Outpatient Pharmacist
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Job Location:
Lenexa, KS - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
01-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Position Title
Position Summary / Career Interest:
This position will rotate between our Main campus in Kansas City KS and our Southlake campus in Lenexa KS with a rotating shift schedule and every 6th weekend commitment.The Clinical Pharmacist provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care for patients. This consists of ensuring drug therapy that results in safe effective and cost conscious use of pharmaceuticals. Must demonstrate excellent interdisciplinary communication and exhibit strong educational and precepting abilities.
Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions
- Actively participates in organizational and departmental performance improvement efforts to strengthen existing systems processes policies and procedures by introducing new ideas that lead to improved pharmaceutical care in clinical areas and in the pharmacy department as a whole.
- Actively participates on the multidisciplinary team by consistently attending patient care rounds and providing patient focused pharmaceutical care by assessing and monitoring drug therapy to ensure safe and cost conscious treatment regimens.
- Actively supports department staffing needs by flexing to other areas or alternative scheduling in order to assist in coverage of supplemental shifts when primary team is in need.
- Assures timely medication order processing by participating in order entry order verification and reviewing medication orders for timely resolution of problem orders.
- Completes patient-specific medication profile reviews resulting in execution of protocol based drug therapy including but not limited to pharmacokinetic dosing and IV to PO conversions with appropriate documentation. Adjusts doses as appropriate for patient specific parameters such as renal or hepatic dysfunction.
- Continually reports medication incidents and adverse drug reactions in Patient Safety Net (PSN) and participates in medication incident review peer review or other activities to establish safe medication systems.
- Participates in medication reconciliation at the time of admission transfer and/or discharge and provides patient education when appropriate.
- Shares pharmaceutical expertise by coordinating and providing educational presentations or in-services for pharmacy and non-pharmacy staff.
- Supports pharmacy residency programs clerkship students and interns by precepting organized rotations providing timely and constructive feedback participating in training and orientation providing mentorship and collaborating on presentations and projects.
- Must be able to perform the professional clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
- These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college or university.
Preferred Education and Experience
- Completion of an accredited pharmacy post graduate training program (PGY-1 and/or PGY-2 residency program).
Required Licensure and Certification
- Licensed Pharmacist - State Board of Pharmacy in state of primary practice site.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) certification as necessary.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and/or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification as necessary.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
Preferred Licensure and Certification
- Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties certification in chosen area of specialty.
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Job Requisition ID:
R-47854We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a persons race color religion sex (including pregnancy gender identity and sexual orientation) national origin ancestry age (40 or older) disability veteran status or genetic information.
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Key Skills
- LTC Pharmacy
- Hospital Experience
- Pharmacy Software
- Continuous Improvement
- Go
- Infusion Experience
- Pharmacy Residency
- Training & Development
- Order Entry
- Epic
- Clinical Pharmacy Experience
- Compounding Medications
About Company
The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City is a world-class academic medical center and destination for complex care and diagnosis. We offer more options for patients with serious conditions because of our expertise and leadership in medical research and education.
