Clinical Pharmacist - Per Diem
About The Position
The Clinical Pharmacist demonstrates mastery of the basic skills of a professional pharmacist and combines acquired knowledge with experience to positively impact patient care. The role requires clinically sound decision-making and a commitment to the organization’s vision, mission, and values of integrity, patient-centered care, respect, accountability, and compassion. As a member of a High Reliability Organization, the pharmacist practices CHAMP behavior and prioritizes patient safety. The pharmacist resolves drug distribution problems to support accurate and timely medication delivery, interprets clinical and pharmacokinetic laboratory data to develop medication-monitoring plans, identifies and resolves problems, and provides drug information to healthcare professionals. The position also contributes to department education, documents medication-use variances and adverse drug reactions, and supports regulatory, safety, and quality compliance.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited College of Pharmacy with a B.S. or Pharm.D. degree.
- Licensed to practice pharmacy in Connecticut, or eligible for reciprocation.
- Knowledge of pharmacology and therapeutics.
- Understanding of pharmacy drug-distribution systems and formulary management.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with others.
Nice To Haves
- Completion of a hospital pharmacy residency accredited by the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists is desirable but not required.
- Two years of experience in an acute care hospital pharmacy is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Resolve drug distribution problems to ensure accurate and timely dose delivery to patients.
- Respond appropriately to telephone medication requests, accommodating the caller or routing the call to the appropriate person.
- Interpret clinical and pharmacokinetic laboratory data to formulate medication-monitoring plans.
- Apply basic pharmacokinetic principles.
- Communicate and document detected problems, relevant findings, recommendations, and necessary follow-up.
- Provide drug information to physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals, serving as a primary source of such information.
- Participate in and contribute to written or verbal educational forums within the department.
- Document medication-use variances (MUVs) and adverse drug reactions (ADRs), and provide viable solutions to prevent recurrence of MUVs.
- Demonstrate principles and conduct consistent with a High Reliability Organization and comply with regulatory, safety, and quality expectations.
