Clinical Pharmacist

HHC•Indianapolis, IN

12d

About The Position

The Clinical Pharmacist is an essential member of the healthcare team, providing expertise in the medication-use process and optimizing medication regimens for hospitalized patients. The role includes interdisciplinary patient care rounds, medication reconciliation and monitoring, medication-order management, patient education, drug information, drug dosing, and scholarly activities. The pharmacist performs clinical and distributive tasks to ensure medication therapy is safe, effective, timely, and efficient, and provides practical and didactic training and education for learners. The role also ensures medication use complies with departmental policies, Board of Pharmacy rules and regulations, and other applicable requirements. Eskenazi Health is the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County. Its services include a 333-bed hospital and outpatient facilities on and off the downtown Indianapolis campus, as well as Eskenazi Health Center sites throughout Indianapolis. The position is full time, with a varied day/evening shift.

Requirements

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree, or a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Pharmacy with equivalent experience.
Indiana licensure or eligibility for licensure; candidates who are licensure-eligible must obtain their license within 90 days of hire.
Completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Residency or at least three years of full-time hospital/clinical pharmacy experience.
Basic Life Support (BLS) and/or Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification as required by job assignment.
Participation in continuing education activities to meet licensure and certification requirements.
Knowledge of medication classes, pharmaceutical terminology, abbreviations and symbols; drug-product manufacturing, packaging and labeling; pharmaceutical instruments and equipment; metric and mathematical calculations; and regulatory standards for sterile and non-sterile compounding and hazardous drugs.
Knowledge and skills to provide age-appropriate care across the lifespan, including the ability to assess and interpret information relevant to patients' age-specific needs.
Effective interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills and the ability to work with interdisciplinary healthcare team members, patients, and patient representatives.
Ability to anticipate service needs and proactively resolve issues.
Ability to maintain age-specific and job-specific competencies and licensure according to departmental requirements.
Knowledge of applicable federal and state pharmacy laws and professional practice standards and regulations, including those of The Joint Commission, CMS, and ASHP.

Nice To Haves

Completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY2 Pharmacy Residency.
Board of Pharmacy Specialties certification (e.g., BCPS, BCCCP, BCSCP) and/or a specialty credential.

Responsibilities

Optimize medication regimens for assigned patients by gathering information, evaluating therapy, and developing patient-specific pharmacotherapy plans that account for therapeutic duplication, interactions, contraindications, goals, safety, efficacy, and financial stewardship.
Develop and help implement therapeutic regimens and monitoring plans; perform therapeutic drug monitoring and drug therapy protocols, and complete required chart documentation according to departmental or health-system standards.
Perform or supervise transitions-of-care activities, including medication histories, reconciliation and education, coordinating follow-up care, and ensuring medication access at admission and discharge.
Assist with formulary management and medication-use processes, including evaluating non-formulary requests, applying drug-use criteria, recommending therapeutic alternatives, and helping develop strategies during drug shortages.
Enter and verify orders in the electronic health record; ensure medications are accurately prepared and labeled before dispensing; prepare or oversee preparation of IV admixtures, including parenteral nutrition and chemotherapy; use information systems and workflows consistently; and suggest or implement quality and efficiency improvements.
Promote medication safety by identifying, mitigating, preventing, and reporting potential or actual medication incidents and adverse drug reactions.
Supervise and direct pharmacy technicians, students, and residents; provide performance feedback to the area manager; adapt staffing to changes in volume; deploy staff to maintain workflow; use downtime efficiently; assist customers promptly; and resolve crises professionally.
Teach and support learners through onboarding, precepting, shadowing, direct instruction, mentorship, in-services, research projects, and Grand Rounds, as applicable.
Maintain regulatory compliance, including controlled-substance accountability, timely completion of unit inspections, and readiness for regulatory reviews.
Comply with hospital and departmental policies and procedures, complete required education and competencies on time, and stay informed about departmental processes through meetings, minutes, and email communications.