Description
Core - Flex Full Time 350 7th St North Allied Health Day 43.2600 * Job Description Code/Title: * 7793 - Clinical Specialist Pharmacy * Job Summary: * The Cardiovascular Services Clinical Specialist will provide good quality pharmaceutical care in a timely manner. * Essential Duties and Responsibilities: *
Work closely with nursing and physicians, and as always, to be a source for any questions or concerns that they may have. * Assists cardiothoracic clinical team in clinical rounding to optimize medication therapy management, providing safe and effective use of medication during hospitalization. * Demonstrates the skills and professional judgement required to provide pharmacokinetic dosing/monitoring consultation. * Review and verify medication orders for accepted protocols/supportive therapy; accurate patient demographics; accurate dose calculations and medication administration information. * Assist the Director of Pharmacy with implementing new or revised services, to improve patient care and satisfaction. * Provide inventory control and routinely check medications for outdated product per pharmacy practice standards and JCAHO guidelines. * Demonstrates the skills and professional judgement required to provide therapeutic drug monitoring, pharmacokinetic monitoring, and work directly with the medical staff in the development of care plans. * Assists in adverse drug reaction monitoring and compliance with JCAHO standards. * Demonstrates skills and judgement necessary to provide pharmaceutical care services. * Monthly inspections are on time and accurate. * Maintains the highest degree of accuracy as measured by lack of variances. Actively reviews patient medication profiles for demographic completeness, ADRs, drug interactions, therapeutics duplications, formulary compliance and therapeutic appropriateness. * Good documentation of interventions. * ADR's and variances identified and written when appropriate. * Technician Supervision. * Participates in at least one: case presentation, community service; P&T presentation or project; DUE; Policy and Procedure development or training; technician/pharmacist training. * Understands the principles and concepts of Performance Improvement. Looks for opportunities and solutions for process improvements and seeks to improve job skills. * Understands the legal/regulatory requirements related to the release of information. Able to use the information systems pertinent to the job. * Creative Problem Solving- Examples of Achievement. * Appearance: Closed toe shows, appropriate hair length, ID Badge visible. RPh: Clean, pressed lab coat outside the department. * Actively assists and supports departmental activities to ensure that operational and salary expenses are equal to or less than approved budget. * Understands the principles and concepts of Performance Improvement. Looks for opportunities and solutions for process improvements and seeks to improve job skills. * Understands the principles and concepts of Performance Improvement. Looks for opportunities and solutions for process improvements and seeks to improve job skills. * Safety: Infection Control Policies followed, JCAHO/Medicare/State/Dept. policies followed * Pharmacist will be responsible for all facets of drug therapy in the cardiovascular services patient population within the NCH Healthcare System. * Serves as a role model, demonstrates creativity, cooperation, innovation, peer support. * Consistently contributes to department goals; makes suggestions to physicians to improve prescribing. Takes active role in training new staff. Is proactive in working toward department goals. * Participates in at least one of the following: clinical pathway team; interdisciplinary team; hospital or department committee member; performance improvement team; JCAHO team; customer service team. * Education, Experience, Qualifications: * Bachelors of Science from College of Pharmacy Accredited Required. * BS AACP plus Pharmacy Degree, Pharm D, or Board Certification (Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties) preferred. * 6 months experience plus 2 years of hospital experience in clinical role and/or equivalent education/training or ASHP Residency preferred.
