Clinical Pharmacist Med Surg

Connecticut Children's • Hartford, CT

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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.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring optimal drug therapy by designing therapy, monitoring, and dispensing medications following standard operating procedures (SOPs), ACLS, PALS, and USP guidelines.
• Serving as medication expert.
• Directing the work of support staff including Pharmacy Technicians.
• Ensuring medication management abides by hospital, state, and federal requirements.
• Managing the daily pharmacy workload within the internal medicine / surgical unit.
• Cross covering as the Pharmacist across all hospital departments and the Central Pharmacy as needed.
• Answering general drug questions.
• Attendance on medical rounds.
• Completion of nursing unit inspections.
• Identification of medication related issues.
• Functioning as a Charge Pharmacist as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed