Clinical Pharmacist PD - Inpatient

Responsibilities

• Knows and acts in accordance with the principles of the Brown University Health Corporate Compliance Program and Code of Conduct.
• Reviews patient medication orders or prescriptions for therapeutic appropriateness, considering the patient’s clinical status, concomitant drug therapy, diet, and aging processes and human developmental stages (neonate, child, adolescent, adult, geriatric).
• Applies pharmacotherapeutic and pharmacokinetic principles to ensure safe and effective use of medications for the patient populations served.
• Accurately reviews and approves / enters medication orders in the computerized pharmacy information system, ensuring relevant patient specific parameters are entered.
• Dispenses medications in the appropriate quantity, ensuring the patient receives the correct medication, dosage, and dose form at the proper time.
• Compounds and checks final products for medications requiring compounding or manipulation, adhering to established procedures.
• Participates in the development, implementation, and integration of patient-focused medication therapy management and pharmaceutical care services, monitoring drugs and therapeutic classes for review and implementing corrective strategies.
• Trains healthcare practitioners, including pharmacy technicians and students, on matters relevant to medication use, including drug interactions, potential side effects, adverse reactions, and instructions for administration.
• Provides accurate and comprehensive information about drugs to physicians, nurses, and other healthcare practitioners, and instructs patients on the use of medications upon request.
• Maintains professional competence through participation in Pharmacy staff development and skills enhancement programs, ongoing independent study, education-related professional activities, and affiliations.
• Participates in continuous quality improvement activities and total quality management initiatives, including adverse drug reaction, pharmacist clinical intervention, and medication incident reporting programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited college of pharmacy.
• Maintains current unrestricted licensure as a licensed pharmacist in the State of Rhode Island.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to neonate, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients with consideration of aging processes, human development stages, and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.
• Two to three years progressively more responsible related experience, preferably gained in a similarly diverse and operationally complex health care environment.
• Knowledge of pharmacy information systems, automated dispensing technology, and personal computers.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills.