Clinical Pharmacist

Salinas Valley Health•Salinas, CA

5d•$82 - $99

About The Position

The Clinical Pharmacist works under the direct supervision of the Director and Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator to help optimize patients’ drug regimens. The role maintains appropriate records for medications and other pharmaceutical supplies ordered by physicians, dentists, and other qualified prescribers, and performs dispensing and other assigned duties in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal regulations and accepted standards of practice. The pharmacist must demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to provide care appropriate to the ages of patients served on the unit. The role includes reviewing patients’ medication regimens for therapeutic duplications, allergies, and drug-drug, drug-nutrient, or drug-laboratory test interactions; evaluating dose appropriateness based on age and renal and liver function; and identifying actual or potential adverse drug events. The pharmacist may assist with patient and family education, monitor patients on clinical drug protocols, attend codes, rounds, and patient care conferences as needed, assist with pain management, and provide drug in-services to nursing, pharmacy, medical staff, and other ancillary personnel as needed. The position requires motor skills for aseptic preparation, mixing, and transfer of drugs between containers without spillage, especially chemotherapy, as well as the ability to perform data entry. The pharmacist communicates drug information verbally and in writing at varying levels of sophistication, uses telephone manners that promote a positive image of the Pharmacy Department and teamwork, and demonstrates flexibility in rearranging work shifts to handle workload with minimal disruption. The position is in the Pharmacy department, has a variable work shift, and is listed at 1.0 FTE with 40 scheduled hours. The hourly pay range is $82.38–$99.14; the posting states this range reflects the target for new-hire salaries.

Requirements

Current California Pharmacy License.
Current BLS/Healthcare Provider status per the American Heart Association.
Motor skills to prepare, mix, and transfer drugs between containers aseptically and neatly without spillage, especially chemotherapy.
Ability to perform data entry.
Ability to communicate drug information verbally and in writing at varying levels of sophistication.
Telephone manners that promote a positive image of the Pharmacy Department and encourage teamwork with other professionals.
Flexibility in rearranging work shifts to handle workload with minimal disruption.

Nice To Haves

BA/BS in Pharmacy or MS/PharmD preferred.
Experience in a hospital or healthcare setting preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist in optimizing patients’ drug regimens under the direct supervision of the Director and Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator.
Maintain appropriate records for medications and other pharmaceutical supplies ordered by physicians, dentists, and other qualified prescribers.
Perform dispensing and other assigned duties in accordance with applicable regulations and accepted standards of practice.
Provide care appropriate to the ages of patients served on the unit.
Review medication regimens for therapeutic duplications, allergies, drug-drug interactions, drug-nutrient interactions, and drug-laboratory test interactions.
Evaluate whether doses are appropriate for patients’ age and renal and liver function.
Assist with patient and family education when necessary.
Monitor patients on clinical drug protocols.
Attend codes, rounds, and patient care conferences as needed.
Assist with pain management as needed.
Provide drug in-services to nursing, pharmacy, medical staff, and other ancillary personnel as needed.
Identify actual or potential adverse drug events and report them as necessary.
Perform other duties as assigned.