Clinical Staff Pharmacist-Inpatient Pharmacy 2nd Shift
Clinical Staff Pharmacist-Inpatient Pharmacy 2nd Shift
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Job Title: Clinical Staff PharmacistInpatient Pharmacy
We are Hiring at Jewish Hospital
Location: 200 Abraham Flexner Way Louisville KY 40202
Shift Options: 2nd shift Full Time
The Clinical Staff Pharmacist provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care to patients and members of the healthcare team to ensure optimal medication therapy outcomes. The Clinical Staff Pharmacist performs medication order evaluation and verification drug distribution sterile and extemporaneous compounding technical supervision and clinical services.
Major job responsibilities include: medication order evaluation (to include but not limited to appropriateness and effectiveness) and verification drug distribution support technician supervision clinical intervention formulary management and resource for nursing and physician medication related inquiries.
The position requires the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with patients physicians nurses pharmacists and allied health professionals from all clinical disciplines regarding activities related to the improvement of medication use. Ensures that all activities are consistent with overall hospital objectives. The position demonstrates competence to provide pharmaceutical care for neonatal (birthdischarge) pediatric (birth to 11 years) adolescent 1218 adult 1965 and geriatric 66over) patients.
Responsibilities
Delivers comprehensive pharmaceutical care to patients
- Reviews medication orders for accuracy appropriateness and efficacy
- Discusses medication order clarifications with prescriber update orders to reflect communicated changes and notify involved personnel
- Documents all pharmacy interventions in patient electronic medical record and integrated clinical decision support system
- Monitors drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use dose dosage form regimen route therapeutic duplication and drug interactions
- Provides pharmacokinetic consultations and other dosing recommendations as required
- Prevents detects monitors documents and reports adverse drug reactions and medications errors
- Participates in the drug therapy management of medical emergencies (code blue etc.
- Performs both admission history and discharge medication review and/or counseling in order to facilitate the admission/discharge/transfer of patients
- Provides operational support to Clinical Pharmacists and Clinical Pharmacy Specialists as determined by departmental need
- Responds to drug information requests and optimize pharmacotherapy regimens utilizing current evidencebased literature
Promotes and demonstrates rational costeffective drug therapy
- Participates in formulary management by converting nonformulary orders to formulary alternatives when possible; enforces the use of the nonformulary medication request ordering procedure and validate patients home medication when applicable
- Assists in the procurement of medication when necessary including verification of home medication supply when applicable
- Facilitates the implementation of clinical and operational initiatives
- Recommends and evaluate drug inventory par levels
- Documents clinical consultations and cost avoidance as part of the departmental clinical documentation program
- Developments of formulary monograph or medication use evaluation (MUE) as assigned by pharmacy leadership
Serves as a mentor to pharmacy technicians pharmacy students and residents when applicable
- Provides guidance and supervision to certified pharmacy technicians
- Precepts pharmacy students during IPPE and APPE rotations as necessary
- Precepts PGY1 residents and PGY2 residents as appropriate
- Participates in scholarly activities including but not limited to research publications and poster presentations
Executes hospital and pharmacy policies and procedures
- Investigates and resolves automated dispensing cabinetrelated issues
- Utilizes medication carousels to resolve drug distributionrelated issues
- Participates in orientation of new staff members
- Completes sterile compounding training including hazardous medications and demonstrates competency on a frequency defined by the Sterile Compounding Supervisor
- Completes extemporaneous compounding training including hazardous medications and demonstrates competency on a frequency defined by pharmacy leadership
- Covers assigned shifts as determined by departmental need
- Facilitates investigational drug studies with assistance of Investigation Drug Service Manager and/or other personnel involved in the drug study
- Assists in development of policies and procedures as assigned by pharmacy leadership
Demonstrates effective communication skills
- Utilizes advanced communication skills to convey and demonstrate clinical pharmacist expertise
- Forms collaborative relationships with pharmacy team members and other members of the healthcare team
- Maintains involvement in pharmacy department or hospital committees
- Achieves and maintains satisfactory working relationships with pharmacy leadership pharmacy staff and other departments throughout the system including committees and administration
- Attends departmental staff meetings
- Maintains compliance with all company policies procedures and standards of conduct
- Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to maintain confidentiality at all times
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Education:
- Graduated from an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy (required)
Experience:
- PostGraduate Year 1 (PGY1 Pharmacy Residency or three 3 years of relevant work experience (preferred)
Licensure:
- Licensed or license eligible as a pharmacist in the Commonwealth of Kentucky (required)
Certification:
- Current board certification by Board of Pharmacy Specialties (preferred)
- Current certification in Basic Life Support or must obtain within 90 days from date of hire (required)
- Current certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) as determined by pharmacy leadership (required)
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