Pharmacist Clinical - Internal Medicine

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical services to assigned patients daily and coordinates service to ensure the accurate, efficient and appropriate pharmaceutical distribution and drug therapy to patients.
• Reviews patient medical and pharmaceutical records and monitors for efficient drug therapy, drug interaction, adverse drug reactions, contraindication, allergies, and sensitivities.
• Communicates directly with both physicians and nurses regarding questions concerning patient drug therapy.
• Provides pharmacotherapy consults to staff and consultative services to patients.
• Evaluates, monitors and recommends patient's drug therapy to support and provide quality services and maintain a therapeutic and cost efficient drug regimen.
• Recommends alternate drug therapy or regimens, as necessary.
• Provides kinetic consultations within specified time frames.
• Maintains all patient drug therapy for cost effectiveness and communicates all possible cost saving recommendations to patient physician/provider(s).
• Maintains current knowledge of State and Federal regulations and statutes regarding the practice of pharmacy and the distribution of approved drugs, controlled substances and investigational agents.
• Participates in P & T activities.
• Prepares formulary drug evaluations and completes medication usage evaluation reviews.
• Documents monthly interventions.
• Documents monthly adverse drug reactions.
• Performs functions and activities of staff pharmacist as needed and in accordance with professional standards and practices and established policies and procedures.
• Operates computerized data systems.
• Interprets and performs order entry functions in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
• Utilizes computer software applications to obtain drug information.
• Operates computer and related equipment to enter and retrieve patient information.
• Updates patient information as required.
• Works effectively and serves as intermediary between patient care units and pharmacy; answers calls and provides information on matters related to Pharmacy Services.
• Interacts and communicates in a customer responsive and courteous manner, in compliance with iRESPECT standards and promotes patient/customer satisfaction.
• Provides information on drugs, pharmaceutical to patients and medical/hospital staff in a professional manner.
• Participates in drug research projects.
• Works collaboratively with medical/hospital staff to coordinate and implement activities.
• Provides in-services for staff and other departments.
• Facilitates specialty pharmacy activities such as prior authorizations.
• Provides instruction, assigns and supervises other support/ancillary personnel assigned to unit to provide clinical assistance as needed.
• Assists in the orientation and oversees the supervision of new staff members and students when they provide patient care, treatment, and services as part of their training.
• Completes required continuous training and education, including department specific requirements.
• Attends staff meetings, all mandatory in-service, and additional continuing education as required.
• Maintains membership and participates in professional organizations.
• Contributes to the annual review of unit-based scope statement and determination of important aspects of care for clinical review.
• Assists in the development of indicators, thresholds, study methods, and data collection as assigned.
• Responds to problems/opportunities to improve care.
• Supports and is involved in the organization’s Performance Improvement initiatives.
• Maintains a clean, orderly, safe environment to minimize risk to patients and staff by complying with all safety/risk management policies and procedures.
• Practices aseptic techniques according to policy and procedures.
• Assists in care and maintenance of equipment and effective utilization of supplies.
• Cleans and maintains all pharmacy related equipment.
• Reports malfunction of equipment to supervisor.
• Obtains and maintains current certification required by the department to ensure abilities to deliver specialized services, such as Basic Cardiac Life Support, Mass Casualty Plan, etc.
• Serves as liaison, coordinator, trainer and/or chairperson for specified educational programs related to pharmacy.
• Provides assessment, education and follow-up instruction for specified health programs (i.e., Diabetes self-management, etc.).
• Participates in coordinating and developing new clinical services to improve quality of care provided.
• Assists in development of continuing and education and quality improvement programs to optimize patient care.
• Prepares and maintains required records, reports and files for administrative, operational and regulatory compliance purposes.
• Compiles and prepares various reports and data, collates and assembles reports and documents as required.
• Generates statistics, computations, tables, or charts as required.
• Utilizes analytic skills and statistical analysis to aggregate data to assist with the identification of potential problems and patterns, trends, establish priorities and recommend improvement activities.
• Demonstrates knowledge technical, interpersonal and critical thinking skills to provide care, maintain clinical competency and meet age-specific patient needs within pharmacy areas. Interprets and monitors appropriate drug therapies resulting from age specific groups. This includes the neonate, infant, adolescent, adult, and/or geriatric patient population as specialty assignment dictates.

Qualifications

Required:

• Current Maryland State License
• Current DEA License
• Current CPR Certification
• Current BLS Certification
• Current ACLS Certification
• Current PALS Certification

Skills

Preferred:

• Knowledge of specialty pharmacy operations
• Experience with electronic health record systems
• Experience with formulary management
• Experience with managed care pharmacy networks