Clinical Staff Pharmacist

Valley Health • Woodstock, VA

3d • $58 - $82 • Onsite

About The Position

As one of the nation's Top 15 Health Systems, recognized by Premier and Modern Healthcare, Valley Health is a place where excellence, compassion, and purpose come together. This distinction reflects our commitment to exceptional patient care, clinical quality, and the caregivers who make it all possible.

Requirements

• BS in Pharmacy or Pharm D required.
• Virginia OR West Virginia Pharmacy License required (or acquired within 90 days of hire). Must possess license for entity location.
• Must be knowledgeable about medications, their pharmacology and dosage ranges for use in neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Keyboarding skills required.

Responsibilities

• Performs in a hybrid capacity combining staffing and clinical/administrative responsibilities, with the majority of staffing time spent in a clinical/administrative practice site (e.g., NICU, oncology, critical care, transitions of care, or the ED).
• Responsible for projects such as policies, order sets, and performance improvements for their clinical area.
• Achieves compliance with interchange, dosing, preparation, and administration guidelines.
• Consistently identifies, researches, and intervenes on requests outside approved formulary, protocol, or interchanges.
• Informs nursing staff of issues and leaves documentation if a prescriber cannot be reached.
• Documents interventions and cost avoidance per approved entity process.
• Successfully converts non-formulary prescribing to formulary-based alternatives.
• Communicates and educates staff regarding questions/issues via e-mail, direct communication, or pharmacist meetings, and provides follow-up and feedback to clinical specialists.
• Communicates medication safety concerns to staff and leadership.
• Initiates and monitors new processes and protocols to ensure desired outcomes are achieved.
• Participates in the collection of Performance Improvement Committee and Quality Assurance data.
• Participates in Performance Improvement projects, RCAs, or FMEAs associated with relevant patient populations.
• Responds to and reports near-misses, errors, adverse medication events, including adverse drug reactions using the electronic reporting system.
• Assures the patient receives the appropriate antidote or other treatment to mitigate or avoid harm when an error or ADE occurs.
• Works directly with caregivers in the chosen practice site to review and develop strategies to avoid error-prone processes.
• Clearly communicates unresolved issues and hand-offs to the next shift.
• Interviews patients as needed to confirm therapy and allergy status, contacting family members or area pharmacies, if possible, to clarify medications.
• Communicates effectively with all customers to answer drug information requests and documents per entity standards.
• Completes and documents (EMR and entity process) follow-up on all clinical consult patients.
• Consults with prescriber on medication management.
• Documents cost avoidance for interventions using entity process.
• Interviews and/or counsels patients and family members on medication therapy as appropriate to assist with transition of care.
• Order review includes all elements per department standard and assessment of system warnings and alerts.
• Participates in additional clinical services as assigned and based on the needs of the clinical service area.
• Performs consults and follow-up for all approved pharmacy clinical services, including renal monitoring, kinetic dosing, and other formalized P&T approved protocols.
• Proactively recommends medication therapy, monitors progress towards attainment of therapeutic goals, and initiates appropriate monitoring as needed.
• Provides suggestions and supports implementation of improved processes for clinical services.
• Recommends appropriate dosing and monitoring parameters for specific drugs, including initial and maintenance dosing, as well as therapeutic endpoints based on available patient information as requested by prescriber.
• Screens orders for safety and appropriateness of drug selection and dosage compared to age and condition of patients and protocols and profile, meeting department productivity standards.
• Stays current with new treatments and processes via literature, professional associations, and continuing education, bringing new ideas and practices to the Pharmacy.
• Establishes ongoing communication with staff through activities such as regular rounding or communication with nursing staff and/or prescribers; reviewing P&T actions; in-services to nursing staff; or forwarding pertinent articles and drug information.
• Participates in nursing and prescriber meetings to discuss safety, order sets, and implement new processes.
• Provides suggestions and supports implementation of improved processes and workflows.
• Responsible for review and revision of medication use policies and procedures.
• Completes new formulary requests for presentation to P&T.
• Serves as direct interface with nurses, prescribers, and other caregivers, taking responsibility for problem resolution, as appropriate.
• Serves as pharmacy contact and clinical content expert for this patient population or service.
• Directs technician shift assignments to improve workflow during the shift.
• Monitors and guides technicians through their daily assignments.
• Assures that all assignments have been completed and that any pending work has been reported to the oncoming shift.
• Confirms timely and polite phone responses.
• Facilitates schedule changes as needed in the absence of the Operations Manager, Technician Supervisor, or Director and communicates changes.
• Facilitates verification, reporting, and resolution of automation/technical issues.
• Monitors all intravenous compounding activities to maintain compliance with USP 797 regulations.
• Readily verifies technician work to assure accurate and timely medication processing and delivery as designated in department workflows.
• Assures product preparation for bedside scanning.
• Educates/trains new pharmacy staff and students.
• Activities can include serving as a designated preceptor for new staff during orientation; providing feedback/suggestions on evaluations; providing education to staff during Pharmacy Rounds; assisting with completion of staff competencies.
• Provides learning experiences for pharmacy residents.

Benefits

• A Zero-Deductible Health Plan
• Dental and vision insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance
• Retirement Savings Match
• A Robust Employee Assistance Program to help with many aspects of emotional wellbeing
• Membership to Healthy U: An Incentive-Based Wellness Program
• Health savings account
• Flexible spending account for childcare
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development
• Discounts to on-campus dining

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level