Clinical Pharmacist, Emergency Department-Nashoba Valley, Per Diem (Day)
UMass Memorial Health•Groton, MA
•$48 - $86
About The Position
The Clinical Pharmacist provides comprehensive medication management services that integrate clinical services, medication order management, patient and staff education, and research. The role supports patient experience and safety while working toward positive clinical and financial outcomes. The position is responsible to an immediate supervisor or manager and performs clinical, pharmacy operations, financial, safety and regulatory, research, and education responsibilities.
Requirements
- Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree, or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BSPharm) degree with three years of hospital experience.
- Licensure with the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy.
Nice To Haves
- ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Practice Residency (PGY1) is recommended.
- Pharm.D. degree with a minimum of one year of hospital experience.
Responsibilities
- Review medication histories and patient profiles; educate patients; establish desired outcomes; develop or modify therapeutic plans; determine treatment alternatives; create drug-monitoring plans; monitor outcomes and pharmacokinetics; interpret laboratory data; and assess potential medication interactions and adverse effects.
- Maintain patient profiles with demographics, diagnoses, allergies, and current medications; assess medication appropriateness, dosing, dosage forms, regimens, routes, duplication, and interactions.
- Provide drug information to healthcare professionals and patients, document clinical interventions, and counsel patients on discharge medications as appropriate.
- Review and verify medication orders, enter orders when needed, clarify orders with prescribers, document interventions, and communicate medication changes.
- Facilitate medication discharge planning and transitions to other care sites, including access to an ambulatory pharmacy.
- Ensure timely and accurate medication dispensing and accurate preparation of pharmaceutical products, including oral, non-sterile and sterile compounded, chemotherapeutic, hazardous, and investigational products.
- Cross-cover pharmacy practice areas as requested and ensure regulatory compliance in controlled-substance distribution and monitoring.
- Supervise pharmacy technicians and provide feedback to maintain and optimize pharmacy technology.
- Promote formulary use, coordinate procurement of non-formulary drugs when needed, and conduct targeted drug-program and drug-use evaluations, reporting results to department managers or the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
- Identify and implement cost avoidance and cost-saving measures, including cost-effective drug regimens, waste reduction, IV-to-oral conversions, and therapeutic substitutions.
- Manage medication inventory, expiring products, and recalls.
- Detect, monitor, document, and report adverse drug reactions and medication errors; use drug-use reports to identify adverse drug events.
- Participate in accreditation and regulatory activities, including Joint Commission activities, National Patient Safety Goals, and the Department of Pharmacy Quality Improvement Plan.
- Precept IPPE and APPE students and pharmacy residents consistent with academic credentials and clinical experience.
- Participate in continuing education, meetings, training, and related activities; prepare educational materials and share information with healthcare professionals and the public.
Benefits
- A signing bonus may be available; eligibility is confirmed during the interview process.
