Pharmacist-Inpatient and Infusion

Responsibilities

• Reviews medications and patient medication profiles for possible interactions.
• Evaluates medication orders for appropriateness, including dosage, route, frequency, effectiveness, and cost.
• Checks for medication over/under utilization.
• Conducts medication history reviews, monitoring patient medicine profiles to ensure appropriateness based on factors such as age, indication for use, elimination parameters and other clinically relevant lab results.
• Adheres to formulary management principles, published guidelines, and approved protocols.
• In collaboration with other health care professionals, manages the home infusion patient care plan.
• Dispenses medications.
• Enters, verifies, compounds and dispenses medications and IV's.
• Verifies accuracy of product preparation, compounding, and labeling to comply with current standards, laws and hospital policy.
• Evaluates compatibilities between medications, IV solutions, and parenteral nutrition.
• May program and maintain pump technology and medication delivery devices.
• May oversee provision of and compatibility of supplies and equipment.
• Provides counseling and consultation.
• Counsels patients on new medication, refills and over-the-counter products as needed.
• Effectively communicates with patients and staff member based on their specific needs.
• Consults with physicians and other health care providers to assist patient with medications.
• Provides patient-specific consultative services or medication-related information to members of the interdisciplinary care team.
• Provides pharmacotherapeutic recommendations to optimize therapy and maximize patient care and cost efficiencies.
• Documents professional activities, related medication consults, and other patient care activities in the medical record or other pharmacy reporting databases.
• Makes recommendations to optimize medication therapy.
• Holds self and team members accountable to provide exemplary service to patients, caregivers, nursing and other professional staff.
• Practices in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations, following legal standards in all areas including, work rules, controlled substance requirements, state and federal regulations, and HIPAA regulations.
• Collaborates as part of an Interdisciplinary Care Team-based approach to patient care with physicians, other providers, nurses, and other health professionals to better meet patient needs while improving health care quality.
• Provides direction, support and training to Pharmacy team.
• Provides work direction for Pharmacy team, evaluating and prioritizing workload to ensure processes are performed efficiently.
• Delegates tasks to technicians and interns, as appropriate.
• Aids in the orientation and training for pharmacy staff.
• If applicable by site, promptly responds to and participates in emergent medical situations (e.g. cardiac arrest, stroke, other urgent medical conditions).
• Coordinates with third party vendors, delivery couriers, and all partners that interface with home infusion business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy OR PharmD from an accredited school of pharmacy.
• 0 to 2 years of identified pharmacy experience.
• Preferred: Completion of an accredited residency program or equivalent Pharmacy experience.
• Preferred: Completion of pharmacist board certification.
• 2 to 5 years of hospital pharmacy experience or 2 to 5 years home infusion pharmacy experience including therapeutic drug monitoring and IV admixture, and medication compounding.
• Licensed Pharmacist - MN Board of Pharmacy required upon hire if working in MN.
• Licensed Pharmacist - WI Dept of Safety & Professional Services required upon hire if working in WI.

Pay

Pay Range: $66.09 to $91.44 per hour.

Schedule

Every 4th weekend rotation.