Clinical Pharmacist I - General Pharmacy

About the Role

Pharmacists provide pharmacy services with compassion, excellence, and efficiency, filling orders for drugs, monitoring patient drug therapies, and providing drug information.

Responsibilities

Operational Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepares and dispenses drug orders per physician request according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Interprets drug orders (verbal and written) and transcribes/verifies into computerized patient medication record accurately.
• Maintains accurate, complete patient drug records.
• Compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals including non-sterile and sterile products, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition products accurately.
• Issues controlled substances to patient care areas and maintains records as required by law and institutional policies.
• Provides services efficiently and in a timely fashion.
• Maintains current pharmacist license and ensures applicable CE records and licensure are maintained in department files.
• Attends staff meetings and completes all competency/skills assessment requirements.
• Supervises and directs pharmacy support personnel, verifying the daily activities of pharmacy technicians.

Ambulatory Care Pharmacist Duties

• Provides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services utilizing approved protocols and/or collaborative agreements with other providers, including managing patient drug therapy, anticoagulation management, providing patient education, and preparing and/or overseeing the preparation and dispensing of medications.
• Performs duties in clinical areas such as anticoagulation clinics, intensive medical home, transition of care, and discharge medication reconciliation.

Clinical Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures safe, appropriate, cost-effective drug therapies for patients according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies, and appropriateness of drug and dose.
• Assists with pharmacokinetics consult service and renal drug dosing per hospital protocol.
• Reads, extracts, and interprets information in patient medical records accurately.
• Detects and reports suspected adverse drug reactions accurately and in a timely manner.
• Sustains the hospital drug formulary, minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols, and promoting rational drug therapy selection.
• Provides clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners as appropriate.
• Provides accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to the hospital’s professional staff.
• Provides drug education to patients and their families per institutional protocol.
• Participates in the quality improvement and medication use review activities of the department, collecting data, conducting monitors and inspections, and maintaining logs, records, and other documentation as assigned.
• Conducts designated interventions as defined in department Clinical Intervention activities (IV to PO, Renal Dosing, Pharmacokinetic dosing support, Anticoagulation).
• Participates in antibiotic stewardship, opioid stewardship, and shortage management activities as assigned.
• Attends interdisciplinary rounds when assigned.
• Provides services efficiently and in a timely fashion.

Occupational Hazards

• Potential for exposure to hazardous and toxic substances (including chemotherapeutic, cytotoxic drugs, and cleaning solutions), sticks or cuts by needles, and other sharp items.
• Risk 0 exposure category.
• Potential for musculoskeletal injuries if proper lifting and carrying techniques are not used.
• Potential exposure to biologic material when participating in direct patient care activities (e.g., patient education, code attendance).

Requirements

• Doctor of Pharmacy or BS Pharmacy degree required.
• Hospital experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Pharmacy state licensure required within 60 days of start date.
• BLS or ACLS certification required.
• PALS certification required for pediatric practice.

Schedule

Multiple shifts available.

Work Type

Full Time