Acute Clinical Staff Pharmacist

Banner Health•South Tucson, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Pharmacy careers are better at Banner Health. We are committed to developing the careers of our team members. We care about you, your career today and your future. Banner – University Medical Center South is an academic medical center that includes an Emergency department, a state-designated trauma center and a Behavioral Health Pavilion. As an Acute Clinical Staff Pharmacist at BUMC South Tucson, your Primary responsibilities will be supervision of technicians, order verification while inpatient, and clinical coverage working directly with physicians and nurses when working decentralized on a unit. Our department operates on a hybrid model where pharmacists gain a wide variety of experience in the centralized pharmacy as well as during decentralized coverage on the medical units. Our hospital pharmacy provides the unique experience for pharmacists to be trained in a wide variety of clinical areas including general medicine, critical care, and emergency medicine. Additionally, this position would include learning aspects of investigational drug pharmacy and participating in training of pharmacy students and pharmacy residents. This is a part time position, 20 hours per week, with varied shifts including 6:30AM -3PM, 7AM -3:30PM, 1:30PM - 10PM, and rotating weekends and holidays required. Banner - University Medical Center South is a comprehensive academic medical center that is an Arizona Department of Health Services-accredited Cardiac Receiving Center and a Nurses Improving Care for Health system Elders-designated senior-friendly hospital. The hospital is staffed by physicians who are full-time faculty of the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson and is managed by Banner Health under an operating agreement with Pima County. Specialty services include inpatient and outpatient behavioral health, treatment and education for diabetes, innovative geriatrics care and comprehensive orthopedics. This position is responsible for the delivery of pharmaceutical care to patients using the medication use process, accountable for documentation of all components of pharmaceutical care delivered. It oversees the activities of pharmacy technicians and interns, coordinating workflow and approving medications prior to being dispensed. The role requires demonstrating the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients being served, assessing data reflective of the patient’s status, interpreting information to identify patient requirements, and providing pharmaceutical care based on those needs. Adherence to local, state, and federal laws regarding the profession of pharmacy practice is essential.

Requirements

Unrestricted Pharmacist licensure in the state of practice
Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited College of Pharmacy
Incumbents in Arizona are also required to provide the AZ Board of Pharmacy Wallet Card at time of hire
If not licensed in the state of practice, must have completed the Board of Pharmacy application process within 30 days of job offer
Must be licensed within 90 days of hire unless the delay is due to the State Board of Pharmacy
For Banner Registry and Travel positions: current and unrestricted Pharmacist license (not intern) at the time of hire and a minimum of one year experience in an acute care hospital setting
For Banner Registry and Travel positions: experience must include working in an acute care setting within the past 12 months as a pharmacist in the specialty area
Good organizational, problem solving, and computer skills
Good written and verbal communication skills for interfacing with all levels of staff, physicians, patients and other contacts
Ability to use reference tools to evaluate patient care and answer questions posed by customers
Knowledge of computer software, particularly medication management information system software, Microsoft applications and Automated dispensing system
Employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment
An Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire

Nice To Haves

Completion of an accredited pharmacy residency program
Previous clinical pharmacy experience
Previous hospital experience
Additional related education and/or experience

Responsibilities

Supervision of technicians
Order verification while inpatient
Clinical coverage working directly with physicians and nurses when working decentralized on a unit
Learning aspects of investigational drug pharmacy
Participating in training of pharmacy students and pharmacy residents
Processes medication orders and evaluates their appropriateness and completeness with respect to patient data including age, height, weight, diagnosis, laboratory values, and other pertinent patient information
Utilizes clinical pharmacy skills to assess patient medication regimens and formulates recommendations to ensure optimal safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness for all prescribed medication therapies
Contacts the prescriber with suggestions for improvement and resolves problems with medication orders as needed
Serves as a resource for patients and the health care team
Provides requested medication information in a timely manner
Complies with directives of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee/Clinical Consensus Group
Documents activities related to patient care in the electronic medical record and other electronic databases as applicable (e.g. pharmacist to pharmacist/provider communication, adverse drug event reporting, and clinical interventions)
Drives professional development through the utilization of BPS educational resources to achieve competence in the current and future BH acute pharmacy core clinical practices and activities
Assists with training and onboarding of new staff as applicable
Prepares and dispenses medications, including sterile or non-sterile compounded medications, in an accurate and timely manner in compliance with company policies and procedures and established regulatory requirements
Coordinates medication preparation and distribution and ensures accuracy prior to dispensing medications
Oversees the day-to-day operations of the pharmacy, which may include management of technology, inventory management, and accurate record keeping
Supervises and directs the work of pharmacy technicians, interns, and students