Clinical Pharmacist - Central Operations and Telemetry, Part Time, Variable shifts

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare • Huntley, IL

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About The Position

The Clinical Pharmacist PNE reflects Northwestern Medicine’s mission, vision, and values and complies with its Code of Ethics, Corporate Compliance Program, policies, procedures, and applicable regulatory and accreditation standards. The role identifies, prevents, and resolves medication-related problems; provides authoritative medication information to healthcare professionals, patients, and the public; and helps integrate the informational, clinical, and drug-distribution components of pharmacy services to provide patient-centered care.

This position works 20 hours per week on variable eight-hour shifts, rotating between days and evenings, and has an irregular schedule. The pharmacist supports safe, effective, and efficient medication care, including medication review and monitoring, dispensing and distribution, patient and staff education, emergency response, documentation, and quality improvement.

Requirements

• Active Clinical Pharmacist license in the state of Illinois (IDFPR).
• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree.

Nice To Haves

• Training and knowledge in specialty areas such as neonatology, critical care, or oncology.
• Completion of a pharmacy residency program or equivalent hospital pharmacy experience.

Responsibilities

• Interpret medication orders and assess for safety, proper use, compatibility issues, duplication, allergies, and potential administration errors.
• Coordinate resolution of medication-related problems with pharmacy, nursing, and prescribers.
• Monitor medication therapy for significant drug-drug, drug-diet, and drug-laboratory interactions; intervene when warranted by interactions, therapeutic duplication, or pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic considerations.
• Evaluate and document whether selected medications are appropriate to achieve therapeutic outcomes, and communicate potential problems and solutions to prescribers.
• Advise physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals on pharmacokinetics and adverse reactions.
• Participate in therapeutic drug monitoring and intervention programs, adjusting therapy as indicated by patient condition and laboratory results.
• Enter medication order information into the Electronic Health Record and maintain comprehensive pharmacy patient profiles.
• Oversee medication packaging, labeling, and distribution for patients and employees according to established policies and procedures.
• Monitor scheduled medications on nursing units and maintain controlled medication inventories in dispensing areas.
• Compound and dispense pharmaceuticals, including sterile products, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition products.
• Verify medication orders before delivery to patient care areas, ensure accuracy and completeness, and resolve discrepancies.
• Review laboratory data for medication-use appropriateness and recommend changes when needed, including based on culture and sensitivity, toxicology, and therapeutic drug monitoring results.
• Develop and present orientation, education, and training for medical, nursing, hospital, and pharmacy staff; assist with educating pharmacy students, residents, and fellows.
• Educate patients and families about specific medications and provide timely medication information and teaching to healthcare professionals and patients.
• Respond to emergencies to assist with medication management, including cardiac arrests.
• Maintain the hospital formulary and limit medication use to formulary items when appropriate.
• Document clinical activities and interventions and maintain required data, logs, records, and other documentation.
• Communicate professional knowledge effectively in oral and written form to patients and other health professionals.
• Participate in departmental quality improvement and medication-use review activities.
• Organize, prioritize, and plan workload within time constraints; cooperate with pharmacists to oversee work-area activities, assign work to technicians, and accomplish department objectives.
• Review restocking of automated dispensing cabinets throughout the hospital and resolve problems.
• Ensure compliance with hazardous-waste collection and disposal procedures.
• Maintain practice-area proficiency through continuous professional development.
• Perform other assigned job duties.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement
• Loan forgiveness
• 401(k) matching
• A wide range of benefits intended to support physical, emotional, and financial well-being and provide protection for unexpected life events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time