Clinical Pharmacist - Inpatient Midnights
About The Position
The Clinical Pharmacist provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care to ensure safe, effective, and cost-conscious medication use. The position works with the multidisciplinary team to assess and monitor drug therapy, participates in patient care rounds and emergency responses, and assists with central overnight pharmacy operations as needed. The pharmacist may flex to other areas or alternative schedules to help cover supplemental shifts when needed. The role also supports medication safety and quality improvement, including reporting medication incidents and adverse drug reactions, participating in reviews, and contributing ideas to improve pharmacy and clinical processes. Responsibilities include processing and verifying medication orders, reviewing patient-specific medication profiles, implementing protocol-based therapy, adjusting doses for patient-specific factors, and participating in medication reconciliation and patient education. The pharmacist shares expertise through education and supports pharmacy residency programs, students, and interns through precepting, training, feedback, and mentorship.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college or university.
- Licensed Pharmacist through the State Board of Pharmacy in the state of the primary practice site.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA).
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA), as necessary.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and/or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification, as necessary.
Nice To Haves
- Completion of an accredited pharmacy postgraduate training program, such as a PGY-1 and/or PGY-2 residency.
- Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties certification in the chosen specialty area.
Responsibilities
- Participate in organizational and departmental performance improvement efforts to improve systems, processes, policies, and procedures.
- Attend patient care rounds and provide patient-focused pharmaceutical care by assessing and monitoring drug therapy.
- Flex to other areas or alternative schedules to help cover supplemental shifts when the primary team needs coverage.
- Process medication orders through order entry and verification, and review orders to resolve problems in a timely manner.
- Complete patient-specific medication profile reviews and implement protocol-based drug therapy, including pharmacokinetic dosing and IV-to-oral conversions, with appropriate documentation.
- Adjust medication doses based on patient-specific parameters, including renal or hepatic dysfunction.
- Report medication incidents and adverse drug reactions in Patient Safety Net (PSN), and participate in incident reviews, peer reviews, or other medication-safety activities.
- Participate in medication reconciliation at admission, transfer, and/or discharge, and provide patient education when appropriate.
- Coordinate and provide educational presentations or in-services for pharmacy and non-pharmacy staff.
- Support pharmacy residency programs, clerkship students, and interns through precepting, feedback, training, orientation, mentorship, and collaboration on presentations and projects.
- Participate in emergency responses, such as code blue events and traumas.
- Assist with central overnight pharmacy operations in clinical and operational duties as needed.
- Perform the professional, clinical, and/or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
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Job Type
Full-time
