Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist - Sharp Grossmont Hospital - Variable Shift - Full Time

Sharp HealthCare•La Mesa, CA

11h•Onsite

About The Position

To provide the professional, clinical and technical knowledge, and skills and expertise required for the provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care that supports the mission, values and philosophy of Pharmacy Services and Sharp HealthCare.

Requirements

California Pharmacist License - CA State Board of Pharmacy - REQUIRED
AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association - REQUIRED
ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association - REQUIRED
Current license to practice pharmacy in the state of California without restriction or probation.

Nice To Haves

Completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency with experience in critical care or a specialized clinical residency in critical care/emergency care.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association - PREFERRED
BPS Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) - Board of Pharmacy Specialties - PREFERRED

Responsibilities

Provides clinical advisory services, including participation in Renal Target Monitoring, Antibiotic Surveillance Team, and Medication Usage Evaluations.
Participates in the clinical intervention program by identifying issues and providing recommendations.
Responds to and documents drug information requests promptly and professionally.
Participates in ongoing data collection for MUE.
Demonstrates knowledge and competency of chemotherapy dosing, monitoring, and established guidelines.
Reviews patient medication profiles for appropriateness of drug therapy, therapeutic duplications, allergies, dosing, age-specific requirements, renal and hepatic function, and drug interactions.
Identifies, resolves, and documents prescribing, formulary, and therapeutic issues.
Communicates with nurses and physicians about therapeutic issues or problems.
Follows up on formulary compliance issues.
Participates in Code-Blue emergencies, mixes and labels medications, and provides information.
Assures that pharmacy code-blue billing is completed and restocks medications.
Participates in financial pillar/cost savings measures (e.g., IV to PO conversions, formulary adherence).
Demonstrates competency in performing formal clinical consults and patient monitoring practices.
Participates in Clinical Consult Services (e.g., Pharmacokinetics, Nutrition Support, Ortho Coumadin, Pain Management).
Demonstrates knowledge of consult services by attaining consult service goals and proper documentation.
Performs by leaving concise, objective, legible, and professional notes in the patient's clinical chart.
Completes assigned clinical workload during the shift in a timely manner.
Provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care to the medical and surgical ICUs.
Prospectively evaluates all medication orders for accuracy and appropriateness.
Discusses medication order clarifications with the prescriber and informs others of medication order changes.
Monitors critical care drug therapy for appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interactions.
Provides pharmacokinetic consultations and other dosing as required.
Participates in the drug therapy management of medical emergencies.
Works collaboratively with other clinicians and health-care providers to implement and maintain innovative disease management programs and clinical pharmacy services.
Participates in the development of medication use management programs within Sharp Healthcare.
Participates in patient care rounds when applicable.
Provides drug information to physicians and other members of the ICU team.
Provides operational support in the Medical and Surgical ICUs and Central or Satellite Pharmacist as determined by departmental need.
Resolves drug distribution related issues.
Resolves Pyxis related issues.
Expedites antibiotic administration by all appropriate mechanisms.
Facilitates proper information transfer with regard to medication use for patients transferred from the ICUs.
Promotes the use of the formulary by converting non-formulary orders to formulary when possible, but coordinates procurement of non-formulary drugs when necessary.
Promotes and demonstrates rational, cost-effective drug therapy.
Focuses on cost avoidance and cost savings due to medication use in the ICU.
Monitors the use of expensive medications to assure use consistent with approved criteria.
Anticipates changes in drug therapy and reports the potential impact to the overall hospital and drug budget.
Reconciles patient home medications, pharmacy and nursing medication records as necessary.
Facilitates discharge/admission/transfer for ICU patients.
Provides patient-specific medication use teaching for discharge medications when appropriate.
Clearly communicates goals and instructions to other staff members, including handoffs between shifts (written/oral).
Participates in staff orientation and resident/student training programs.
Effectively intercepts and troubleshoots problems, demonstrating effective problem-solving and prioritization.
Applies appropriate policies and procedures when faced with complex situations.
Evaluates ongoing workflow issues and directs daily workload to achieve efficiency and maximize resource utilization.
Attends and participates in staff meetings or reviews staff meeting communications.
Reads work-related email at a minimum on assigned workdays.
Answers phone in a timely, friendly manner, stating department, name, and title.
Fosters positive relationships through consistent, respectful, professional interactions with customers.
Responds to requests in a timely, caring manner that is consistent with Sharp behavior standards.
Assures smooth operation of the pharmacy on a daily basis by providing daily work direction and supervision of technical and ancillary staff.
Prepares and dispenses medications accurately and in a timely manner in accordance with recognized standards of practice, legal and regulatory requirements, and hospital pharmacy policies and procedures.
Dispenses investigational medication according to policies and procedures.
Enters data correctly into computerized patient medication profile and verifies technician orders.
Demonstrates proficiency with and utilization of automation and advances in technology.
Demonstrates knowledge of age-specific medication delivery systems.
Demonstrates knowledge and competency of IV Admixture / Aseptic Technique including the standards of USP.
Demonstrates knowledge and competency of chemotherapy preparation.
Participates in cost management initiatives including managing inventory levels, reducing waste, and using short-dated items.
Completes monthly assigned nursing unit / drug storage area inspections on time.
Documents discrepancies and makes recommendations for improvement.
Brings critical issues to the attention of management.
Participates in attaining compliance with the National Patient Safety Goals.
Participates and assists in the collection of tracer audits or collection of individual elements from the tracer tool.
Ensures security of medication storage and compliance with Medication Management (MM) standards.
Takes a leadership role in clinical research and teaching programs related to critical care medicine.
Participates in providing didactic and experiential training in Clinical Pharmacy for clinical pharmacy residents.
Assists in the development, implementation, and evaluation of residency programs.
Actively participates in clinical research projects resulting in presentations and/or publications.
Provides staff development support to nurses and physicians.
Provides presentations, publications, and other informative activities on critical care medicine and other drug-related topics.
Maintains awareness of contemporary trends in the profession.
Demonstrates proactive participation in medication safety initiatives.
Performs initial analysis of medication safety events and assists in research of causative factors.
Performs non-voluntary monitoring.
Guides the development of evidence-based treatment protocols, algorithms, and/or clinical pathways.
Assists in the development, implementation, and assessment of various technologies used throughout the critical care medication-use process.
Maintains compliance with standards of national accrediting bodies.
Assists in surveillance and reporting of adverse drug reactions.
Participates actively in critical care team meetings and conferences.
Participates in ICU-based and hospital-wide committees that impact medication use in the medical and surgical ICUs.