Clinical Pharmacist

About the role

The Clinical Pharmacist at Dominican Hospital will help doctors and nurses safely prescribe and dispense medications to help patients feel better and recover from illness or injury. You will review every prescription in your queue, ensuring safety and accuracy by checking for drug interactions, correct dosing, and patient allergies.

Responsibilities

• Performs at least two medication utilization and disease state reviews each year to assess prescriber compliance with medical staff approved guidelines.
• Adjusts medications for renal insufficiency in accordance with medical staff approved renal dosing protocol as indicated.
• Converts therapy from IV to PO in accordance with medical staff approved IV to PO conversion policy as indicated.
• Documents medication errors and adverse drug reactions.
• Documents clinical interventions. Tracks and documents cost savings related to clinical interventions, prevented adverse drug reactions, medications errors and secondary infections.
• Maintains awareness of facility-specific and Dignity Health-EV antibiograms on a quarterly basis and suggests modifications to formulary/use as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy
• Active Pharmacist license in the State of California

Preferred

• Five (5) years of hospital experience and clinical pharmacy residency
• Experience in developing an antimicrobial stewardship program or participating in an established antimicrobial stewardship and implementing medication safety program
• Experience presenting at the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
• Policy writing for the management of new medications and submission to the physician's committee for review and approval
• Ability to staff pharmacy and clinical areas such as ICU, etc.

Benefits

Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s), and more. For more information, please visit our Total Rewards.