Clinical Pharmacist - Palliative Care (Full-Time, 8-Hour Rotating Shifts)

Stanford Health Care•Palo Alto, CA

About The Position

Provides the full range of distributive, clinical, consultative, research, investigational, and/or administrative pharmaceutical services. Duties may include selecting, compounding, manufacturing, purchasing, dispensing, and preserving drugs and other therapeutic agents; serving on or advising treatment and diagnostic teams; providing drug information to hospital staff and community groups; and participating in research projects or pharmaceutical research. In clinical pharmacy, applies knowledge of drug properties, stability, uses, administration limitations, incompatibilities, dosage calculations, and compounding to support safe and effective therapy. Interprets prescriptions and dispenses prescribed products, bringing potential interactions, overdoses, or incompatibilities to physicians’ attention. Maintains patient-care records and reports, stays current on developments in pharmacy practice, and may contribute to teaching and training programs. Ensures therapeutic agents are stored and preserved according to applicable standards. For the Investigational Drug Service, assists with coordination and maintenance of pharmacy services for research at Stanford Health Care. Supports dispensing practices for IRB-approved clinical trials, advises technicians, serves as a liaison among study teams, sponsors, and nursing, and participates in regulatory audits and study-related meetings as needed. The role is based at Stanford Health Care and is described as full-time with rotating eight-hour shifts. A California Board of Pharmacy Registered Pharmacist license is required. BLS or ACLS certification is required within 30 days.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college or university.
Two years of progressively responsible, directly related work experience, or one year if a PGY1 residency has been completed.
California Board of Pharmacy Registered Pharmacist license.
BLS (Basic Life Support) or ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certification within 30 days.
Ability to apply judgment and make informed decisions.
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
Ability to foster effective working relationships and build consensus.
Ability to precept students and residents.
Ability to plan, organize, prioritize, work independently, and meet deadlines.
Knowledge of how patient age, sex, disease states, concurrent drug therapy, foods, and diagnostic procedures affect drug activity and disposition.
Knowledge of local, state, and federal regulatory requirements relevant to the area of responsibility.
Knowledge of medical terminology and abbreviations, pharmacology and pharmacological nomenclature, medical therapeutics, pharmacokinetics, and disease states.
Knowledge of proper methods and procedures for handling and storing pharmaceutical supplies.
Knowledge of physiology, anatomy, pathology, chemistry, and mathematics as they relate to pharmacy practice.
Knowledge of prescription and non-prescription drugs and products, including indications, efficacy, dosage, mechanisms of action, fate and disposition when known, contraindications, and potential side effects.

Responsibilities

Apply pharmacy knowledge to evaluate dosages and permissible drug concentrations, identify incompatibilities, and anticipate, prevent, and treat undesirable chemical reactions.
Apply knowledge of drug properties to calculate dosages and weigh, measure, mix, and compound drugs and chemicals.
Interpret prescriptions and dispense prescribed products; alert physicians to synergistic, antagonistic, or cumulative effects, questionable overdoses, and incompatibilities.
Identify clinically meaningful differences between drugs related to therapeutic efficacy.
Maintain awareness of developments, emerging patterns, systems, and techniques in pharmacy practice.
Maintain records, document patient data, and prepare written and oral reports concerning patient care.
Contribute, as applicable, to accredited teaching programs and training courses.
Ensure therapeutic agents are properly stored, protected, and preserved in accordance with USP and National Formulary standards.
Assist in coordinating and maintaining pharmacy services related to research at Stanford Health Care.
Participate in sponsor site qualification and initiation visits.
Support pharmacy dispensing practices for IRB-approved clinical trials.
Guide investigational drug service pharmacy technicians.
Attend meetings as requested to provide pharmacy input on drug protocols.
Liaise among study teams, protocol sponsors, and nursing to coordinate drug therapy.
Participate in audits by sponsors, FDA, DEA, NIH, and other regulatory agencies as needed.