Clinical Pharmacist - full-time

About the role

The inpatient pharmacy at Trinity Health Ann Arbor is open 24/7, serving inpatients, the emergency department, operating rooms, and multiple procedural areas. It is accredited by Joint Commission for adherence to USP 797 and 800 standards.

Shift

Rotating Shift

Position Purpose

A Clinical Pharmacist provides medication preparation, distribution services, and is prospectively involved with providing pharmaceutical care and promoting high-quality, cost-effective, patient-focused care for populations across the age continuum. They demonstrate pharmacotherapy expertise, participate in interdisciplinary education programs, and actively participate in CQI initiatives.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Necessary interpersonal skills to effectively communicate drug therapy information to all health team members, patients, and administrators/managers.
• Necessary interpersonal skills to interact with patients, physicians, and other healthcare providers.
• Broad knowledge of medications compounding and dispensing.
• Thorough knowledge of pathophysiology, pharmacokinetics, and therapeutics.
• Analytic skills necessary to organize and prioritize multiple job duties.
• General understanding of computers, including general operations and data retrieval.
• Commitment to adhere to Trinity Health and Department of Pharmacy vision and mission, and principles of continuous quality improvement.
• Demonstrated punctual professional demeanor willing to work variable hours on a rotating schedule.
• Excellent customer service orientation skills necessary to deal effectively with various levels of hospital personnel, outside customers, and community groups.
• Communication skills necessary for clear written and oral communication.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of pharmacokinetics.
• Demonstrated teaching ability.

What You Will Do

• Interprets and evaluates medication orders to ensure appropriateness of therapy.
• Maintains patient medication regimens for possible allergies, drug-drug interactions, nutrient-drug interactions, contraindications, therapeutic duplication, and potential adverse drug reactions.
• Individualizes medication therapy based on patient variables such as renal function, age, weight, laboratory values, and pharmacokinetic parameters.
• Manages drug therapy and utilization across the continuum of care through communication with physicians, nurses, other healthcare providers, and patients.
• Participates in pharmaceutical care activities such as patient rounds, therapeutic drug monitoring, patient teaching and counseling, admission drug histories, antimicrobial stewardship, pain management, and drug information education.
• Documents clinical interventions, participates in quality assurance monitors, drug utilization reviews, pharmacoeconomic analysis, and monitors medication therapy outcomes as assigned.
• Consults with and advises physicians and other health care professionals in the development of safe, rational, and cost-effective patient medication care plans.
• Recommends patient-specific drug therapy, evaluates therapy regimens, and makes recommendations to medical staff to optimize effective drug therapy.
• Educates physicians, employees, and other allied disciplines about the goals and rationale of the institution's quality of care and cost containment programs related to medication usage and pharmacotherapy.