Clinical Pharmacist

Georgetown Hospital System • Murrells Inlet, SC

6d

About The Position

Under general supervision, the Clinical Pharmacist oversees the supervisory, distributive, and clinical functions of the Pharmacy. This includes promptly and accurately reviewing, processing, checking, and monitoring physician orders, patient medication profiles, and completed prescriptions, as well as conducting routine daily rounds on assigned nursing units. The pharmacist provides timely drug information, recommendations, and interventions to physicians, other health care professionals, and patients.

The Clinical Pharmacist assists the Director and Assistant Director of Pharmacy in maximizing departmental performance and implementing and improving services as the needs of the department, hospital, and community change. The role also involves conducting, performing, and presenting assigned projects to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and other appropriate committees, and completing duties delegated by the Director or Assistant Director of Pharmacy Services.

The position is a regular night-shift role with 12-hour shifts. The stated physical demand is light-medium.

Requirements

• Doctoral degree from a college of pharmacy.
• Previous experience in hospital pharmacy is preferred.
• Registered Pharmacist license from the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation is required.
• Ability to work under direct or minimal supervision and handle stress appropriately.
• Ability to work cooperatively with health-system and pharmacy staff.
• Ability to handle frequent interruptions and adapt to changes in workload and work schedule.
• Ability to set priorities, make decisions, and respond quickly to emergency requests.
• Ability to meet the pharmaceutical care needs of neonatal, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Communication, supervisory, organizational, learning, and minimal teaching skills.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in hospital pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Provide drug education and counsel patients on appropriate drug use; recommend discontinuation when indicated.
• Prepare written education for patient drug education.
• Educate pharmacy staff, students, and other healthcare professionals.
• Use pharmacokinetic and drug-dosing protocols and provide pharmacokinetic consultation for agents requiring monitoring.
• Evaluate drug therapy orders for appropriate dosage, route, interval, schedule, and duration throughout a patient's hospital course, and provide drug therapy consultations.
• Suggest appropriate therapeutic alternatives for non-formulary drugs.
• Analyze patient parameters, including weight, height, existing condition, and laboratory data, and recommend appropriate dosing.
• Participate in patient care rounds and provide input into drug-therapy monitoring.
• Report adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
• Record recommendations, interventions, and other appropriate activity in EPIC.
• Oversee supervisory, distributive, and clinical Pharmacy functions, including reviewing, processing, checking, and monitoring physician orders, patient medication profiles, and completed prescriptions.
• Conduct routine daily rounds on assigned nursing units.
• Provide accurate drug information, recommendations, and interventions to physicians, other health care professionals, and patients.
• Assist the Director and Assistant Director of Pharmacy in maximizing departmental performance and implementing and improving services.
• Conduct, perform, and present assigned projects to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and other appropriate committees.
• Complete duties delegated by the Director or Assistant Director of Pharmacy Services.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree