Pharmacist - Critical Care, Grant

Critical Care Experience Required

This position serves as a clinical pharmacist specializing in the care of critically ill and trauma patients within the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) and Trauma Intermediate Care Unit (TICU). The pharmacist works closely with physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team to optimize medication therapy and improve patient outcomes across the continuum of critical and acute care.

Responsibilities

• Reviews provider orders for correct drug choice, dosage form, dosing schedule, and possible drug-drug interactions or allergies. Contacts providers to clarify orders as appropriate.
• Dispenses and compounds medications and dispenses drug therapy-related devices in accordance with standards of practice and OhioHealth pharmacy policies.
• Safeguards all medications, chemicals, and supplies to ensure proper administration of medication.
• Ensures appropriate labeling for proper administration of medication.
• Interprets prescriptions and determines compatibility in accordance with standards of practice.
• Prepares care plan for patients to ensure optimal therapeutic outcomes and maximize compliance with therapy instructions.
• Manages individuals' drug therapy by initiating, monitoring, and modifying prescriptions issued to patients in a consulting relationship with a provider.
• Provides drug information to providers, other health care professionals, and patients as needed.
• Counsels individuals regarding their drug therapy, including recommending drug therapy-related devices, assisting in the selection of non-prescription drugs for the treatment of common diseases and injuries, and providing instruction in their proper use.
• Supports the educational mission of the department through the precepting and mentoring of pharmacy students, PGY1 pharmacy residents, and PGY2 Emergency Medicine pharmacy residents.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science or Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited institution.
• Current Ohio pharmacist license.
• Completion of a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency or equivalent years of previous pharmacy experience.
• Completion of a PGY2 Critical Care or Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency or equivalent years of previous pharmacy experience (preferred).

Qualifications

• Requires in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in own job discipline and basic knowledge of related job disciplines.
• Solves complex problems.
• Works independently and receives minimal guidance.
• May lead projects or project steps within a broader project or have accountability for ongoing activities or objectives.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
• Level at which career may stabilize for many years or until retirement.

Skills

• Collaborative practice experience.
• Basic Life Support Certification—current or obtained during the orientation period (unless greater than 50% of scheduled work hours, as determined by the manager, are completed off-site or not in a patient care setting).
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (may be required to obtain as determined by manager).

Specialized Knowledge

• Pharmacokinetic drug dosing experience.
• Drug therapy management.

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

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Benefits

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