Pharmacy Resident

Nemours is seeking a Pharmacy Resident (Full-Time) for our Nemours Childrens Health team in Wilmington Delaware.

The pharmacy practice PGY1 residency with pediatric emphasis is an ASHP accredited one-year postgraduate program to develop the competencies necessary to provide pharmaceutical care to pediatric patients. The resident will be selected to participate in this program and with guidance from assigned preceptors will meet the goals and educational objectives of the program. The Pharmacy Resident is responsible for providing clinical pharmacy services for the Central pharmacy Clinical Pharmacy program ASP program and the informatics department The Pharmacy Resident is responsible for reviewing clarifying and making recommendations for all medication orders under the supervision of a rotation preceptor. During staffing shifts the Pharmacy Resident is responsible for coordinating and checking all of the activities of the Pharmacy Pharmacy Resident will be involved in various activities that will improve the education of our pharmacy staff (journal clubs staff development lecture research). The Pharmacy Resident will provide drug information and education to hospital personnel patients and the community as well as assisting with quality improvement initiatives

• Completes one major research project to be presented at the Annual Pediatric Pharmacy Association Meeting.
• Provide specialized pharmaceutical services to improve drug usage and therapeutic outcomes including advisingphysicians and practitionerson issues concerning drug therapy the inherent toxicity of drugs drug-drug drug-foodinteractions and side effects as well as assisting in the prescribing of appropriate doses.
• Reviews and interprets medication orders for accuracy using sound principles accounting for pharmacodynamic andpharmacokinetic variations in drug absorption distribution metabolism and elimination with responsibility for establishing and continually improving the delivery of pharmaceutical care to patients within areas of directresponsibility and assisting others in the department with the same.
• Provides accurate adequate and timely drug information to the professional staff and to patients and their families. Drug information queries will be catalogued and available for future review. Pharmacy newsletter will be compiled to communicate to providers.
• Documents all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely.
• Detects and reports suspected adverse drug reactions accurately and in a timely manner.
• Provides presentations/inservices to pharmacy medical and nursing staff as assigned.
• Participates in the quality improvement and medication use review activities of the department. Collects data;conducts quality monitors and inspections; maintains logs records and other documentation as assigned.
• Develops and presents drug monographs at Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
• Recruits for future pharmacy residents

Job Requirements

• PharmD required within 90 days of hire.
• DE Pharmacy License or eligible required. (DE Pharmacist Licensure required within 90 days of hire).
• Non Sterile operations (Unit dose training etc.); Sterile operations (IV compounding etc.); TPN Oncology and Dialysis experience; Drug Storage; Distribution and Automation Technology Systems;PharmacySoftware;Hospital Pharmacy Experience Pediatric Pharmacy experience preferred.

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