Clinical Staff Pharmacist 2

Description

Summary:

Performs all functions required to insure proper medication management (as defined by The Joint Commission storage preparation dispensing use and administration) according to accepted standards of medical nursing and pharmacy practice and applicable hospital policy and/or law. Performs or is able to demonstrate project management skills to extend practice of pharmacy compliance with pharmacy regulatory function and engagement in operation of hospital in up to FOUR areas of department/hospital functions (examples would include medication recall management specific regulation/standard practice/compliance monitoring drug traceability/security or clinical practice initiative).

Responsibilities:

1. Medication order processing and dispensing
Criteria A: Medication order review and processing Reviews medication order for completeness and appropriateness. Conducts patient profile reviews prior to dispensing. Detects and resolves basic order entry and prescribing problems. Makes retrospective basic interventions being conscientious of work quality. Medication order processing and dispensing
Criteria B: Drug preparation and dispensing Provides properly and accurately labeled medications demonstrating understanding of all drug preparation techniques executing dispensing of medications in a timely manner and ensuring product safety and patient safety as paramount. Medication order processing and dispensing
Criteria C: Documentation Complies with requirements for Pharmacy Department documentation in all areas in a clear and concise. Medication order processing and dispensing
Criteria D: Purchasing and inventory control Obtains drugs in select emergency situations

2. Provision of clinical and drug information
Criteria A: Problem solving/decision analysis Identifies the problem and is aware of possible solutions/options Provision of clinical and drug information Criteria B: Drug information Retrieves information from available resources and provides general verbal and/or written drug information in accurate and timely manner. Provision of clinical and drug information
Criteria C: Drug knowledge/ Disease State knowledge Demonstrates understanding of basic pharmacotherapy of disease states. Provides clinical and drug information
Criteria D: Collects and interprets data to design recommend implement monitor and modify patientspecific pharmacotherapy in collaboration with other health care professionals to optimize drug therapy.

3. Decentralized pharmacist role : patient teaching and communication
Criteria A: Actively participate in a multidisciplinary round by identifying medication related contributions to facilitate patient discharge or readmission prevention Decentralized pharmacist role : patient teaching and communication Criteria B: Educates Patient Counsels all patients about their drug therapy to ensure safe medication use necessary to optimize patient outcomes and demonstrating respect for patient choice and demonstrating a pleasant attitude. Decentralized pharmacist role: patient teaching and communication
Criteria C: discusses patient needs with team of physician and nurses.

4. Maintains professional competency
Criteria a: Maintains current drug knowledge and keeps current with trends in pharmacy practice. Maintains professional competency
Criteria B: .Demonstrates initiative in learning about new disease and drug therapies. Maintains professional competency
Criteria C: able to represent department and profession of pharmacy at committee or task force meetings AND report a professional summary back to department manager and staff Maintains professional competency
Criteria D: able to present professionally in multidisciplinary setting.

5. Oversee/check/monitor Pharmacy Technician work per CT pharmacy practice act (regulations)
Criteria A: aware of and responsible for overseeing all activities pertinent to drug preparation dispensing and distribution by a pharmacy technicians; conducts inprocess and final checks on the performance of all pharmacy technicians. per CT pharmacy practice act/regulations.
Criteria B: oversees and directs (priorities) daily activities Pharmacy Technicians
Criteria C: maintains teamwork and professional working environment.

6. Project management skills to extend practice of pharmacy
Criteria A: Organization/project management Demonstrates ability to prioritize workload to optimize productivity or compliance of regulations Project management skills to extend practice of pharmacy
Criteria B: Develops initiates maintains and completes assigned projects throughout year. Project management skills to extend practice of pharmacy Criteria C: works to improve or optimize assigned area of responsibility Project management skills to extend practice of pharmacy
Criteria D: Documents compliance and coaches staff to standards

7. Provides training team teaching mentoring and precepting of students
Criteria A: Develops and uses training material to onboard new staff in all competencies Provides training team teaching mentoring and precepting of students
Criteria B: precepts students in area of rotation/concentration Provides training team teaching mentoring and precepting of students
Criteria C: maintains skills and knowledge in new pharmacy laws pharmacy practices initiatives and cost savings ideas.

8. Demonstrate current knowledge ability to work and comply with all pharmacy regulations specifically USP 797 standards for preparing compounded sterile preparation and USP 800 standards for protecting workers while handling hazardous medications/substances Joint Commission medication management State of CT drug laws and CMS code of participation
Criteria A: ability to reference and look up pharmacy regulations Demonstrate current knowledge ability to work and comply with all pharmacy regulations specifically USP 797 and 800 Joint Commission medication management State of CT drug laws and CMS code of participation Criteria B: ability to perform working knowledge of current regulations/requirements of pharmacy regulations Demonstrate current knowledge ability to work and comply with all pharmacy regulations specifically USP 797 and 800 Joint Commission medication management State of CT drug laws and CMS code of participation
Criteria C: ability to document and identify patterns of compliance or lack thereof Demonstrate current knowledge ability to work and comply with all pharmacy regulations specifically USP 797 and 800 Joint Commission medication management State of CT drug laws and CMS code of participation
Criteria D: ability to document summarize and report findings to manager.

9. Performs other duties as assigned.

10. Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position

Other Information:

Essential:
* Licensed Pharmacist

* Bachelors Level Degree

Required: Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from an approved college of Pharmacy. New pharmacy school graduate or limited experience defined as 03 years Pharmacy practice experience or has not actively participated in pharmacy practice for > 5 as a licensed pharmacist or eligible for reciprocity in the State of Connecticut. Must obtain a Connecticut pharmacist license within 3 months of employment.
Minimum Experience: zero to six months.
Required: Registered as a licensed pharmacist or eligible for reciprocity in the State of Connecticut. Must become a Connecticut licensed pharmacist within 3 months of employment.
Essential:
* Bachelors Level Degree. Licensed Pharmacist. Graduate from ACPE accredited pharmacy program (PharmD program or BS pharmacy).
Demonstrates knowledge interprets and complies with all state federal and malpractice laws of pharmacy practice. Demonstrates knowledge of USP 797 USP 800 and use of personal protective equipment Contributes to teamwork with all team members and creating a positive culture.
Computer Skills Required: Able to use computer systems (PC Microsoft Office: Word Excel PowerPoint)
Computer Skills preferred: Preferred (Cerner Omnicell MS Access Simply797 Tracelink).

Desired: Willing to become or is a member of a local regional and national professional organization. Participates in departmental and interdepartmental educational drug use evaluation quality assurance programs and other projects as required. Demonstrates knowledge interprets and complies with all state federal and malpractice laws of pharmacy practice. Demonstrates knowledge of USP 797 USP 800 and use of personal protective equipment Contributes to teamwork with all team members and creating a positive culture.

Working Conditions:

Manual: Some manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity

Occupational: Some occupational risk

Physical Effort: Medium to Heavy effort. May exert up to 35 lbs. force

Physical Environment: Significant exposure to dirt odors noise human waste etc.

Company: Norwalk Hospital Association

Org Unit: 468

Department: Pharmacy

Exempt: Yes

Salary Range: $59.01 $109.58 Hourly