Clinical Pharmacist FT Rotating Shift
About The Position
Under limited supervision, the Clinical Pharmacist provides clinical pharmacy services, including primary care, consultative, and drug information services, to patients and health care providers to support high-quality care. The pharmacist reviews prescriptions for safety and appropriateness, contacts authorized prescribers to clarify vague or illegible prescriptions, and dispenses or compounds medications according to established procedures. The role also includes interviewing patients about their medication history, counseling them on current drug therapy, and providing education in coordination with other health care providers. The Clinical Pharmacist assigns, educates, trains, and supervises support personnel involved in medication preparation and related duties, and ensures their work is accurate and compliant with established policies. The pharmacist maintains medication and supply inventories and records, ensures proper storage, and inspects patient care areas for medication availability, storage, and dating. The position provides formal education for patients and staff and clinical services in areas such as therapeutic drug monitoring, anticoagulation, nutritional support, investigational drugs, hematology/oncology, medication use evaluation, pain management, and adverse drug reaction reporting. The pharmacist adheres to system, hospital, and departmental policies, procedures, and objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctorate of Pharmacy from an accredited College of Pharmacy, or completion of a foreign equivalency examination.
- Registered Pharmacist licensure in the State of Michigan, obtained within 3 months of entry into the job.
- Controlled Substance licensure in the State of Michigan, obtained within 3 months of entry into the job.
Responsibilities
- Provide clinical pharmacy, primary care, consultative, and drug information services to patients and health care providers.
- Review prescriptions for safety and appropriateness for the specific patient; contact authorized prescribers to clarify vague or illegible prescriptions.
- Dispense or compound medications according to authorized prescriptions and established procedures.
- Interview patients about their medication history and counsel them on current drug therapy.
- Identify patients who require teaching, provide educational materials, and coordinate patient education with other health care providers.
- Assign, educate, train, and supervise technicians, residents, interns, clerks, and students in medication preparation and related duties.
- Ensure support personnel complete accurate work in compliance with established policies and procedures.
- Maintain inventories of medications and pharmacy supplies and related records.
- Ensure medication and supply storage complies with environmental and regulatory agency procedures.
- Provide formal educational programs for patients and staff.
- Inspect patient care areas to ensure proper drug availability, storage, and dating.
- Provide clinical pharmacy services in therapeutic drug monitoring, anticoagulation, nutritional support, investigational drug services, hematology/oncology pharmacy, medication use evaluation, pain management, and adverse drug reaction reporting.
- Adhere to system, hospital, and departmental policies, procedures, and objectives.
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Job Type
Full-time
