Clinical Pharmacist

Tidelands Health • Murrells Inlet, SC

7d

About The Position

Under general supervision, the Clinical Pharmacist oversees the supervisory, distributive, and clinical functions of the Pharmacy. The role 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 accurate drug information, recommendations, and interventions to physicians, other healthcare 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 pharmacist conducts, performs, and presents assigned projects to P&T and other appropriate committees, and completes duties delegated by the Director or Assistant Director of Pharmacy Services.

Requirements

• Doctoral degree from a college of pharmacy.
• Registered Pharmacist license from the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.
• 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 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 drug discontinuation when indicated.
• Provide written 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 appropriateness of dosage, route, interval, schedule, and duration throughout the 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 orders, profiles, and prescriptions.
• Conduct routine daily rounds on assigned nursing units.
• Provide drug information, recommendations, and interventions to physicians, healthcare professionals, and patients.
• Assist the Director and Assistant Director of Pharmacy in department performance and service improvement.
• Conduct, perform, and present assigned projects to P&T and other appropriate committees.
• Complete duties delegated by the Director or Assistant Director of Pharmacy Services promptly and accurately.

What This Job Offers

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