Inpatient Clinical Pharmacist Perioperative
Bell Hospital
Position Summary / Career Interest:
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. Ideal candidates have PGY1 residency training or PGY2 residency training in a specialty area.
This clinical pharmacist position would work 8 hour shifts. All inpatient clinical pharmacist positions work an average of 3 evenings per month (start time betweenand rotate approximately every 4th weekend.
Alternative schedules may be considered including 5080 evenings 80100 evenings weekend options (Fulltime ex. WednesdaySunday or parttime ex. FridaySunday) all of which include an additional pay differential.
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 patientspecific medication profile reviews resulting in 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 inservices for pharmacy and nonpharmacy 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 (PGY1 and/or PGY2 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.
Time Type:
Job Requisition ID:
R40924
We 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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