Clinical Pharmacist-FT-SMH

About the role

This job assumes responsibility for the medication management of assigned patients; monitors and evaluates medication therapy for appropriateness based on the patient's health status, institutional criteria/guidelines, and cost efficient measures including medication reconciliation, medication monitoring and patient education; remains integrally involved in the education of Pharmacy and Medical Residents and provides education to health care providers as needed; and provides pharmacy expert content for order sets, benefit design, formularies, and other pharmacy related documents as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provides pharmacokinetic consultation, obtains and uses appropriate laboratory data to evaluate drug medical selection and dosing and communicates findings to health care practitioner.
• Evaluates patient response to drug therapy. Exhibits good patient outcomes by documenting interventions and conducting outcome studies/evaluations in regards to the clinical activities performed.
• Assists with the development of pathways, best practices, and guidelines for their assigned population.
• Educates staff, students, patients, health care providers and other health care professionals. Submits for publication once every two years.
• Mentors residents, students and new staff to meet departmental goals.
• Responsible for overall patient care beyond the hospital visit, through all transitions of care.
• Accommodates the special needs of the organization by volunteering to do any work/task when staffing shortages occur in technical and non-technical areas due to inclement weather, electrical power outages, computer downtime or other situations.
• Adapts behavior to the specific patient population, including but not limited to: respect for privacy, method of introduction to the patient, adapting explanation of services or procedures to be performed, requesting permissions and communication style.
• Other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy
• Completion of a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (3 years related specialty experience accepted in lieu of PGY1 Residency)
• Current Pharmacy license in the state of practice
• Must have computer skills and dexterity required for data entry and retrieval of patient information
• Must be proficient with Windows-style applications and keyboard
• Effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to present information clearly and professionally to varying levels of individuals throughout the patient care process
• Strong leadership/teaching skills

Preferred qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
• Completion of a PGY2 Specialty Pharmacy Residency

Physical demands

• Medium Work – Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects
• Must be able to stand for prolonged periods of time
• Must be able to travel throughout and between facilities
• Duties performed routinely require exposure to blood, body fluid and tissue
• Works with patients who have known or suspected communicable diseases and may enter isolation rooms
• Occupational risk for exposure to all communicable diseases
• Potential to encounter hazardous medications and hazardous waste