Clinical Pharmacist 7 ON/7 OFF Swing

About the role

The Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for providing optimal pharmaceutical care on a daily basis. They develop, implement, and maintain systems that promote desirable patient outcomes through the use of safe and cost-effective drug therapies.

Responsibilities

• Monitors drug therapies, drug-herb interactions, regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and doses.
• Interprets medications orders (verbal and written) and transcribes to computerized patient medication profiles.
• Maintains and reconciles accurate, complete patient medication profiles.
• Sustains the formulary by minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols, and promoting rational drug therapy selection.
• Reviews/interprets lab data related to therapeutic drug monitoring.
• Detects and reports and documents suspected adverse drug reactions.
• Reviews medications which are renally-excreted and determine whether drug dosages are appropriate based on patients’ renal function.
• Documents all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely.
• Provides accurate, adequate and timely drug information to the professional staff.
• Provides clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners.
• Suggests appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff.
• Coordinates and supervises the direct support personnel.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.
• Provides optimal medication therapy for the prevention and treatment of disease by applying evidence-based therapeutic guidelines.
• Thoroughly reviews and assesses patients’ medication regimen in order to identify, resolve, and prevent medication-related problems and assist patients in getting the best outcomes from medications.
• Review includes, but is not limited to, dosing, age-specific considerations, pharmacokinetics, antibiotic management, therapeutic drug monitoring, and core-measure compliance.
• Makes appropriate recommendations to providers.
• Documents all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely.
• Attends Clinical Rounds when applicable.
• Serves as a primary source of scientifically-valid drug information and advice regarding the safe, appropriate and cost-effective use of medications.
• Researches and reviews medical literature.
• Supports graduate medical education by attending cases/didactic activities with the residency staff as assigned.
• Maintains current knowledge of new developments in drug therapy.
• Interprets and maintains medication orders and transcribes to patient medication profiles.
• Interacts with patients, family, and other healthcare providers as appropriate to assure continuity of services and to achieve desired patient outcomes through safe, timely, cost-effective medication therapy.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned