Clinical Pharmacist Investigational Drug Services

Job Description:

Schedule: Full-time (40 hours/week)

Shifts: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., no weekends or holidays.

Location: Central Fulfillment, Supply Chain, Midvale, UT

Benefits Eligible: Yes - Link to Benefit Details

Top candidates bring experience in investigational drug services, clinical research, or oncology pharmacy, along with a strong understanding of clinical trial operations, regulatory compliance, and medication management.

Join the Investigational Drug Services team at Intermountain and help bring tomorrow's therapies to patients today. As a Clinical Pharmacist, you'll work alongside investigators, providers, research coordinators, and pharmacy teams to support clinical trials, ensure regulatory compliance, and advance innovative patient care across our integrated health system.

If you enjoy being part of groundbreaking research that shapes the future of healthcare, this is the place for you. Supporting multiple investigational drug sites throughout Intermountain Health, you'll collaborate with teams across hospitals and clinics to deliver safe, compliant, and high-quality research pharmacy services while contributing to our One Intermountain vision of exceptional care.

Candidates must reside in the Salt Lake City area and possess a current Utah Pharmacist License.

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Essential Functions

• Oversees the pharmaceutical aspects of clinical drug trials at Intermountain Healthcare, including investigator-initiated trials, pharmaceutical industry sponsored trials, and National Cancer Institute sponsored trials.
• Facilitates rapport between Pharmacy Services, principal investigators, clinical trial coordinators, research assistants, and trial sponsors.
• Supports the development of policies, standard operating procedures, clinical trial protocols, and other related materials necessary for clinical trial implementation.
• Acts as a liaison for Pharmacy Services with principle investigators or trial coordinators to establish pharmacy's role and ensure trials are implemented in a safe and compliant manner.
• Attends and contributes to interdisciplinary meetings relating to clinical drug trials, including the Intermountain Healthcare Investigational Review Board, Clinical Trials Executive Committee, Scientific Review Committee, Institutional Biosafety Committee, and Study Initiation Visits.
• Maintains appropriate documentation of clinical drug trial activities, including the study summary, protocol, dispensing procedures, dispensing checklist, fee schedule, billing procedures, and any other relevant materials.
• Manages the medication inventory for clinical trials, including drug receipt, distribution, billing, and waste.
• Routinely monitors pharmacy activities to ensure adherence to study protocols and dispensing procedures.
• Collects and monitors reports related to clinical drug trials (e.g., incident reports, adverse drug reaction reports).
• Supports staff education and training related to clinical drug trials by:
• Orientating staff to pharmacy's role with respect to clinical drug trials.
• Helping train pharmacy staff who participate in any aspect of a specific clinical investigational drug trial.
• Providing drug information to physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals, as it relates to a clinical drug trial.
• Participates in the selection and development of software programs designed to facilitate management of clinical trials.
• Acts as a preceptor for pharmacy learners.
• When appropriate or feasible, performs cross-functional duties including those of an inpatient IV compounding pharmacist, as assigned.

 

Skills

• Pharmacy
• Pharmacy Services
• Medication Management
• Pharmaceutical Care
• Project Management
• Quality Improvement
• Problem Solving
• Federal Pharmacy Laws
• State Pharmacy Laws

Qualifications

Minimum

• Doctor of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree from an accredited institution (education verified).
• License to practice pharmacy in the state of practice and dispense controlled substances
• Current knowledge of state and federal regulations and statutes regarding the practice of pharmacy in the state of practice.
• Effective communication, people management, and project management skills.
• Immunization certification if applicable to practice site needs 

Preferred

• Relevant oncology experience
• Relevant investigational drug study experience
• Three years’ experience in an institutional pharmacy environment.

• Previous experience working in an integrated healthcare delivery system
• Board Certification
• Health System Residency

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.

Location:

Intermountain Health Alta View Hospital, Intermountain Health LDS Hospital, Intermountain Health Logan Regional Hospital, Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital, Intermountain Health St George Regional Hospital, Supply Chain Center

Work City:

Midvale

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

$62.89 - $92.44

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

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