Pharmacy Resident PGY1 - Retail Per Diem

Responsibilities

• Develops advanced practice skills by providing comprehensive pharmaceutical care through integrated drug distribution, clinical services and teaching.
• Assists physicians in various tasks, including, but not limited to, reviewing patient medication history, educating patients on drug therapy, documenting medication related issues in patient chart, etc.
• Makes patient care rounds.
• Monitors drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interactions.
• Provides pharmacokinetics consultations.
• Concurrently monitors use of biotechnology drugs for compliance with prescribing criteria.
• Precepts Pharm.D, clerkship students consistent with the resident’s clinical experience.
• Participates in the quality improvement activities of the Department by conducting medication usage evaluations.
• Detects, monitors, documents, and reports adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
• Promotes the use of the formulary by converting non-formulary orders to formulary.
• Counsels patients on discharge medications.
• Facilitates discharge planning and smooth transition to alternate site of care or the outpatient pharmacy.
• Maintains and updates a patient profile with demographics, diagnosis, allergies, and current medications.
• Discusses medication order clarifications with the prescriber. Documents any changes in patient and pharmacy records, and informs others of medication order changes.
• Reviews medication orders for appropriateness and checks doses of IV admixtures and unit dose medications prepared by technicians.
• Provides presentations, publications, and other informative activities on drug-related topics to the health care community and general public.
• Identifies and acts upon cost avoidance in drug therapy. Promotes more cost effective regimens, drugs. Documents clinical interventions and cost avoidance as part of the departmental documentation program.
• Prepares pharmaceutical products, including oral, IV admixtures, chemotherapeutic, and investigational agents.
• Provides drug information to health care professionals and to patients.
• Reviews physician orders for possible therapeutic problems, contraindications, interactions, allergies, and formulary status of the drug.
• Provides computer order entry for medication orders.
• Ensures compliance with controlled substance distribution and control system.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Requirements

• Previous health system experience preferred.
• Must be able to work independently with minimal direct supervision, to set priorities, make critical decisions, respond quickly to emergency requests, handle frequent interruptions, and adapt to changes in workload.
• Good written and verbal communication skills are essential.
• Graduate of an ACPE-accredited School Pharmacy with a Bachelor’s of Science in Pharmacy or Pharm.D degree.
• Must be licensed or eligible for licensure as a pharmacist in the state of NH.