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Posted: 09-Oct-25

Location: Lebanon, New Hampshire

Type: PGY1 and PGY2 combined

Categories:

Graduate Program

Pharmacy

Job Setting:

Hospital/Institutional

Specialty Practice Areas:

Management/Leadership

Acts as a pharmacist in training. Develops advanced practice skills by providing comprehensive pharmaceutical care through integrated drug distribution, clinical services and teaching.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provides pharmaceutical care by assisting physicians in various tasks, including, but not limited to, reviewing patient medication history, educating patients on drug therapy, documenting medication related issues in patient chart, etc.
2. Makes patient care rounds.
3. Monitors drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interactions.
4. Provides pharmacokinetics consultations.
5. Concurrently monitors use of biotechnology drugs for compliance with prescribing criteria.
6. Precepts Pharm.D, clerkship students consistent with the resident’s clinical experience.
7. Participates in the quality improvement activities of the Department by conducting medication usage evaluations. Reports results to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
8. Detects, monitors, documents, and reports adverse drug reactions and 8. medication errors.
9. Promotes the use of the formulary by converting non-formulary orders to formulary. Coordinates procurement of non-formulary drugs when necessary.
10. Counsels patients on discharge medications.
11. Facilitates discharge planning and smooth transition to alternate site of care or the outpatient pharmacy. Maintains and updates a patient profile with demographics, diagnosis, allergies, and current medications.
12. Discusses medication order clarifications with the prescriber. Documents any changes in patient and pharmacy records, and informs others of medication order changes.
13. Reviews medication orders for appropriateness and checks doses of IV admixtures and unit dose medications prepared by technicians.
14. Provides presentations, publications, and other informative activities on drug-related topics to the health care community and general public.
15. Identifies and acts upon cost avoidance in drug therapy. Promotes more cost effective regimens, drugs. Documents clinical interventions and cost avoidance as part of the departmental documentation program.
16. Prepares pharmaceutical products, including oral, IV admixtures, chemotherapeutic, and investigational agents.
17. Provides drug information to health care professionals and to patients.
18. Reviews physician orders for possible therapeutic problems, contraindications, interactions, allergies, and formulary status of the drug.
19. Provides computer order entry for medication orders.
20. Ensures compliance with controlled substance distribution and control system
21. Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Previous health system experience preferred.
• Must be able to work independently with minimal direct supervision, to set priorities, make critical decisions, respond quickly to emergency requests, handle frequent interruptions, and adapt to changes in workload.
• Good written and verbal communication skills are essential.

REQUIRED LICENSE/CERTIFICATIONS/REGISTRATION(S):

• Graduate of an ACPE-accredited School Pharmacy with a Bachelor’s of Science in Pharmacy or Pharm.D degree.
• Must be licensed or eligible for licensure as a pharmacist in the state of NH.

For more information, please visit:  https://www.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/pharmacy-residency/pgy-1-2-administration-leadership-residency 

About Dartmouth Health

Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire's only academic health system and the state's largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes its Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 51 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, including the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, the state’s only children’s hospital and clinic locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene and New London, NH, and Windsor, VT, and Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory services across New Hampshire and Vermon...t. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.

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