Description
Clinical Pharmacist Full Time
Req #: 36483
Category: Pharmacy
Status: Full-Time
Shift: Day
Facility: RWJ Rahway
Location: Pharmacy, 865 Stone Street, Rahway, NJ 07065
POSITION TITLE: ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP INTERNAL MEDICINE CLINICAL PHARMACIST SPECIALIST DESCRIPTION The antimicrobial stewardship Internal Medicine clinical pharmacist specialist provides collaborative pharmaceutical care to patients at RWJ University Hospital Rahway through clinical services, research, and teaching.
QUALIFICATIONS Required:
- Qualified candidates must have graduated from an ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy
- Candidates should also be self-motivated, have good communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills, and possess or be eligible for licensure in New Jersey State.
Preferred:
- Completion of a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency in general practice
- Board certification in infectious diseases & or pharmacotherapy
- Experience and leadership in infectious diseases or internal medicine preferred.
- Experience and leadership in chronic disease management /ID and/or Internal Medicine preferred.
RESPONSIBILITIES The major job responsibilities of this position are: pharmaceutical care to patients, pharmaceutical care to hospital patients on medical services, monitoring, clinical interventions, cost-effective care analysis, teaching, and pharmacy representation in Medical Center committees. The following activities are components of the position to assist in meeting the major job responsibilities:
- Provide cost-effective pharmaceutical care to patients by conducting direct patient care activities using a consistent approach that reflects the philosophy of pharmaceutical care and that is performed with the efficiency and depth of experience characteristic of an experienced antimicrobial stewardship & internal medicine pharmacist.
- Participate in patient care rounds with hospitalists through collaborative interactions with prescribers, nursing staff, clinical pharmacists, and pharmacy students to optimize antimicrobial use and ensure compliance with evidence based practice.
- Participates in stewardship activities set forth by the pharmacy clinical manager and director of pharmacy.
- Manages pharmacy dosing protocols with infectious disease and P&T committees for vancomycin and other medications as needed.
- Develop and conduct target drug programs and medication use evaluations as needed and report results to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee to promote process changes to optimize medication utilization.
- Create and maintain disease specific order sets to aid in evidence based guided care of patients
- Monitor high risk rules in the institution s web-based surveillance tool pertaining to narrow therapeutic index drugs and antibiotics for appropriateness and follow up with medical staff to address medication management issues.
- Manage and run antibiotic stewardship local committee and participates in system collaborative as needed.
- Acts as a primary preceptor and mentor for pharmacy students to aid in ensuring successful completion of all rotational requirements as set forth by their perspective schools of pharmacy.
- Provide lectures and other informative activities on clinical topics in to health-care workers.
- Provide clinical support for quality measures through evaluation and analysis of related data.
- Complete a minimum of one quality improvement / research project per calendar year.
- Provide coverage of the centralized pharmacy as determined by need.
RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Company Description:
How do you build a healthier New Jersey? Every day at RWJBarnabas Health, extraordinary people like you come together to shape the answer. In our newly-integrated network of busy urban medical centers, acclaimed teaching and research facilities, and state-of-the-art community hospitals, we're delivering world-class care to more than 5 million people across the Garden State - and redefining the career expectations of every member of our team.
We're proud to be one of New Jersey's premier employers, with a strong financial foundation and an outstanding national reputation for excellence in health care. At the same time, we feel like an extended family: A dynamic collection of diverse and passionate individuals with unique skills, deep roots in the communities we serve, and a shared belief that we're better together.
We know that the best way to serve our state is to build the strongest team in the country. We're doing that by creating a compelling matrix organization that offers the unrivaled flexibility to explore opportunities across the entirety of our network - so you can make the choices that will position you to grow and thrive for years to come.
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