Pharmacist-Clinical - Pelham Medical Center
About The Position
The Pharmacist-Clinical at Pelham Medical Center is responsible for customer satisfaction, supervising and managing shift personnel and physical resources, assuring accurate dispensing of pharmaceuticals, engaging in QC/PI activities, and exemplifying pharmaceutical care ideals. This role requires a BS in Pharmacy/Pharm.D. and prior experience in health system pharmacy, including computer systems applications. The ideal candidate will have 2-3 years as a Health System Pharmacist with both distributive and clinical/decentralized duties, or have completed an ASHP accredited PGY1 residency (or be eligible). A current license (or eligibility) to practice pharmacy in S.C. is required. The pharmacist will follow policies, comply with regulatory agencies, direct staff, manage workload, complete formulary substitutions, initiate follow-up on problem areas, participate in departmental and hospital activities, complete competencies for IV medications and sterile compounding, exercise professional judgment in communicating with healthcare team members, and provide clinical dosing/monitoring services.
Requirements
- BS in Pharmacy/Pharm.D.
- Prior experience in health system pharmacy including experience with computer systems and their applications to the clinical and operational aspects of pharmaceutical care required.
- 2-3 years as a Health System Pharmacist (practicing in both the distributive and clinical/decentralized duties) or completed in ASHP accredited PGY1 residency (or eligible).
- Current license (or eligible) to practice pharmacy in S.C.
Nice To Haves
- Pharmacy extern will work under supervision of licensed pharmacist until license obtained.
Responsibilities
- Customer satisfaction
- Supervising and managing shift personnel and physical resources
- Assuring accurate dispensing of pharmaceuticals
- QC/PI activities
- Exemplifying pharmaceutical care ideals
- Follows attendance, dress, education (including continuing education) and safety polices
- Complies with appropriate regulatory agencies’ requirements, e.g. DHEC, DEA, etc.
- Directs staff and encourages teamwork to ensure department workload duties are correctly assigned throughout the staff on a day to day basis
- Completes appropriate formulary substitutions in order to optimize physical resources
- Initiates and documents appropriate follow-up on problem areas identified on departmental inspections by serving as a resource person for the department
- Participates in departmental and hospital activities such as, departmental in-services, participation in hospital and/or departmental committees. Participates in departmental and hospital activities on performance Improvement
- Completes competency for IV medication and IV Room competency and is assessed of aseptic technique for sterile compounding preparations within established departmental guidelines
- Exercises professional judgment, discretion, and initiates communication with physicians, nurses, and other members of the health care team when there is question of appropriateness or a recommendation for more appropriate therapy to ensure safe medication use and to minimize the risk of medication errors
- Alerts and/or advises physician/nursing of drug-drug interaction, food-drug interaction. Able to identify potential adverse drug reactions, document, and intervene as needed
- Provides clinical dosing/monitoring services on identified high-risk medications and adjusts/advises on result of data that are outside the appropriate parameters/guidelines
- Other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
