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Sharp Nurses often encounter challenges such as managing high patient loads, adapting to rapidly changing clinical situations, and balancing administrative duties with direct patient care. They must also stay updated with the latest medical protocols and technologies, which requires continuous learning. Effective communication and teamwork are essential, as Sharp Nurses frequently collaborate with physicians, specialists, and other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal patient outcomes.

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A Sharp Nurse is a registered nurse who works for Sharp HealthCare, a leading healthcare provider based in San Diego, California. Sharp Nurses deliver patient care in a wide range of settings, including hospitals, clinics, and specialty centers, following Sharp HealthCare’s standards of excellence and compassionate care. They may specialize in various fields, such as emergency, intensive care, surgery, or pediatrics, and are known for their commitment to patient-centered service and professional development.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Sharp Nurse, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Sharp Nurse, you need a solid clinical background, current RN licensure, and expertise in acute care settings. Familiarity with advanced patient monitoring systems, electronic health records (EHRs), and Sharp HealthCare protocols is essential. Outstanding communication, emotional resilience, and teamwork skills set exceptional nurses apart in this environment. These skills ensure effective patient care, safety, and seamless collaboration within the high standards of the Sharp HealthCare system.
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Infographic showing various Sharp Nurse job openings in the United States as of July 2026, with employment types broken down into 3% As Needed, 57% Full Time, 15% Part Time, and 25% Contract. Highlights an 99% Physical, and 1% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $80,321 per year, or $38.6 per hour.
Pharmacist II - Sharp Grossmont Hospital - Variable Shift - Full Time

Pharmacist II - Sharp Grossmont Hospital - Variable Shift - Full Time

Sharp HealthCare

La Mesa, CA • On-site

$77.91 - $100.53/hr

Full-time

Posted 6 days ago

Sharp HealthCare rating

8.6

Company rating: 8.6 out of 10

Based on 102 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

10th of 889 rated healthcare providers

Job description

Hours:
Shift Start Time:
Variable
Shift End Time:
Variable
AWS Hours Requirement:
10/40 - 10 Hour Shift
Additional Shift Information:
Weekend Requirements:
Every Other
On-Call Required:
No
Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):
$77.910 - $100.530 - $112.590
The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant's years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.
What You Will Do
To provide the professional, clinical and technical knowledge, skills and expertise required for the provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care that supports the mission, values and philosophy of Pharmacy Services and Sharp HealthCare.
Required Qualifications
  • Other : Education pursuant to licensure requirement.
  • 3 Years experience in a hospital pharmacy practice; Or
  • 1 Year completion of PGY1 Pharmacy Residency.
  • California Pharmacist License - CA State Board of Pharmacy -REQUIRED
  • ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
  • AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications
  • 2 Years completion of PGY-2 Pharmacy Residency.

Other Qualification Requirements
  • AHA BLS and ACLS are required within 90 days of hire.

Essential Functions
  • Verification and review of medication orders
    Reviews all medication orders for appropriate dose, duration, frequency, dosage form and indication.
    Monitors therapy for potential or actual drug interactions (e.g., drug-drug, drug-disease, drug-allergy, etc.)
    Compliance with inpatient drug formulary.
    If applicable, provides counseling to patients on medication use consistent with professional standards.
    Assesses patient understanding of medication regimen and provides education tailored to the patient through the following modalities:
    * First dose teaching
    * Food-drug interaction counseling
    * Discharge counseling
    * Medication classes
    * Compliance aids
    At sites where pharmacists or technicians are involved in medication reconciliation, participates in admission and discharge reconciliation, including documentation of activities as needed.
  • Medication Therapy Monitoring
    Ensures that drug regimen is consistent with all Sharp medication use guidelines and policies (or other evidence-based guidelines in the absence of Sharp-specific guidelines) which includes but is not limited to antimicrobial use guidelines, intravenous to oral, renal dosing, and serum drug concentration protocols.
    Adjusts regimens based on approved protocols and consultation with the interdisciplinary team.
    Completion of a daily profile review for each patient consisting of the following elements:
    * Age, sex, height, weight, and renal/hepatic function
    * Pregnancy and lactation status
    * Appropriateness of the dose, route, rate, timing and frequency of administration, indication, and therapeutic duplication of all medications
    * Available laboratory values and microbiology results
    Appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy regimens which may include anticipated/planned stopped dates.
    Potential drug-drug, disease-drug, food-drug interactions, or contraindications.
    Adherence with Sharp Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee approved medication use guidelines/protocols.
    Targeted or therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacokinetics, and adjustment of drug regimens if necessary.
    Review documented adverse drug reactions/allergies and report new occurrences.
    Review for disease progression and resolution of symptoms (e.g., pain).
    Communication of necessary information to pertinent health care providers, patients, caregivers, and encourage health promotion and prevention.
    Assesses the patient's progression to achieving desired medication treatment goals.
    At applicable entities, demonstrates knowledge and competency of chemotherapy dosing, monitoring, and established guidelines.
  • Clinical Intervention Program
    Qualitative participation in clinical intervention program through consistent issue identification, provision of reliable best practice/literature-based recommendations, follow-through with prescribers and other clinicians.
    Quantitative work, measured by the completion and documentation of interventions consistent with the average established for each pharmacy department/shift.
    Communicates with nurses and physicians in a timely manner about therapeutic issues or problems. Follows up on formulary compliance issues and/or communicates issues to management.
    Documents interventions, patient contact, and multidisciplinary communication consistent with Sharp policies and procedures.
    When applicable, participates in scheduled rounds in their care area.
    Oversees Pharmacy Resident and/or PharmD student participation on rounds.
    Works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team to maximize individual patient outcomes.
    Addresses patient specific drug information questions and documents requests promptly and professionally.
  • Pharmacy Operations
    Medications are prepared and dispensed accurately and in a timely manner in accordance with recognized standards of practice, legal and regulatory requirements, and hospital pharmacy policies and procedures.
    Assures controlled substances are dispensed with accuracy. Maintains integrity of all record keeping and assists with narcotic inventories as required per policy and procedures.
    Demonstrates proficiency with and utilization of automation and advances in technology (EMR System, Automated Dispensing Cabinet system (Pyxis), IV Workflow Management system (DoseEdge), physician order entry, etc.)
    Demonstrates knowledge of age specific medication delivery systems (e.g. NICU admixtures, NICU and pediatric oral syringes, adult TPN / TNA solutions, final admixture concentration etc.)
    Demonstrates knowledge and competency of IV Admixture / Aseptic Technique including the standards of USP 797, 800 and 795.
    As applicable, demonstrates knowledge and competency of chemotherapy preparation.
    Within entities that provide medical emergency response, participates in Code-Blue emergencies as required, mixes and labels medications as needed, and provides information.
    As applicable, understands investigational drug protocols and procedures for investigational drug research studies, implementation, administration, and record keeping.
    Participates in cost management initiatives including: managing appropriate Inventory levels to decrease staleness & wastage and keep Inventories low; reduce waste attempts to reduce expired meds and use short dated items before they expire, etc. Borrow loan paperwork complete.
    Oversees pharmacy operations and provides direction to Pharmacist Residents, Pharmacist Interns, Pharmacy Technicians, and other non-licensed personnel.
  • Safe Medication Practice, Regulatory, and Quality Improvement
    Knowledge of and active participation in concurrent medication safety event (MSE) monitoring programs, as demonstrated by interventions and RL submissions.
    Qualitative work demonstrates thoughtful and thorough identification, evaluation and analysis of medication safety events. Performs initial analysis of MSE's and assists in the research and identification causative factors of events. Performs non-voluntary monitoring (i.e. trigger reports, harm monitors, alerting orders).
    Participates in ongoing data collection for medication use evaluations (MUE) as assigned.
    Completes monthly assigned nursing unit / drug storage area inspections on time. Completes paperwork including inspection log, documents discrepancies, and makes recommendations for improvement. Brings critical issues to the attention of management.
    Ensures security of medication storage and compliance with Medication Management (MM) standards (i.e. all meds are labeled, patient own meds are checked, bedside medications have associated physician orders, no expired meds, and the physical security of medications is maintained).
    Assure compliance with hospital, integrated health system and department policies and procedures.
    Monitor compliance with state and federal laws and regulations related to the practice of pharmacy as well as standards and regulations for other regulatory agencies.
    Participate in assigned department, hospital, and health-system committees or projects.
  • Communication and teamwork
    Customer Service/Interdepartmental Relations (with external customers outside of the pharmacy department):
    * Answers phone in timely, friendly manner, stating department, name, and title
    * Fosters positive relationships through consistent, respectful, professional interactions with customers
    * Responds to requests in timely, caring manner that is consistent with Sharp behavior standards, (i.e. attitude)
    Operational Services (dealing with internal customers with pharmacy department):
    * Clearly communicates goals and instructions to other staff members
    * Provides relevant handoffs between shifts (written/oral)
    Effectively intercepts and troubleshoots problems, as demonstrated by effective problem solving, prioritization of issues with respect to level of significance and impact to patient care, safety, workflow, and communication.
    When faced with complex situations, has knowledge of and applies the appropriate policies and procedures including but not limited to Chain of Command escalation.
    Effectively evaluates ongoing workflow issues and directs daily workload to achieve efficiency and maximize resource utilization as business needs require.
    Attends and participates in staff meetings or reviews staff meeting communications.
    Reads work related email at a minimum on assigned workdays, responding in a professional and reasonable timeframe.
  • Training and mentoring
    Active in personal continuing education and professional development.
    Orients and trains new pharmacy staff as assigned.
    Provides direction and precepts pharmacist residents and interns as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Computer skills are highly desirable, especially in the application of word processing.
  • Pharmaceutical knowledge and skills.
  • Ability to learn computer and application skills as applicable to role.
  • Ability to make judgments in demanding situations.
  • Ability to manage and oversee projects involving multiple resources, from start to finish.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class

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Sharp HealthCare is a leading healthcare organization based in San Diego, CA, in the US. Founded in 1955, it serves as a critical part of the California healthcare industry, providing a wide range of medical services. The company owns and operates several hospitals, medical groups, and health plans, offering comprehensive healthcare solutions to the residents of San Diego County. The organization's mission is to improve the health of those it serves with a commitment to excellence in all that it does. This commitment is driven by its core values, dubbed "The Sharp Experience," which emphasizes understanding, empathy, and respect towards every individual.

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Health care and social assistance

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

San Diego, CA, US

Year founded

1955

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