Clinical Pharmacist Rotating
About The Position
MercyOne seeks a Clinical Pharmacist to deliver patient-focused, outcome-oriented pharmaceutical care to patients of all ages, from neonatal through geriatric. The pharmacist promotes a positive work environment, maintains professional relationships and confidentiality, and provides engaging customer service to patients and healthcare providers. The role reviews and interprets medication orders, checks for appropriateness, incompatibilities, and allergies, and takes action as needed. It also oversees medication preparation, delivery, and storage; collaborates with healthcare team members on pharmacotherapy recommendations; and helps maintain medication safety, quality, and effective workflows. The pharmacist supervises and mentors pharmacy technicians, interns, and students during the shift and participates in training pharmacy and other health professionals. The position follows applicable laws, regulations, policies, procedures, formularies, and clinical practice guidelines. It responds to drug-information questions, contributes to quality improvement and medication-error reporting, and performs other duties as directed by the pharmacy manager or supervisor. The schedule consists of rotating eight-hour shifts. Relocation may be available depending on location.
Requirements
- Pharmacy degree (BS or Pharm.D.) from an ACPE-approved college of pharmacy.
- Licensed or eligible for licensure as a pharmacist in Iowa; must be licensed within three months of hire.
- BLS certification within three months of hire.
- Other certification if requested by direct supervisors or managers.
Nice To Haves
- Three years of hospital experience is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Deliver patient-focused, outcome-oriented pharmaceutical care to patients of all ages.
- Review and interpret physician orders to ensure medication, dosage form, and dose are appropriate for the patient's age, weight, and comorbidities; check for incompatibilities and allergies and take appropriate action.
- Oversee or participate in the preparation and timely delivery of medications to care areas, ensuring medications are stored securely and appropriately for stability and workflow.
- Collaborate with healthcare team members to provide pharmacotherapy recommendations intended to achieve optimal patient outcomes across the continuum of care.
- Supervise and mentor technicians, interns, and students working during the shift to maintain the accuracy and quality of pharmaceutical services.
- Maintain departmental quality and safety by completing quality-control checks, identifying and reporting medication errors and near misses, identifying process improvements, and ensuring appropriate documentation.
- Respond accurately and promptly to drug-information questions and questions about MercyOne medication-use policies.
- Participate in orientation, instruction, and training of pharmacy students, interns, pharmacy technicians, residents, pharmacists, and other health professionals.
- Adhere to state and federal laws and regulations, pharmacy policies and procedures, standard operating procedures, the formulary, and pertinent clinical practice guidelines.
- Provide professional, engaging customer service to patients and healthcare providers.
- Promote a positive work environment, professional interpersonal relationships, and confidentiality.
- Perform other job functions as directed by the pharmacy manager or supervisor.
Benefits
- Relocation may be available depending on location.
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Job Type
Full-time
