Pharmacist-Clinical

Kaweah Delta Health Care District•Visalia, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Kaweah Health is a publicly owned community healthcare organization serving the greater Visalia area in central California. It has more than 5,000 employees, an eight-campus healthcare district with 613 beds, and provides services through an acute care hospital, specialized health centers, and clinics. The Clinical Pharmacist provides pharmaceutical care through medication-related distribution, clinical and educational functions, and direct oversight of discretionary tasks performed by pharmacy technicians. The position may be assigned to inpatient, outpatient, or specialty pharmacy services. Depending on assignment, duties may include reviewing and dispensing medication orders, optimizing medication therapy, documenting and monitoring patient care, training pharmacy personnel and other healthcare providers, and contributing to quality, safety, regulatory compliance, and medication-use initiatives. This is a benefit-eligible, full-time position with a variable 10-hour shift in the Pharmacy-Primary Operations department. The listed pay range is $78.85–$118.27.

Requirements

Current California Registered Pharmacist license.
Pharm.D. degree.
For inpatient assignments: completed PGY-1 residency, at least two years of clinical hospital pharmacist experience, or current Kaweah Health Pharmacy Resident status.
For outpatient assignments: completed PGY-1 residency, at least two years of clinical pharmacist experience, or current Kaweah Health Pharmacy Resident status.
Emergency Medicine or Emergency Medicine Mid-shift Specialist assignment: one year of Emergency Department pharmacy experience and/or one year of hospital-based clinical pharmacist experience in critical care or an equivalent setting.
Infectious Disease Specialist assignment: one year of hospital-based clinical pharmacist experience.
Anemia Management Specialist assignment: one year of hospital-based clinical pharmacist experience.
Home Infusion assignment: Pharm.D. and one year of home infusion pharmacy experience and/or one year of hospital-based clinical pharmacist experience, or five or more years of Home Infusion Pharmacy experience.
Critical Care Medicine Specialist assignment: one year of hospital-based clinical pharmacist experience and/or one year of hospital-based clinical pharmacist experience in a critical care setting.
Ambulatory Care Specialist assignment: one year of ambulatory care pharmacy experience and/or completion of an ambulatory care or general practice residency with strong ambulatory care experience and certification, or eligibility to sit for a relevant certification examination.
Family Medicine Specialist assignment: completion of a general practice residency with strong ambulatory care experience and certification, or eligibility to sit for a relevant certification examination.
Outpatient Oncology Specialist assignment: completed PGY-1 residency or at least two years of acute inpatient hospital pharmacist experience.
Ability to communicate effectively and provide care appropriate to the needs of patients and families in the assigned work area.

Nice To Haves

Three years of experience.
Emergency Medicine Specialist assignment: completion of a pharmacy residency program in Emergency Medicine.
Infectious Disease Specialist assignment: completion of a pharmacy residency program in Infectious Diseases.
Anemia Management Specialist assignment: hospital- or ambulatory-care-based anemia management experience.
Home Infusion assignment: completion of a residency program in home infusion pharmacy.
Critical Care Medicine Specialist assignment: completion of a pharmacy residency program in Critical Care.
Family Medicine Specialist assignment: PGY-1 General Practice and PGY-2 Ambulatory Care, and BCPS, BCACP, and/or CGP certification; at least one year of clinical practice in an academic healthcare institution with interprofessional care teams.
Outpatient Oncology Specialist assignment: completion of a pharmacy residency in Oncology.

Responsibilities

Review medication orders or prescriptions for appropriateness; profile or validate and dispense medications, supplies, and equipment accurately and efficiently.
Follow applicable federal and state laws and approved hospital policies and procedures regarding medication use.
Consult with healthcare providers and information resources to optimize medication therapy and promote safe medication administration.
Respond to medication-related inquiries from physicians and other staff.
Perform or supervise compounding, verify the quality of finished compounded products, and complete required records.
Direct and assist in training pharmacy technicians, pharmacists, interns, and residents, and assume responsibility for the quantity and quality of their work.
Provide professional education and in-service training to healthcare providers, trainees, and staff as appropriate.
As assigned, participate in transition-of-care services, including medication reconciliation, medication education, care coordination, and follow-up with interdisciplinary teams.
Monitor and assess patients’ medication therapies and, where applicable, nutritional therapies; maintain complete and timely clinical documentation and intervene to optimize pharmacotherapy.
Provide patient-specific dosing and monitoring information, consultation, and collaborative management for referred patients as applicable.
Offer cost-effective and safe medication alternatives when appropriate.
Participate in interprofessional patient care rounds where applicable.
Set and review annual goals with the manager.
When assigned to hospital services, respond to emergency alerts as assigned; prepare dilutions and IV medications; anticipate patient medication needs; fill narcotic requisitions after verifying them; maintain required records; conduct nursing-station inspections; monitor pharmacokinetic drugs; consult with physicians; and price patient charges as directed.
When assigned to Home Infusion, provide information about services, assist with charges, reimbursement and case management, maintain inventories and records, support billing, provide assigned after-hours on-call coverage, ensure timely deliveries, make deliveries as necessary, and promote Home Infusion services.
When assigned to outpatient oncology, coordinate medication-regimen review and order processing with providers and oncology staff; review and profile oncology orders; conduct pharmacotherapy reviews; document in the EMR; identify cost-saving opportunities; support regulatory compliance and the 340B program; document interventions and outcomes; contribute to formulary reviews, medication-use evaluations, policies and guidelines; participate in committees; and precept residents and interns.
When assigned to a specialty area, serve as a clinical expert, review and profile medication orders, document interventions, measure service effectiveness, contribute to formulary reviews and medication-use evaluations, develop policies and guidelines, represent pharmacy on committees, and work with stakeholders on quality, safety, and regulatory outcomes.
When assigned to formulary management, maintain the medication formulary, review and recommend formulary changes, support treatment guidelines and shortage-management strategies, prepare medication reviews and use evaluations, identify cost-effective medication use, provide medication education, and report on strategy and outcomes.
When assigned to compounding services, oversee compounded-preparation operations, policies, training and competency assessment, quality assurance, outsourced-compounding pharmacy reviews, environmental and personnel monitoring, and continuous process improvement.
When assigned to ambulatory care, provide direct and consultative care, including services under collaborative practice agreements; order relevant labs and assessments; provide medication therapy management and transition-of-care support; review high-risk patient profiles; coordinate with prescribers and care teams; develop population-management programs; document and measure outcomes; train assigned technicians; precept residents and interns; and participate in relevant committees.
When assigned to family medicine, provide pharmacotherapy education and patient care, participate in interprofessional rounds and training-program development, provide services under collaborative practice agreements, recommend or order labs and assessments, deliver lectures and case discussions, document and evaluate interventions, participate in research as assigned, develop medication-use policies, precept residents and students, and serve on assigned committees.
Provide care and services appropriate to the patient population and address cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, and age-specific needs.
Perform other duties as assigned.