Clinical Pharmacist Med Surg

Connecticut Children's Medical Center•Hartford, CT

19h

About The Position

The Clinical Pharmacist Med Surg is a licensed internal medicine / surgical Pharmacist responsible for ensuring optimal drug therapy by designing therapy, monitoring, and dispensing medications following standard operating procedures (SOPs), ACLS, PALS, and USP guidelines. Serves as medication expert. Directs the work of support staff including Pharmacy Technicians. Responsible for ensuring medication management abides by hospital, state, and federal requirements. Manages the daily pharmacy workload within the internal medicine / surgical unit and is also able to cross cover as the Pharmacist across all hospital departments and the Central Pharmacy as needed, and be proficient in the medication management of that population. Responsibilities also include but are not limited to: answering general drug questions, attendance on medical rounds, completion of nursing unit inspections, and identification of medication related issues. May function as a Charge Pharmacist as needed.

Requirements

BS degree in Pharmacy
CITI training to cross cover investigational studies related to Oncology
State of Connecticut Pharmacist License
BLS License
Medications, their doses, indications, monitoring parameters, potential risks and contraindications considering both drug-drug and drug-disease interactions.
Medication preparation and delivery process.
Common disease states affecting pediatric populations and their risks and treatments
Critical thinking and problem solving.
Utilizing available resources such as medication and/or disease related guidelines to answer questions and/or guide patient therapy to ensure optimal care.
Teaching and learning.
Appropriately assess and manage competing priorities.
Collaborate in an interdisciplinary environment with individuals of varying levels of education, healthcare experience, and licensure.
Show empathy and support others within the work environment.
Communicate clearly both orally and written.

Nice To Haves

Education: PharmD
Experience as a Hospital Pharmacist
Completion of PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency
Completion of PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Practice Residency
Board certification in area of specialty.
Advanced training/certification in area of specialty.

Responsibilities

Verifies and checks prescriptions/orders adhering to safe medication dispensing practices. Reviews prescription order for accuracy and completion. Provide medication evaluation during verification, considering patient specific factors, potential for adverse drug reactions, and Drug-Drug / Drug-Disease interactions or equivalent. -15%
Assess and optimize drug therapy by designing medication therapies that meet the patient specific needs Develop, review, assist and maintain, in collaboration with members of internal medicine / surgical unit (and other departments as needed) various protocols and regimens as recommended by evidenced based practice. Utilize the facility formulary whenever possible to ensure cost-effective care. Provide drug information education to patient or patient’s care giver as needed. - 15%
Mentors and assists in training; includes but is not limited to: Pharmacists, Interns, residents, within the internal medicine / surgical unit. Teach and instruct pharmacy and other multidisciplinary staff on relevant treatment populations including preparation treatment, and ongoing monitoring of medications involved for a broad range of common disease states ranging from mental illness, asthma, to RSV. - 15%
Responsible for rounding with the internal medicine / surgical unit Provide perpetual monitoring of assigned patients through chart investigation, discussion within the healthcare team (including but not limited to the patient, patients’ family members, other healthcare professionals), to identify potential for and/or remediation of drug therapy. -15%
Manage the daily pharmacy workload within the internal medicine / surgical unit Directly supervise the work of pharmacy staff throughout entirety of shift when applicable (technicians, students, residents, and/or interns) to ensure safe and accurate preparation, dispensing, and delivery of medications to meet patient care needs and both federal and state regulations. Knowledgeable of all standard operating procedures (SOPs) governing the work of pharmacy staff to mitigate harm to patients and staff. - 15%
Accurately document the monitoring of medication, medication management, potential adverse drug reactions, and similar outcomes through interventions in the electronic health record. Includes but is not limited to: EPIC, DoseEdge, Omnicell. Maintains documentation that is compliant with state and federal drug control laws. -10%
Inspect medication storage and prep areas outside of the Pharmacy throughout the hospital monthly. Raise any concerns identified to Nurse leadership and Pharmacy leadership. Identifies medication or operational related issues that require remediation and escalates to direct manager. -5%
May contribute to the process of adding new products (medications, blood products, gene or cellular therapies) and treatment modalities to formulary through involvement with the P&T committee via development of presentations, education, monographs. -5%
May function as a Charge Pharmacist as needed. - 5%
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.