Clinical Pharmacist

Tenet Healthcare • Detroit, MI

7h • Onsite

About The Position

DMC Harper University/Hutzel Women's Hospital is committed to providing exceptional patient care in a supportive and collaborative environment. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work with advanced technology and be part of a healthcare community dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of our patients. Under limited supervision, the Clinical Pharmacist provides clinical pharmacy services including primary care services, consultative services, and drug information services to patients and health care providers to deliver high quality care. This role involves reviewing prescriptions as written by authorized prescribers to determine that the order is safe and appropriate for the specific patient, contacting prescribers as necessary, and filling prescriptions by dispensing or compounding medication according to established procedures. The Clinical Pharmacist interviews patients for previous medication history, provides counseling on current drug therapy, and identifies patients requiring teaching, offering educational material. They also work collaboratively with other health care providers to assure coordination of patient education. A key aspect of the role is to assign, educate, train, and supervise support personnel (technicians, residents, interns, clerks, and students) in medication preparation and related duties, ensuring accuracy and compliance with policies. The position also involves ensuring maintenance of medication and pharmacy supplies inventory and related records, and compliance with environmental and regulatory agency procedures for storage. Responsibilities extend to providing formal patient and staff educational programs and conducting patient care area inspections. Clinical pharmacy services are provided in various specialized areas, including therapeutic drug monitoring, anti-coagulation service, nutritional support, investigational drug services, hematology/oncology pharmacy, medication use evaluation, pain management service, and adverse drug reaction reporting. Adherence to system, hospital, and departmental policies, procedures, and objectives is required. DMC Harper University Hospital is distinguished in surgery and medicine, known for its clinical expertise and innovative research, and has established Centers of Excellence in neurosciences, bariatric surgery, vascular services, multidisciplinary cardiovascular services, hypertension, stroke prevention, and heart failure.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctorate of Pharmacy from an accredited College of Pharmacy or completion of foreign equivalency examination.
• Registered Pharmacist and Controlled Substance licensures in the State of Michigan obtained within 3 months of entry into job.

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical pharmacy services including primary care services, consultative services, and drug information services to patients and health care providers to deliver high quality care.
• Reviews prescriptions as written by authorized prescribers to determine that order is safe and appropriate for the specific patient.
• Contacts authorized prescriber as necessary to review vague or illegible prescriptions.
• Fills prescriptions as ordered by authorized prescriber by dispensing or compounding medication according to established procedures.
• Interviews patients for previous medication history and provides counseling on current drug therapy.
• Identifies patients who require teaching, and provides educational material.
• Works collaboratively with other health care providers to assure coordination of the provision of patient education.
• Assigns, educates, trains and supervises the work of support personnel (technicians, residents, interns, clerks and students) in the preparation of medications for dispensing and in related duties.
• Ensures accuracy of work completed by support personnel, in compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Ensures maintenance of an inventory of medication and pharmacy supplies and related records.
• Ensures that storage of medications and supplies is in compliance with environmental and regulatory agency procedures.
• Responsible for the provision of formal patient and staff educational programs.
• Conducts patient care area inspection to ensure proper drug availability, storage and dating.
• Provides clinical pharmacy services to patients and health care providers in various areas, including: therapeutic drug monitoring, anti-coagulation service, nutritional support, investigational drug services, hematology/oncology pharmacy, medication use evaluation, pain management service, and adverse drug reaction reporting, etc.
• Adheres to system, hospital and departmental policies, procedures, and objectives.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off (PTO)
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare C dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder C childcare, auto C home insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees