Clinical Pharmacist

The University of Kansas Health System • Olathe, KS

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About The Position

The Clinical Pharmacist provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care to patients, ensuring drug therapy supports safe, effective, and cost-conscious use of pharmaceuticals. The role requires excellent interdisciplinary communication and strong education and precepting abilities. This is a part-time position that will initially primarily fill a float role across multiple hospital areas, with the potential to move to a full-time role in the future.

The pharmacist supports patient care and pharmacy operations through medication order processing and review, patient-specific medication profile reviews, protocol-based drug therapy, medication reconciliation, patient education, and participation in multidisciplinary rounds. The role also contributes to medication safety and performance improvement, supports staffing coverage as needed, and provides education and mentorship to pharmacy and non-pharmacy staff, residents, students, and interns. Duties may vary by department or unit, and other duties may be assigned as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college or university.
• Licensed Pharmacist from the State Board of Pharmacy in the state of the primary practice site.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association, as necessary.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and/or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification, as necessary.
• Excellent interdisciplinary communication and strong educational and precepting abilities.

Nice To Haves

• Completion of an accredited pharmacy postgraduate training program, such as a PGY-1 and/or PGY-2 residency.
• Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties certification in the chosen area of specialty.

Responsibilities

• Participate in organizational and departmental performance improvement efforts by identifying and introducing ideas to improve pharmaceutical care, systems, processes, policies, and procedures.
• Attend patient care rounds and provide patient-focused pharmaceutical care by assessing and monitoring drug therapy for safe, cost-conscious treatment.
• Support department staffing needs by flexing to other areas or alternative schedules to cover supplemental shifts when needed.
• Process and verify medication orders and review orders to ensure timely resolution of problem orders.
• Complete patient-specific medication profile reviews and execute protocol-based drug therapy, including pharmacokinetic dosing and IV-to-PO conversions, with appropriate documentation.
• Adjust medication doses based on patient-specific parameters, including renal or hepatic dysfunction.
• Report medication incidents and adverse drug reactions in Patient Safety Net (PSN) and participate in medication incident review, peer review, and other medication-safety activities.
• Participate in medication reconciliation at admission, transfer, and/or discharge, and provide patient education when appropriate.
• Coordinate and provide educational presentations or in-services for pharmacy and non-pharmacy staff.
• Support pharmacy residency programs, clerkship students, and interns through precepting, feedback, training, orientation, mentorship, and collaboration on presentations and projects.
• Perform the professional, clinical, and/or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time