
    • Childcare reimbursement 
  • Comprehensive Health Benefits: 
    • Medical
    • Dental 
    • Vision
  • Educational Programs: 
    • Tuition Assistance 
    • Existing Student Loan Repayment
    • Specialty Certification Reimbursement
    • Annual Supplemental Educational Funds
  • Paid Time Off:
    • Up to five weeks in your first year of employment and continues to grow each year.
  • Retirement & Supplemental Insurance:
    • 403(b) Retirement plan with immediate matching 
    • Life insurance
    • Short and long-term disability
  • Recreation Benefits, Wellness & More:
    • Up to $1,000 annual wellbeing reimbursement
    • Recreation discounts
    • Pet insurance

Pay is based upon relevant education and experience per hour.

Hourly Pay:
$57.07—$85.61 USD

Some roles may be based outside of our Colorado office (remote-only positions). Roles based outside of our primary office can sit in any of the following states: AZ, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, NC, NJ, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI. Please only apply if you are able to live and work primarily in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift.

Relocation and housing assistance may be available.

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