Clinical Pharmacist Specialist-Critical Care - Sharp Memorial Hospital - Day Shift - Full Time

About the role

Sharp Memorial Hospital is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist-Critical Care to join their team. This role will be full-time and operates on a day shift.

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical advisory services, demonstrating pro-active involvement and following through on advisory service outcomes.
• Participates in clinical intervention programs, identifying and resolving prescribing, formulary, and therapeutic issues.
• Completes and submits electronic forms consistently and responds to drug information requests promptly and professionally.
• Reviews patient medication profiles for appropriateness and integrates patient variables, clinical status, drug knowledge, and professional judgment.
• Communicates with nurses and physicians regarding therapeutic issues and follows up on formulary compliance issues.
• Participates in Code-Blue emergencies, mixes and labels medications, and ensures pharmacy code-blue billing is completed where appropriate.
• Engages in financial pillar/cost savings measures, such as IV to PO conversions and formulary adherence.
• Performs clinical consult services, demonstrating competency in performing formal clinical consults and patient monitoring practices.
• Administers medication to medical and surgical ICUs, ensuring accurate and appropriate medication orders, and managing critical care drug therapy.
• Maintains multidisciplinary communication, clearly communicating goals and instructions to staff and fostering positive relationships with external customers.
• Operates smoothly by providing daily work direction and supervision of technical and ancillary staff, overseeing personnel, and utilizing automation and technology.
• Distributes medications accurately and in a timely manner, adhering to recognized standards of practice, legal and regulatory requirements, and hospital policies.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory agency requirements, completing inspections, forwarding orders/examples to management, and ensuring medication storage security.

Requirements

• California Pharmacist License from the CA State Board of Pharmacy.
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (BLS).
• American Heart Association ACLS Certification.
• Completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency with experience in critical care or a specialized clinical residency in critical care/emergency care (preferred).
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification (preferred).
• BPS Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) certification (preferred).
• Current license to practice pharmacy in the state of California without restriction or probation.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of chemotherapy dosing, monitoring, and established guidelines.
• Ability to respond to and document drug information requests promptly and professionally.
• Experience in critical care or specialized clinical residencies in critical care/emergency care.
• Proficiency with and utilization of automation and technology in pharmacy operations.
• Knowledge of age-specific medication delivery systems and IV admixture/aesthetic technique.
• Compliance with regulatory agency requirements, including completing inspections and forwarding orders/examples to management.