Clinical Pharmacist - Critical Care (Full-Time, 8-Hour Rotating Shifts)

Stanford Health Care • Stanford, CA

11d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides the full range of distributive, clinical, consultative, research, investigational, and/or administrative pharmaceutical services. The pharmacist selects, compounds, manufactures, purchases, dispenses, and/or preserves drugs and other therapeutic agents; serves as a member and consultant on treatment or diagnostic teams; shares drug information with hospital staff and interested community groups; and may participate in hospital research projects or pharmaceutical research.

Clinical pharmacy work includes evaluating dosages and drug concentrations, anticipating and addressing undesirable chemical reactions, interpreting prescriptions, dispensing prescribed products, and alerting physicians to potential drug interactions, overdoses, or incompatibilities. The role maintains patient-care records and reports, keeps current with developments in pharmacy practice, and ensures therapeutic agents are stored and preserved according to applicable standards. The pharmacist may also contribute to teaching and training programs.

For the Investigational Drug Service, the pharmacist assists with coordinating research-related pharmacy services, supports dispensing practices for IRB-approved clinical trials, guides investigational drug service pharmacy technicians, advises on drug protocols, coordinates drug therapy among study teams, sponsors, and nursing, and participates in regulatory audits as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctorate in Pharmacy from an accredited college or university.
• Two years of progressively responsible, directly related work experience, or one year if a PGY1 residency was completed.
• California Board of Pharmacy Registered Pharmacist license.
• BLS (Basic Life Support) required within 30 days, or ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) required within 30 days.
• Ability to apply judgment and make informed decisions.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to foster effective working relationships and build consensus.
• Ability to precept students and residents.
• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize, work independently, and meet deadlines.
• Knowledge of how patient age, sex, concomitant disease states, concurrent drug therapy, foods, and diagnostic procedures affect drug activity and disposition.
• Knowledge of local, state, and federal regulatory requirements related to areas of responsibility.
• Knowledge of medical terminology and abbreviations, pharmacology and pharmacological nomenclature, medical therapeutics, pharmacokinetics, and disease states.
• Knowledge of methods and procedures for proper handling and storage of pharmaceutical supplies.
• Knowledge of physiology, anatomy, pathology, chemistry, and mathematics as they relate to pharmacy practice.
• Knowledge of prescription and non-prescription drugs and products, including indications, efficacy, dosage, mechanisms of action, disposition when known, contraindications, and potential side effects.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate drug dosages and permissible concentrations, and anticipate, prevent, and treat undesirable chemical reactions.
• Apply knowledge of drug properties and characteristics when calculating dosages and weighing, measuring, mixing, and compounding drugs and chemicals.
• Interpret prescriptions, dispense prescribed products, and alert physicians to synergistic, antagonistic, cumulative, or otherwise questionable effects, overdoses, and incompatibilities.
• Identify clinically significant differences between drugs related to therapeutic efficacy.
• Stay current with developments, patterns, systems, and techniques in pharmacy practice.
• Maintain records, document patient data, prepare written reports, and provide oral reports concerning patient care.
• Contribute to accredited teaching programs and indoctrination or refresher training courses as applicable.
• Specify appropriate storage, protection, and preservation of therapeutic agents in accordance with U.S.P. and N.F. standards.
• Assist in coordinating and maintaining pharmacy services relating to research at Stanford Health Care.
• Participate in sponsor site qualification and initiation visits.
• Support pharmacy dispensing practices for IRB-approved clinical trials.
• Provide guidance to investigational drug service pharmacy technicians.
• Attend meetings as requested to provide pharmacy input on drug protocols.
• Coordinate drug therapy as liaison among the study team, protocol sponsor, and nursing.
• Participate in audits by sponsors, FDA, DEA, NIH, and other regulatory agencies as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level