Clinical Pharmacist Specialist

St Michael Medical Center • Silverdale, WA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, established in 1891, provides exceptional healthcare across the Puget Sound area through a network of 10 hospitals and nearly 300 care sites. The organization is committed to holistic healing, offering a full spectrum of health care services from wellness to complex disease management, supported by rigorous research and education. They are recognized for medical advances and dedication to excellence. As a Pharmacist, the role involves helping doctors and nurses safely prescribe and dispense medications. This requires meticulous review of prescriptions for safety, assessing for drug interactions, correct dosing, patient allergies, or any irregularities, and then authorizing prescriptions for pharmacy technicians, performing a final check before dispensing. The ideal candidate should enjoy continuous learning, real-time research for solutions, and strive for exceptional patient care.

Requirements

• Bachelors Of Science Pharmacy, upon hire
• Doctor Of Pharmacy Pharmacy, upon hire
• Residency completion
• 3 years of clinical experience
• Pharmacist: WA, upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire
• Board Certified Ambulatory, within 36 - months
• Board Certified Cardiology, within 36 - months
• Board Certified Compound Strl, within 36 - months
• Board Certified Critical Care, within 36 - months
• Board Certified Emergency, within 36 - months
• Board Certified Geriatric, within 36 - months
• Board Certified Infectious Dis, within 36 - months
• Board Certified Nuclear, within 36 - months
• Board Certified Nutrition Supp, within 36 - months
• Board Certified Oncology, within 36 - months
• Board Certified Psychiatric, within 36 - months
• Board Certified Pediatric, within 36 - months
• Board Certified Pharmacotherapy, within 36 - months
• Board Certified Organ Trans, within 36 - months

Responsibilities

• Help doctors and nurses safely prescribe and dispense medications to help patients feel better and recover from their illness or injury.
• Meticulously review every prescription in your queue for safety, critically assessing for potential drug interactions, correct dosing, patient allergies, or any irregularities.
• Authorize prescriptions for the pharmacy technician, performing a final check before dispensing medication to the nursing station, ensuring expert oversight in every process.
• Promotes long and short-range planning to respond and integrate within the market, Region, and system.
• Works collaboratively with pharmacy peers to standardize clinical pharmacy systems when appropriate.
• Works, as directed by facility pharmacy leadership, on developing, coaching and mentoring pharmacy staff to maximize their scope of practice in the provision of clinical pharmacy services and scholarly activities across the continuum of care.
• Educates the medical staff regarding cost-effective, quality pharmaceutical care based on evidence based medicine and best practices.
• Participates in assigned committees relevant to their knowledge, experience and practice area.
• Assures that clinical pharmacy initiatives are in compliance with regulatory requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree