Clinical Pharmacist
Clinical Pharmacist
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$ 49 - 79
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Job Description
Summary
The Clinical Pharmacists primary role is to provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care to the patients of the inpatient hospital setting. The secondary focus will be medication order execution interdisciplinary rounding medication event followup and clinical pharmacy monitoring. In addition the clinical pharmacist will crosscover the Antimicrobial Stewardship Critical Care and Emergency Room Clinical Pharmacists as needed. The clinical pharmacist will serve as a clinical resource for medicationrelated information and therapeutic recommendations for providers and other professional staff.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
The Clinical Pharmacist must have a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree from an accredited college of pharmacy. He/She must be licensed to practice pharmacy in New York State or must be eligible for New York State licensure. Ideally he/she should have completed a clinical pharmacy residency or obtained equivalent inpatient hospital experience. Active board certification as pharmacotherapy specialist and ACLS preferred.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POSITION:
- The Clinical Pharmacist will crosscover the Critical Care Emergency Room and Infectious Disease pharmacist positions as needed.
- Verify/enter provider medication orders for patients
- Attend daily interdisciplinary rounds
- Perform daily clinical monitoring for the patients
- Improve medication decisionsupport relating to all areas of pharmaceutical care including selection dose duration and monitoring
- Participate in development education and communication of department and hospital initiatives/protocols/committees as applicable to the role
- Act as a liaison between the medical nursing and pharmacy staffs in addressing questions concerns or issues as necessary
- Participate in the preparation of reports and performance improvement projects intended to document the impact of clinical pharmacy programs on quality safety and cost of medication use
- Serve as a preceptor and adjunct faculty for students at the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences or other affiliated and accredited Colleges of Pharmacy
- All other duties as assigned.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Should be able to push/pull 25 lbsbe able to perform moderately difficult manual manipulations such as using a keyboard writing and filing for extended periods of time must be able to perform tasks which require handeye coordination such as data entry typing and using photo copiers. Mobility requirements may include the ability to be stationary at a workstation for a prolonged period of time in addition to being able to squat or be mobile for a reasonable length of time and distance. Communication requirements include the ability to comprehend the spoken English language in addition to being able to communicate and read the English language.
Ellis Medicine is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equalopportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race creed color religion sex/gender age national origin disability genetic information predisposition or carrier status military or veteran status prior arrest or conviction record marital or familial status sexual orientation transgender status gender identity gender expression reproductive health decisions or domestic violence victim status.
Salary Range: $49.5579.28 /hour Pay is based on experience skills and education. Exempt positions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will be paid within the base salary equivalent of the stated hourly rates. The pay range may also vary within the stated range based on location.
Employment Type
Full-Time
