Clinical Pharmacist- Psychiatric Medical Unit

What a Pharmacist III Will Do

• Reviews, prepares and dispenses medication orders per prescriber order or prescription according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Ensures safe, appropriate, cost-effective medication therapies, with an emphasis on psychiatric and neurological conditions for patients according to established policies, procedures and protocols. This may include specialized management of antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, substance use disorder treatments, and antidepressants.
• Contributes to the quality and effective operation of the department.
• Provides clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners regarding psychotropic medication selection, dosing (based on pharmacokinetics, serum drug levels, and patient response to therapy), adverse effects, drug-drug interactions, and monitoring parameters as well as cost-effective therapeutic alternatives to prescribers, as needed.
• Participates in interdisciplinary care including: Provider-led walking rounds with in-person patient interactions, tabletop rounds with psychiatry, nursing, social work, and case management, assists in ECT-related medication optimization including review and adjustment of agents that may impact seizure threshold, assists with coordination and management for long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics, including ensuring financial feasibility of continuation long-term.
• Provides drug information and counseling to patients, families, and other healthcare professionals.
• Participate in the training, education, precepting, and evaluation of pharmacy students and/or residents as assigned.
• Provides work direction to pharmacy support personnel, verifies the daily activities of pharmacy technicians.

What a Pharmacist III Will Need

• One year of experience in a hospital or retail pharmacy required with psychiatric pharmacy experience strongly preferred
• PGY-1 residency required; PGY-2 in psychiatric pharmacy preferred (or equivalent experience)
• Current registered pharmacist license and controlled substance license issued by the Michigan State Board of Pharmacy.
• Doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) from an accredited college of pharmacy (BS Pharm acceptable per licensure requirements)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification may be required (at discretion of manager)