Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Temporary
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
•$150,000 - $150,000
About The Position
This position entails daily clinical activities of all Pharmacy Department including profile and non-profile patient care areas, as well as implementing and monitoring various "Medication use evaluations." Major components of the position also include pharmacokinetic monitoring, medication error prevention, intravenous to oral medication switch and cost savings analysis of these programs. Such activities are to be documentation in the form of reports submitted to the Director of Pharmacy.
Requirements
- This position requires a minimum formal education of Pharm D Degree and a minimum of 3 years job-related experience.
- NYS Pharmacist NYS Pharmacist.
- BS Pharmacy, PharmD or MS Pharmacy.
- Knowledge of legal/regulatory standards (NYS, JACHO).
Nice To Haves
- One year of clinical pharmacist experience preferred.
- Experience with adverse drug reaction reporting, medication use evaluation, pharmacoeconomic analysis experience preferred.
- Microsoft Office experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Daily department clinical activities.
- Schedules daily clinical activities of the pharmacy staff and analyzes statistics generated by these clinical activities.
- Provides ongoing information on staff performance to assist in the evaluation process, using objective criteria.
- Conducts medication-use evaluations and analyzes data generated regarding prescribing trends and proper medication usage.
- Analyzes adverse drug events reported to the department, and generates reportable vents using various criteria.
- Interacts with physicians and other prescribers of target medications, to assure appropriate and cost efficient medication use. This shall include therapeutic substitution, formulary drug product selection, and therapeutic product review.
- Attends infectious disease rounds to prevent the misuse of restricted antibiotics.
- Reports on and implements pharmacoeconomic tools available.
- Assists with daily pharmacy activities due to staff shortages or increased workload.
- Provides drug information to the Medical and Nursing staffs and assists the staff pharmacists in the same function. Utilization of internal and external drug information resources when detailed information is required.
- Performs all other duties as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
