Patient Care Pharmacist - Per Diem - JHIS King of Prussia

Thomas Jefferson University • Montgomery County, PA

18d

About The Position

The Jefferson Home Infusion Patient Care Pharmacist (Clinical Pharmacist) provides high quality infusion therapy and clinical services to patients receiving care in their home. This includes an initial patient assessment, determining therapy appropriateness, developing an individualized plan of care, monitoring therapy/response, making recommendations and oversight of the preparation, distribution and administration of medications. Educates internal and external customers including patients, caregivers, prescribers, nurses, technicians, other pharmacists and students.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy required.
• Pharmacy License in the state of PA.
• Valid Driver’s License required.

Nice To Haves

• Doctor of Pharmacy preferred.
• Home infusion experience preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Promotes safe and rational infusion therapy for patients based on orders from a prescriber.
• Works collaboratively to assure patient and caregivers understand and become independent with their plan of care.
• Adjusts the care plan based on patient response, interventions and prescriber orders.
• Monitors drug therapy, assesses patient response, drug interactions, side effects, toxicity and interprets lab results.
• Enters home infusion orders and documentation, assures the patient file tells the story of the treatment course, problems, goals, interventions, response and outcome.
• Maintains relationships with medical, nursing, social and other services involved in the care of patients at home.
• Advises prescribers, nurses and other staff regarding medication administration, monitoring of drug therapy and disease states.
• Contributes to multidisciplinary team committees, development of policies and drug administration guidelines, pharmacy student preceptorship and various other projects.
• Participates in the On Call pharmacist role.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by supervisory personnel.
• Provides care that is appropriate to the specific chronological age, developmental age, social maturity and cultural background of the patients being treated or serviced.
• Demonstrates the ability to navigate appropriate and necessary software systems unique to the position and department
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral or schedule form.

Benefits

• Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.
• Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.
• All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps ), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.
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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees