Clinical Pharmacist - Inpatient Medicine
Clinical Pharmacist - Inpatient Medicine
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Job Description
Department Overview
The purpose of this position is to provide the services of a licensed pharmacist which includes theresponsibility for the safe and proper distribution and use of medications in inpatients and outpatients whorange in age from neonates infants less than one year of age children and adolescents ages 10-18 adults ages19-65 and the elderly over age 65.
This position is to function at higher decision making and accountability levels regarding medication therapy proactively affecting medication use by making recommendations at the time prescribing decisions are being made or in some cases making independent decisions about medication therapy in cooperation with other healthcare team members. Additional services provided include facilitatation of medication reconciliation discharge counseling and medication delivery through coordination of care from admission to discharge. The
pharmacist must possess strong communication skills for patient education and work collaboratively with inpatient and outpatient interdisciplinary teams including but not limited to providers nurses case workers
pharmacists and technicians as well as the teaching and precepting component of students interns and/or
residents.
This is a flexible model where the coordination during transitions of care and medication use system for patients are integrated with traditionally centralized functions such as order entry/verifications and will continue to evolve as part of integrated decentralized patient care practice.
Function/Duties of Position
Identifies resolves and documents complex therapeutic problemsdemonstrating advanced knowledge and application of this knowledge to aspecific patient population.
Interprets and evaluates physicians orders and prescriptions for accuracy completeness and appropriateness. Documents activities of clinical decision or medication distribution issues that are not in line with the standard ofpractice require follow-up or continued monitoring/evaluation. Verify theaccuracy and appropriateness of medications prepared and dispensed from thecentral pharmacy.
Monitors therapeutic response and adverse effects of medications to guidedrug therapy. Consults with provider when questions or problems areidentified and documents activies in the patient medical record. Appropriatelyreports all adverse drug reactions drug defects and medication errors.
- Responds accurately to requests for drug information from physicians nurses patients and patients families; independently reviews and interprets the literature and applies this information to specific patient care situations.
Supervise the activities and assume responsibility for all duties beingperformed by technicians students interns and residents and monitors andevaluates their performance.
Influences standards of therapy by forming peer level relationships withattending medical staff members; is recognized as a drug authority in theirpractice area by physicians nurses and pharmacists.
Assists in the development of treatment guidelines to be used in patients withspecific diagnosis. Documents activities in the patient medical recordpharmacy monitoring profile drug use evaluation data collection or adversedrug reaction reporting program.
Assists in the reconciliation of medications education of patients regardingtheir home medication regimens and coordination of the discharge medicationplan with the interdisciplinary team. Documents activities in the patient
medical record.
Required Qualifications
Education:
- A current Pharmacists license issued by the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy.
- BS in Pharmacy or Pharm.D. PLUS Practice Residency/Equivalent Experience or Specialist Certification (BCPS BCOPS etc)
Experience:
- Inpatient hospital pharmacy practice: Ability to meet the pharmaceutical care needs of the following patient care types: Acute care psychiatric rehabilitiaion skilled nursing long-term care obstetric oncology chemically dependent HIV home care hospice.
Job Related KnowledgeSkills and Abilities(Competencies):
- Demonstrates the ability to: Enforce pharmaceutical care principles safely and accurately
- Make age-related modification of drug therapy
- Make disease-related modification of drug therapy
- Evaluate medical literature Work independently without minimal direct supervision
- Handle multiple tasks and frequent interruptions
- Communicate effectively both formally and infomrally including presentations
- Project manage Work with a team professionally and collaboratively
- Set priorities to respond quickly to emergent situations/requests
- Work cooperatively with health-system and pharmacy staff
- Communicate effectively and professionally (orally and in writing)
- Perform work accurately with attention to detail
- Exercise sound professional judgement
- Perform systematic problem solving
- Enforce practice guidelinesstandards and medication related policies
- Make critical decisions Perform key computuer related skills including use of the EMR common word processing spreadsheet medical literature and medicatioin databases
Preferred Qualifications
- PGY-2 Specialty Residency BLS/ACLS certification Vaccination certification Teaching Certificate
- Outpatient pharmacy clerical rotation Transitions of Care Discharge Medication Education Surgical or Internal Medicine Services Pain Management and Medication Reconciliation
- Specialist Certifications (BCPS BCOPS etc)
Additional Details
The pharmacist will experience competing demands from nurses physicians pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals as they attempt to influence clinical decision-making clinical policies andpractices and work flow. The pharmacist must deal with intense situations on a daily basis. In additionwithin the healthcare setting there can be significant lack of control over the work pace with frequentinterruptions (work is often dictated by external factors) that may lead to mental fatigue or stress.
All are welcome
Employment Type
Part-Time
