Clinical Pharmacist
About The Position
Under general supervision, the Clinical Pharmacist oversees the supervisory, distributive, and clinical functions of the Pharmacy including the prompt and accurate reviewing, processing, checking, and monitoring of physician orders, patient medication profiles, completed prescriptions and conduct routine daily rounds on assigned nursing units. Accurate drug information, recommendations and interventions are promptly provided to physicians, all other health care professionals and patients. Assists the Director and Assistant Director of Pharmacy in their duties to maximize the performance of the department and to implement and improve services as the needs of the department, the hospital, and the community change. Conducts, performs and presents assigned projects to P&T and any other committee as deemed appropriate. Duties delegated by the Director or the Assistant Director of Pharmacy Services are accurately and promptly completed. The Pharmacist maintains an appropriate level of competency by completing at least 15 Continuing Education (CE) credit hours, to include 6 CE live credit hours per licensing year.
Requirements
- Doctoral Degree from a college of pharmacy.
- Previous experience in hospital pharmacy
- Ability to work under direct or minimal supervision and handle stress appropriately.
- Ability to work cooperatively with health-system and pharmacy staffs.
- Ability to handle frequent interruptions and adapt to changes in workload and work schedule.
- Ability to set priorities, makes decisions, and responds quickly to emergency requests.
- Ability to meet the pharmaceutical care needs of neonatal, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients.
- Communication, supervisory, organizational, learning and minimal teaching skills are essential to the proper performance of the duties assigned.
- Registered Pharmacist - South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation by the State of South Carolina Board of Pharmacy
Responsibilities
- Provide drug education and counsels patients on appropriate drug use and recommend drug discontinuation when indicated
- Provide written education for patient drug education
- Provide education to pharmacy staff, students and other healthcare professionals
- Utilize pharmacokinetic and drug dosing protocols and provides pharmacokinetic consultation for agents requiring such monitoring
- Evaluate drug therapy orders for appropriateness of dosage, route, interval, schedule and duration throughout patient’s hospital course and provide drug therapy consultations
- Suggest appropriate therapeutic alternatives for non-formulary drugs
- Analyze patient parameters (weight, height, existing condition, and laboratory data) and recommends appropriate dosing
- Participate in patient care rounds to provide input into monitoring of drug therapy
- Report adverse drug reactions or medication errors
- Record recommendations, interventions or other appropriate activity in EPIC
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
