Pharmacist II - Sharp Grossmont Hospital - Variable Shift - Full Time

To provide the professional, clinical and technical knowledge, skills and expertise required for the provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care that supports the mission, values and philosophy of Pharmacy Services and Sharp HealthCare.

Required Qualifications

• Education pursuant to licensure requirement.
• 3 Years experience in a hospital pharmacy practice;
• Or 1 Year completion of PGY1 Pharmacy Residency.
• California Pharmacist License - CA State Board of Pharmacy - REQUIRED
• AHA ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association - REQUIRED
• AHA BLS for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association - REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 Years completion of PGY-2 Pharmacy Residency.

Other Qualification Requirements

• AHA BLS and ACLS are required within 90 days of hire.

Essential Functions

• Reviews all medication orders for appropriate dose, duration, frequency, dosage form and indication.
• Maintains therapy for potential or actual drug interactions.
• Complies with inpatient drug formulary.
• Provides counseling to patients on medication use.
• Assesses patient understanding of medication regimen and provides education.
• Participates in admission and discharge reconciliation.
• Ensures drug regimen consistency with Sharp guidelines.
• Completes daily profile review for each patient.
• Verifies and reviews medication orders.
• Monitors therapy for drug interactions.
• Adjusts regimens based on protocols and interdisciplinary team consultations.
• Performs targeted or therapeutic drug monitoring.
• Reports adverse drug reactions/allergies.
• Communicates necessary information to health care providers, patients, caregivers, and encourages health promotion and prevention.
• Demonstrates knowledge and competency of chemotherapy dosing, monitoring, and guidelines.
• Qualitatively participates in clinical intervention program.
• Quantitatively completes and documents interventions.
• Communicates with nurses and physicians about therapeutic issues or problems.
• Follows up on formulary compliance issues and communicates issues to management.
• Documents interventions, patient contacts, and multidisciplinary communication.
• Participates in scheduled rounds in care areas.
• Oversees Pharmacy Resident and/or PharmD student participation on rounds.
• Works collaboratively with interdisciplinary team to maximize patient outcomes.
• Addresses patient-specific drug information questions and documents requests promptly and professionally.
• Prepares and dispenses medications accurately and in a timely manner.
• Maintains integrity of record keeping and assists with narcotic inventories.
• Demonstrates proficiency with and utilizes automation and technology.
• Demonstrates knowledge and competency of IV admixture/aseptic technique.
• Understands investigational drug protocols and procedures.
• Participates in cost management initiatives.
• Borrow loan paperwork complete.
• Oversees pharmacy operations and provides direction to Pharmacist Residents, Pharmacist Interns, Pharmacy Technicians, and other non-licensed personnel.
• Ensures security of medication storage and complies with Medication Management (MM) standards.
• Monitors compliance with laws and regulations related to the practice of pharmacy.
• Participates in assigned department, hospital, and health-system committees or projects.
• Answers phone in timely, friendly manner, stating department, name, and title.
• Fosters positive relationships through consistent, respectful, professional interactions with customers.
• Responds to requests in timely, caring manner that is consistent with Sharp behavior standards.
• Clearly communicates goals and instructions to other staff members.
• Effectively intercepts and troubleshoots problems, as demonstrated by effective problem solving, prioritization of issues with respect to level of significance and impact to patient care, safety, workflow, and communication.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings or reviews staff meeting communications.
• Reads work related email at a minimum on assigned workdays, responding in a professional and reasonable timeframe.
• Active in personal continuing education and professional development.
• Orients and trains new pharmacy staff as assigned.
• Provides direction and precepts pharmacist residents and interns as assigned.

Communication and teamwork

• Answers phone in timely, friendly manner, stating department, name, and title.
• Fosters positive relationships through consistent, respectful, professional interactions with customers.
• Responds to requests in timely, caring manner that is consistent with Sharp behavior standards.
• Clearly communicates goals and instructions to other staff members.
• Effectively intercepts and troubleshoots problems, as demonstrated by effective problem solving, prioritization of issues with respect to level of significance and impact to patient care, safety, workflow, and communication.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings or reviews staff meeting communications.
• Reads work related email at a minimum on assigned workdays, responding in a professional and reasonable timeframe.

Training and mentoring

• Active in personal continuing education and professional development.
• Orients and trains new pharmacy staff as assigned.
• Provides direction and precepts pharmacist residents and interns as assigned.