Description
Department: Pharmacy
Shift: Day
Daily Work Times: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Scheduled Bi-weekly Hours: 80
Position Summary:
Responsible for designing and brainstorming new educational programs and activities to help pharmaceutical employees expand their knowledge of clinical drugs. May be responsible for educating other health professionals, such as doctors, nurses, and health care providers about the clinical uses of a variety of medications. May also function as a pharmacist, providing prescribed medications and pharmaceutical products for adequate patient care according to professional standards and practices.
Job Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
* Encourages multidisciplinary collaboration to ensure the appropriate therapeutic use of clinical drugs resulting in optimal patient outcomes.
* Works within appropriate committees to ensure that drugs available are appropriate for the patient populations served.
* Monitors drug interactions and problems, ensuring safety of patients.
* Prepares medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders; detecting therapeutic incompatibilities.
* Dispenses medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals.
* Provides pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals; counseling patients on drug therapies.
* Develops hospital staff's pharmacological knowledge by participating in clinical programs; training pharmacy staff, students, interns, externs, residents, and health care professionals.
* Complies with state and federal drug laws as regulated by the state board of pharmacy, the drug enforcement administration, and the food and drug administration by monitoring nursing unit inspections; maintaining records for controlled substances; removing outdated and damaged drugs from the pharmacy inventory; supervising the work results of support personnel; maintaining current registration; studying existing and new legislation; anticipating legislation; advising management on needed actions.
* Protects patients and technicians by adhering to infection-control protocols and related procedures, rules, and regulations.
* Maintains pharmacological knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
* Performs other related duties as required and directed.
Lead Duties and Responsibilities (If classified in a Lead Role):
* Assists in quality control and performance improvement activities.
* Contributes to performance feedback, hiring decisions.
* Ensures standards are met (quality, timeliness, customer service, etc.).
* Evaluates and test new procedures/processes.
* Orients and/or trains new staff.
* Problem solving capabilities.
* Subject matter expert/technical leadership.
* Work flow/distribution of work.
* Assists in assuring compliance with all regulatory and other agency requirements, laws, and statutes pertaining to the operation of the department.
Qualifications Clinical Pharmacy Specialist:
Required:
* Pharm D
* Completion of pharmacy internship and holds state licensure.
* One year of hospital pharmacy experience.
Preferred:
* PharmD degree.
* ASHP recognized certification.
Qualifications Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Lead:
Required:
* PharmD degree.
* Completion of pharmacy internship and holds state licensure.
* One year of hospital pharmacy experience.
* ASHP recognized certification.
Qualifications Clinical Pharmacy Specialist and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Lead:
Required:
* Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy with BS in Pharmacy.
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
* ASHP recognized certification or residency
Clinical Pharmacy Lead
* Five years of hospital pharmacy experience
* ASHP recognized certification or residency
* Responsible for oversight of special projects as determined by Director of Pharmacy and/or Clinical Manager
Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
We are committed to encouraging and sustaining a work environment free of unlawful harassment, discrimination, and/or retaliation. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's race, color, age, religion, sex/pregnancy (including pregnancy/childbirth or pregnancy/childbirth-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status prohibited by applicable laws. We also make good faith efforts to recruit, hire, and promote qualified women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.
