Specialist Poison Information Pharmacist Uncertified
Specialist Poison Information Pharmacist Uncertified
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Job Description
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Department
RMPDS Poison Call CtrJob SummaryUnder general supervision provides emergency information and treatment recommendations by phone to consumers andhealth care providers. Promotes public and professional education in the field of toxicology. Provides consultation andsupervision to Poison Information Providers(PIP).
Essential Functions:
- Rocky Mountain Poison Center (RMPC) call handling: manages hotline calls by using approved resources and documenting each call in database triages the case via phone for home observation and treatment or referral to health care facility with subsequent guidance to health care providers. 20
- Manages complex exposures including (but not limited to): multi drug or multi substance exposure; overdoses; intentional or therapeutic errors; drug information questions; adverse drug reactions; patients receiving advanced treatments or invasive procedures; laboratory findings involving high level interpretation (ex: ABGs); physicians requesting toxicology consultation; 20
- health care professionals requesting treatment recommendations; cases requiring referral to health care facility; designated Red Flag exposures; any case in which a PIP has questions or needs clarification or they (PIP) cannot handle 10
- Uses client approved resourcesfor corporate cases addresses inquiries for lay public and healthcare professional in a timely courteous and professional manner.Documents each call accurately and completely in poison center database in timely manner. 10
- Meets poison center expectations on essential metrics. 10
- Completes client Denver Health RMPDS and RMPC training as assigned. 10
- Adheres to Denver Health and RMPC attendance guidelines. 10
- Ensures confidentiality of client customer and patient information by creating and maintaining a secure and trusting environment by not sharing information learned on the job except when necessary in the performance of the job responsibilities or to improve a patients care. 10
Education:
- Bachelors Degree Required
Work Experience:
- 13 years as a Registered Pharmacist in a clinical setting from the areas of Emergency Medicine Pediatrics Required and
- Critical Care is preferred or
- PGY1 residency completed. Required
Licenses:
- PHALicensed Pharmacist BPS Board of Pharmacy Specialties Required
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; uses interpretation services when needed to assist callers.
- Excellent customer service skills using Denver Healthsupported AIDET principles.
- Ability to quickly learn and interpret medical pharmacological and toxicologicalinformation and determine when escalation is necessary.
- Ability to work in a fast and intense environment with minimal supervision responding to multiple inquiries (multitask) utilizing specialized resources following specific protocols and accurately documenting all information received and provided.
- Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills; exercises initiative and professional judgment in selecting proper resources and actions.
- Knowledge of techniques methods and competencies of clinical nursing practices.
- Knowledge of safety principles in a nonpatient care environment.
- Knowledge of standards policies and procedures of Denver Health and RMPDS as they pertain to nursing.
- Demonstrates advanced computer proficiencies including excellent typing skills and the ability to work among multiple databases.
- Demonstrates advanced Microsoft Office skills including Word Excel and Power Point.
Shift
Nights (United States of America)Work Type
RegularSalary
$46.92 $72.73 / hrBenefits
Outstanding benefits including up to 27 paid days off per year immediate retirement plan employer contribution up to 9.5 and generous medical plans
Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)
Onsite employee fitness center and wellness classes
Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands travel and more
Tuition reimbursement & assistance
Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching
Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF program
National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer
Our Values
Respect
Belonging
Accountability
Transparency
All job applicants for safetysensitive positions must pass a preemployment drug test once a conditional offer of employment has been made.
Denver Health is an integrated highquality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center a 555bed acute care medical center Denvers 911 emergency medical response system 10 family health centers 19 schoolbased health centers Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety a Public Health Institute an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.
As Colorados primary and essential safetynet institution Denver Health is a missiondriven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable serving as a pillar for community needs and caring for more than 185000 individuals and 67000 children a year.
Located near downtown Denver Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.
Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We value the unique ideas talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community.
Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
