Clinical Pharmacist
About The Position
The Clinical Pharmacist helps physicians and nurses safely prescribe and dispense medications so patients can recover from illness or injury. The pharmacist reviews prescriptions for safety, including potential drug interactions, appropriate dosing, allergies, and other irregularities; authorizes prescriptions for pharmacy technicians; and performs a final check before medications are dispensed to the nursing station. The role includes documenting clinical activities and interventions, interpreting medication orders and prescriptions, entering and verifying orders in the computer system, labeling and dispensing medications, and checking medications prepared by other pharmacy personnel. The pharmacist communicates drug information to patients and health professionals, resolves drug-related problems with other healthcare professionals, clarifies unclear orders with licensed providers, and assists providers with drug selection and therapeutic regimens. The role also requires maintaining a basic knowledge base to provide clinical services for all age groups served, providing clinical services as required by policy and procedure, and maintaining working knowledge of automated systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy.
- Active pharmacist license in the State of California.
- Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) through the American Heart Association.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through the American Heart Association.
Responsibilities
- Document clinical activities and interventions, including consults, patient teachings, and other patient-specific information, as defined by policy and procedure.
- Interpret medication orders and prescriptions for drug interactions, appropriate drug selection, and appropriateness.
- Accurately enter and verify orders or prescriptions in the computer system, label medications, and dispense them in a timely manner.
- Verify and check medications prepared by other pharmacy personnel.
- Communicate drug information to patients and health professionals.
- Resolve drug-related problems in consultation with other healthcare professionals to achieve appropriate patient outcomes.
- Clarify unclear orders with the licensed provider who wrote them.
- Assist licensed providers with appropriate drug selection and therapeutic regimens.
- Maintain an adequate basic knowledge base to provide clinical services for all age groups served.
- Provide basic clinical services as required by policy and procedure.
- Maintain working knowledge of automated systems.
- Review prescriptions for safety, including potential drug interactions, correct dosing, patient allergies, and other irregularities; authorize prescriptions for pharmacy technicians and perform a final check before dispensing.
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Job Type
Full-time
