Clinical Pharmcist - Per Diem

Southeast Health•Dothan, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The clinical pharmacist, under the supervision of the Director of Pharmacy and Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator, will practice the profession of pharmacy in this state with all the rights and privileges of a Registered Pharmacist and will adhere to the Code of Ethics of the American Pharmaceutical Association and the Alabama Board of State Pharmacy. The clinical pharmacist will be expected to participate in multidisciplinary patient rounds, evaluate and optimize patient medication therapy, monitor and recommend appropriate antimicrobial therapy, calculate and monitor TPN therapy, pharmacokinetic dosing, renal dose adjustments, and other clinical pharmacy activities as needed.

Requirements

Must have a Bachelor degree in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy from an accredited School of Pharmacy
Must be licensed as a Registered Pharmacist by the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy
Must maintain continuing education as required for current controlled substance permit
Must be certified or willing to obtain certification as a parenteral pharmacist
Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing
Ability to communicate effectively in an emergency situation
Ability to communicate effectively with physicians and other healthcare providers

Nice To Haves

PG1 residency or equivalent experience
Board certification
Experience in hospital setting

Responsibilities

Participate in multidisciplinary patient rounds
Evaluate and optimize patient medication therapy
Monitor and recommend appropriate antimicrobial therapy
Calculate and monitor TPN therapy
Perform pharmacokinetic dosing
Perform renal dose adjustments
Perform other clinical pharmacy activities as needed
Manage all information obtained with strict confidentiality to safeguard patient information from use by unauthorized personnel
Follow safety guidelines for self, patients, visitor, and employees
Follow infection prevention policies
Independently handle communications in a manner which decreases conflict
Demonstrate assertiveness techniques in communications
Practice effective stress reduction techniques
Seek resources for direction when necessary
Demonstrate responsibility for education requirements
Complete all annually required in-service programs
Attend non-required educational programs relative to patient care responsibilities
Complete annual competency evaluation requirements
Provide age-specific care when giving pharmaceutical supplies or services
Uphold the Mission, fulfill the Vision, and live the Values of Southeast Health
Demonstrate the standards of performance as outlined in the Employee Performance Standard handbook
Keep area neat and tidy
Help others to meet customer needs
Be positive about the work group
Work actively and cooperatively with co-workers as a team
Recognize and employ team efforts to achieve departmental/organizational goals
Encourage and promote positive behaviors in coworkers
Adhere to established Attendance and Punctuality policy
Respond with patient and no-patient emergencies according to policies and procedures
Work with patients, families, visitors, and co-workers regardless of race, gender, disease process, life-style, religious or cultural beliefs
Ensure personal issues and family situations do not interfere with job attendance or performance
Participate willingly in orientation of new employees, students, interns, externs and volunteers
Answer the telephone in all areas of pharmacy promptly and in a courteous manner by identifying self and department
Adjust effectively to work at their new structures, processes, requirements or cultures
Consistently maintain high levels of activity or productivity
Maintain presence in the pharmacy for legal security or informational purposes while support personnel have to be out
Recommend cost savings alternatives when appropriate
Maintain the formulary
Recommend switching patients from IV to PO therapy when appropriate
Maintain clinical interventions and cost savings data
Report cost savings information
Demonstrate effective time management techniques
Demonstrate appropriate utilization of supplies
Complete assignments within specified time period or specified shift
Be knowledgeable about maintaining adequate inventory of all required medication and supplies
Act as a resource to other areas and or groups as requested
Optimize patient medication therapy
Calculate and monitor TPN therapy
Recommend appropriate antimicrobial therapy as per literature, cultural and sensitivity data
Creatinine Clearance Monitoring-Adjustments – recommends dosage adjustments for patients with renal dysfunctions
Monitor patient therapy for therapeutic duplications and drug interactions
Recommend dosage adjustments based on clinical information/trials or alternative therapy
Research and evaluate new drug therapies in relation to cost and effectiveness
Develop protocols for drug use as needed
Perform staff pharmacist duties when needed
Adhere to the standards of the Compliance Plan
Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for maintaining quality care and work performance by attendance at departmental meetings and other team meetings as assigned
Participate in team/department quality improvement activities
Accept accountability for own work and team outcomes when appropriate
Report promptly any or unusual situations
Demonstrate leadership skills
Set high standards of performance for self and others
Self-impose standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed
Demonstrate a good working knowledge of the computer system
Perform all the necessary computer operations to ensure proper documentation of patient medication on the patient medication profile
Interpret physicians’ orders for completeness and accuracy
Follow up if there is an incomplete order
Document interventions with in EMR
Check all IV preparations and medication fills to insure correctness of product dispensed
Perform basic function of the IV room
Perform basic function of the Unit Dose Technicians
Perform, check, and replace medication to the crash carts and Acudose dispensing machines along with proper documentation required when called upon