Clinical Pharmacist, Medical ICU, 40hr, Day

Exemption Status: Exempt

Hiring Range: $96,220.80 - $173,180.80. The final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule

• Monday through Friday
• Scheduled Hours: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM
• Weekend and holiday rotation
• Shift: Day Shift, 8 Hours
• Hours: 40 per week

About the Role

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where you can build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community, and each other.

The clinical pharmacist provides comprehensive medication management services that integrate clinical services, order management, patient/staff education, and research. Clinical pharmacists are responsible for improving the patient’s experience, safety, and achieving positive clinical and financial outcomes.

Responsibilities

Clinical Performance

• Provides medication management services in a collaborative manner, including:
  • Reviewing patient medication history
  • Educating patients on drug therapy
  • Establishing desired outcomes and developing/modifying therapeutic plans
  • Determining alternatives for achieving outcomes
  • Developing drug monitoring plans and monitoring patient outcomes
  • Documenting medication-related issues in the electronic health record
  • Interpreting laboratory data
  • Reviewing patient medication profiles
  • Monitoring pharmacokinetics of drug therapy
  • Monitoring for potential adverse drug interactions (drug-drug, drug-lab, drug-disease state, drug-food)
• Maintains and updates patient profiles with demographics (e.g., height and weight), diagnosis, allergies, and current medications.
• Monitors drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interactions.
• Provides drug information to healthcare professionals and patients.
• Documents clinical interventions.
• Counsels patients on discharge medications as appropriate.
• Performs clinical review and verification of medication orders.
• Performs medication order entry when needed.
• Discusses medication order clarifications with the prescriber, documents interventions, and communicates medication order changes as needed.
• Facilitates medication discharge planning and smooth transition to alternate sites of care and access to an ambulatory pharmacy.

Operations/Distribution Performance

• Ensures the timely and accurate dispensing of medications from the pharmacy area.
• Ensures proper technique and accurate preparation of all pharmaceutical products, including oral, non-sterile and sterile compounding, chemotherapeutic, hazardous, and investigational agents.
• Responsible for the accurate filling and dispensing of medications from the pharmacy area.
• Cross-covers in a variety of practice areas within the pharmacy as requested by supervisor.
• Ensures regulatory compliance of controlled substance distribution and monitoring.
• Supervises the work of pharmacy technicians.
• Provides feedback to maintain and optimize pharmacy technology.

Financial Performance

• Promotes the use of formulary drugs by converting non-formulary orders to formulary drugs when possible according to P&T protocol.
• Coordinates procurement of non-formulary drugs when necessary.
• Conducts targeted drug program and drug usage evaluations as needed and reports results to Department Managers/Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
• Identifies and acts upon cost avoidance in drug therapy by promoting cost-effective regimens, drugs, and reducing waste.
• Facilitates cost-saving programs such as IV to PO and therapeutic substitution.
• Manages medication inventory, expiring products, and recalls.

Safety and Regulatory Performance

• Detects, monitors, documents, and reports adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
• Utilizes drug use reports to identify adverse drug events.
• Participates in Joint Commission and other accreditation and regulatory activities such as National Patient Safety Goals and Department of Pharmacy Quality Improvement Plan.

Research and Education Performance

• Precepts Intermediate Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) rotation students, Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) rotation students, and pharmacy residents consistent with academic credentials and clinical experience.
• Participates in continuing education programs, meetings, training programs, and related activities.
• Prepares educational materials and participates in information-sharing activities for the healthcare community and general public.

Qualifications

Required

• Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) degree; OR Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BSPharm) degree with 3 years of hospital experience.
• Licensure with the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy.

Preferred

• ASHP Accredited Residency in Pharmacy Practice (PGY1).
• Pharm.D. degree with a minimum of 1 year of hospital experience.

Benefits

This position may have a signing bonus available. A member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.