Description
JOB DESCRIPTION
Clinical Pharmacist
DEPARTMENT:
Pharmacy
Department Director:
FORMULATED: 12/05
Employee Health:
REVIEWED: 08/06, 06/2013
Human Resources:
REVISED: 12/06, 06/2010, 5/2017
EMPLOYEE'S NAME: _________________________
FLSA STATUS:NON-EXEMPT
Job Description
MISSION STATEMENT:
Our Mission is to improve the well-being of those we serve with a commitment to excellence: every patient, every encounter, every time.
VISION:
Our Vision is to create a world-class health system to advance medicine and increase access for the communities we serve by empowering caregivers to heal through compassion, knowledge, innovation, integrated care and excellence.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Clinical Pharmacists fill orders for parenteral and enteral medications, monitor patient drug therapy, and provide drug information. Clinical Pharmacists supervise and direct support personnel. In the absence of the director of pharmacy, a staff pharmacist may be required to assume the essential responsibilities and perform the duties of the director of pharmacy.
POSITION EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS:
BS Pharmacy degree or Pharm.D. or equivalent required
Licensed to practice pharmacy in the state of Texas required.
Completed all continuing education requirements
JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:
Two (2) two years of Hospital experience preferred, but not required.
Twenty (20) hours of IV admixture preparation training.
Requires good communication and organizational skills.
Must have ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Must have ability to speak effectively, and possess strong reasoning ability and good independent judgment.
Requires working with frequent interruptions
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practice
Adhere to instructions issued by the department's leadership and perform duties in accordance with established DHR routines, methods and techniques, and in compliance with the recognized policies, procedures, standards and practices and within the state Regulatory Acts
Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage and proper medication storage.
Assess the identity, strength and purity of medications.
Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, and registries of poisons, narcotics, and controlled drugs.
Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.
Plan, implement, and maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.
Teach pharmacy students serving as interns in preparation for their graduation or licensure.
Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment and health-care supplies.
Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, or high blood pressure. Collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of drugs and drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications and characteristics.
Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, therapeutic duplications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, drug-disease interactions, allergies, and appropriateness of drug and dose
Detects, assesses, and reports suspected adverse drug reactions
Provides clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners
Documents all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely
Assists with pharmacokinetics consult service and dosing per organizational protocol
Suggests appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff, as needed
Makes appropriate dosing recommendations
Reviews/interprets culture and susceptibility data for antibiotic appropriateness and recommends changes, as needed
Recommends conversion of intravenous to oral therapy when appropriate
Facilitates the identification, resolution, implementation, and communication of cost-effective medication use issues in collaboration with the medical staff
Keeps pharmacy equipment clean
Keeps pharmacy areas clean, neat, and well organized
Maintains efficient filing systems
Files papers, records, and reports
Enters medication orders into computer
Generates medication fill lists
Generates reports as needed
Issues controlled substances and controlled substance records to patient care areas and maintains records as required by law and pharmacy policies and procedures
Assures adequate control and documentation of controlled substances
Performs controlled substances inventories as scheduled
Utilizes appropriate information resources to answer drug information requests
Provides accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to the professional staff
Sustains formulary by minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols, and promoting rational drug therapy selection
Assists in performing physical inventories
Rotates stock to ensure use before expiration date
Maintains "borrow/lend" records
Documents all recalled drugs and action taken
Manages support personnel
Performs essential duties of the pharmacy director in his/her absence
Maintains logs, records, and other required documentation
Supervises and directs pharmacy support personnel
Ensures pharmacy services are provided in a timely manner
Compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals
Contacts prescribers regarding unclear or problem medication orders
Prepares intravenous and other sterile products accurately
Prepares parenteral nutrition products
Prepares chemotherapy products
Reads and interprets medication orders
Checks orders prepared by support personnel
Receives verbal and written medication orders from licensed practitioners
Screens medication orders for completeness, accuracy, and clinical appropriateness
Checks medication labels
Checks unit-dose medication carts
Supervises the intravenous admixture preparation area
Obtains medication histories from patients, caregivers, and health care providers
Maintains accurate and complete patient medication profiles
Reconciles patient profiles and medication administration records
Transcribes orders into computerized patient medication profiles
Maintains outpatient/employees prescription profiles and records
Participates in medication use review activities
Collects and analyzes medication use data per pre-defined criteria
Reviews the use of targeted medications for compliance with current pharmacoeconomic programs
Checks prepackaged medications and prepackaging records
LINES OF RESPONSIBILITY:
Pharmacy Director…Pharmacist
CUSTOMER SERVICE:
Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence through Knowledge and Safety & Social Conscience
AGE SPECIFIC:
Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirement relative to his or her age.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: (ADA):
A.Essential Duties:Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.
The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position:
Light/moderate lifting up to 30 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height.
Yes
Kneeling
Yes
Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 30 lbs.
Yes
Walking
Yes
Light/moderate carrying up to30 lbs.
Yes
Standing/Squatting
Yes
Straight pulling
Yes
Sitting
Yes
Pulling hand over hand
Yes
Pushing
Yes
Repeated bending
Yes
Stooping/Bending
Yes
Reaching above shoulder
Yes
Climbing Stairs
Yes
Simple grasping
Yes
Climbing Ladders
No
Dual simultaneous grasping
Yes
Depth Perceptions needed
Yes
Ability to see
Yes
Identify Colors
Yes
Operating office equipment
Yes
Twisting
Yes
Operating mechanical equipment
Yes
Crawling
No
Ability to read and write
Yes
Ability to Count
Yes
Ability to hear verbal communication without aid
Yes
Operating Personal Vehicle
Yes
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