Clinical Pharmacist - Hematology Oncology (Full-Time, 8-Hour Rotating Shifts)

Stanford Health Care•Palo Alto, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a Stanford Health Care job. The Clinical Pharmacist provides a full range of distributive, clinical, consultative, research, investigational, and/or administrative pharmaceutical services. This includes selecting, compounding, manufacturing, purchasing, dispensing, and preserving drugs, medicines, and other therapeutic agents. The incumbent serves as a member and consultant on treatment or diagnostic teams, disseminates drug information to hospital staff and community groups, and may participate in hospital research projects or perform pharmaceutical research. The role involves applying extensive knowledge of drug properties, stability, usages, incompatibilities, and legal responsibilities for prescription interpretation and dispensing. The pharmacist must stay updated on new drug developments and pharmacy practices, maintain records, document patient data, and prepare reports. Additionally, the role supports investigational drug services by assisting in coordination and maintenance of pharmacy services for research, participating in site visits, supporting dispensing practices based on IRB-approved trials, guiding investigational drug service pharmacy technicians, and serving as a liaison between study teams, sponsors, and nursing to coordinate drug therapy. The position also involves participation in audits from regulatory agencies.

Requirements

Bachelor's in Pharmacy from an accredited college or university.
Two (2) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience.
One (1) year of experience if completed a PGY1 residency.
Ability to apply judgment and make informed decisions.
Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
Ability to foster effective working relationships and build consensus.
Ability to plan, organize, prioritize, work independently and meet deadlines.
Knowledge of influence of patient's age, sex, concomitant disease states, concurrent drug therapy, foods and diagnostic procedures on drug activity and disposition.
Knowledge of local, state and federal regulatory requirements related to areas of functional responsibility.
Knowledge of Medical terminology and abbreviations; pharmacology and pharmacological nomenclature; medical therapeutics, pharmacokinetics, and disease states.
Knowledge of methods and procedures involved in proper handling and storing of pharmaceutical supplies.
Knowledge of physiology, anatomy, pathology, chemistry and mathematics as they relate to pharmacy practice.
Knowledge of prescription and non-prescription drugs and drug products and their indications, efficacy, dosage, mechanisms of action; fate and disposition (if known), major contraindications and potential side effects.
CA Board of Pharmacy License - Registered Pharmacist required.
BLS - Basic Life Support required within 30 Days or ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support required within 30 Days.

Responsibilities

Provides the full range of distributive, clinical, consultative, research, investigational, and/or administrative pharmaceutical services.
Selects, compounds, manufactures, purchases, dispenses, and/or preserves drugs, medicines, and other therapeutic agents.
Serves as a member and consultant on treatment or diagnostic teams.
Disseminates drug information to members of the hospital staff and interested community groups.
May participate in hospital research projects or perform pharmaceutical research.
Applies knowledge of solubility behavior of substances, stability of drugs, usages of drugs, and limitations on modes of administering drugs.
Applies knowledge of incompatibilities in evaluating dosages and permissible concentrations of drugs, and in anticipating, preventing, and treating undesirable chemical reactions.
Applies knowledge of the physical and chemical properties and characteristics of computing dosages, weighing and measuring drugs, and mixing and compounding drugs and chemicals.
Has legal responsibility for proper interpretation of prescriptions and the dispensing of prescribed products.
Calls to physician's attention any synergistic, antagonistic, and cumulative effects, as well as questionable overdoses or incompatibilities.
Identifies fine differences between drugs as they relate to therapeutic efficacy of the products.
Maintains continuous awareness of new developments in the fast-moving drug field and be aware of emerging patterns, systems, and techniques in pharmacy practice.
Maintains records, documents patient data, prepares written reports, and provides oral reports concerning patient care.
May contribute to the accredited teaching programs, indoctrination and refresher training courses.
Specifies proper storage, protection, and preservation of therapeutic agents, in accordance with the standards of the United States Pharmacopoeia (U.S.P.) and the National Formulary (N.F.).
Provides assistance in the coordination and maintenance of pharmacy services relating to research at SHC.
Participates in sponsor site qualification and initiation visits.
Supports practices relating to pharmacy dispensing based on IRB approved clinical trials.
Provides guidance to investigational drug service pharmacy technicians.
Upon request, attends various meetings to provide pharmacy input on drug protocols.
Serves as the liaison between the study team, protocol sponsor, and nursing to coordinate drug therapy.
Participates in audits from the sponsors, FDA, DEA, NIH and other regulatory agencies as needed.