Clinical Pharmacist - Transitions of Care

About the Role

The Clinical Pharmacist provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care for patients, ensuring drug therapy that results in safe, effective, and cost-conscious use of pharmaceuticals. This role requires excellent interdisciplinary communication and strong educational and precepting abilities.

Responsibilities

• Actively participates in organizational and departmental performance improvement efforts to strengthen existing systems, processes, policies, and procedures by introducing new ideas that lead to improved pharmaceutical care.
• Actively participates on the multidisciplinary team by attending patient care rounds and providing patient-focused pharmaceutical care, including assessing and monitoring drug therapy to ensure safe and cost-conscious treatment regimens.
• Supports department staffing needs by flexing to other areas or alternative scheduling to assist in coverage of supplemental shifts when the primary team is in need.
• Ensures timely medication order processing by participating in order entry, order verification, and reviewing medication orders for timely resolution of problem orders.
• Completes patient-specific medication profile reviews, executing protocol-based drug therapy such as pharmacokinetic dosing and IV to PO conversions with appropriate documentation.
• Adjusts doses as appropriate for patient-specific parameters, such as renal or hepatic dysfunction.
• Reports medication incidents and adverse drug reactions in Patient Safety Net (PSN) and participates in medication incident review, peer review, or other activities to establish safe medication systems.
• Participates in medication reconciliation at the time of admission, transfer, and/or discharge and provides patient education when appropriate.
• Shares pharmaceutical expertise by coordinating and providing educational presentations or in-services for pharmacy and non-pharmacy staff.
• Supports pharmacy residency programs, clerkship students, and interns by precepting organized rotations, providing timely and constructive feedback, participating in training and orientation, offering mentorship, and collaborating on presentations and projects.
• Performs the professional, clinical, and/or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

These statements describe essential functions of the job but are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary depending on the department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college or university.
• Licensed Pharmacist - State Board of Pharmacy in the state of primary practice site.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA).
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) certification as necessary.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and/or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification as necessary.

Preferred Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited pharmacy post-graduate training program (PGY-1 and/or PGY-2 residency program).
• Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties certification in a chosen area of specialty.

Time Type: Full time