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

Stanford Health Care • Stanford, CA

13d • Onsite

About The Position

Stanford Health Care is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to provide pharmaceutical services in clinical practice, including distributive, consultative, research, investigational, and administrative services. The role involves selecting, compounding, dispensing, and preserving therapeutic agents; advising care teams and hospital staff about medications; and supporting patient care and research activities. This position is onsite in Palo Alto and works rotating eight-hour shifts.

In clinical pharmacy, the pharmacist evaluates drug properties, dosages, administration methods, incompatibilities, and potential adverse interactions; interprets prescriptions and dispenses medications safely; maintains knowledge of developments in pharmacy practice; documents patient care; and may contribute to teaching and training. The pharmacist also ensures appropriate storage and preservation of therapeutic agents according to applicable standards.

For the Investigational Drug Service, the pharmacist coordinates pharmacy services for research at Stanford Health Care, supports dispensing under IRB-approved trials, advises investigational drug service technicians, provides input on protocols, coordinates drug therapy among study teams, sponsors, and nursing, and participates in regulatory and sponsor audits.

Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college or university and have two years of progressively responsible, directly related work experience, or one year of experience after completing a PGY1 residency. A California Board of Pharmacy Registered Pharmacist license is required. BLS or ACLS certification is required within 30 days.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college or university.
• Two years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience, or one year if a PGY1 residency has been completed.
• California Board of Pharmacy Registered Pharmacist license.
• BLS or ACLS certification 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, disease states, concurrent drug therapy, foods, and diagnostic procedures influence drug activity and disposition.
• Knowledge of local, state, and federal regulatory requirements relevant to the functional area.
• 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, fate and disposition when known, contraindications, and potential side effects.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate drug solubility, stability, use, administration limitations, incompatibilities, dosages, and permissible concentrations to anticipate, prevent, and treat undesirable reactions.
• Apply knowledge of the physical and chemical properties of drugs when calculating dosages, weighing and measuring drugs, and mixing and compounding medications and chemicals.
• Interpret prescriptions and dispense prescribed products; alert physicians to synergistic, antagonistic, and cumulative effects, questionable overdoses, or incompatibilities.
• Identify clinically meaningful differences between drugs as they relate to therapeutic efficacy.
• Stay informed about developments, emerging 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 proper storage, protection, and preservation of therapeutic agents in accordance with U.S.P. and N.F. standards.
• Coordinate and maintain 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.
• Guide investigational drug service pharmacy technicians.
• Attend meetings as requested to provide pharmacy input on drug protocols.
• Liaise among study teams, protocol sponsors, and nursing to coordinate drug therapy.
• Participate in audits by sponsors, FDA, DEA, NIH, and other regulatory agencies as needed.
• Apply Stanford Health Care's C-I-CARE standards in interactions with patients, families, and colleagues.

What This Job Offers

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