Per Diem Pharmacist-Clinical

Kaweah Health•Visalia, CA

2d•$83 - $124

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 and operates an eight-campus healthcare district with 613 beds, providing acute care, specialized health center and clinic services, and preventive care. This per diem role is in Pharmacy-Primary Operations and provides pharmaceutical care through medication distribution, clinical and educational functions, and direct oversight of discretionary tasks performed by pharmacy technicians. The position works a variable 10-hour shift and may be assigned to inpatient, outpatient, home infusion, oncology, ambulatory care, family medicine, or other specialty pharmacy services. Depending on the assigned area, the pharmacist reviews and validates medication orders or prescriptions, dispenses medications and related supplies or equipment, monitors patient therapies, documents care, consults with healthcare providers, and intervenes to optimize medication safety and outcomes. The role may also include patient counseling and education, care transitions, collaborative patient management, training and precepting, specialty clinical services, participation in committees and formulary or policy work, and quality, regulatory, and cost-effectiveness activities. Additional responsibilities vary by department and specialty assignment. Kaweah Health has more than 5,000 employees. The listed pay range is $82.79–$124.18. The position is not benefits eligible.

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.
For outpatient assignments: completed PGY-1 residency, at least two years of clinical pharmacist experience, or current Kaweah Health Pharmacy Resident.
Assignment-specific experience and qualifications may apply, including requirements for emergency medicine, infectious disease, anemia management, home infusion, critical care, ambulatory care, family medicine, or outpatient oncology roles.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Review, profile, validate, and dispense medication orders or prescriptions and related supplies or equipment accurately and efficiently in the assigned inpatient or outpatient setting.
Follow federal and state laws and 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 questions from physicians and other staff.
Monitor and assess patients’ medication therapies and, where applicable, nutritional therapies; maintain complete and timely clinical documentation and intervene to optimize pharmacotherapy.
Provide medication reconciliation, patient education, care coordination, dosing and monitoring guidance, and transition-of-care services as applicable to the assignment.
Guide, direct, and train pharmacy technicians, new pharmacists, interns, residents, and other personnel; take responsibility for the quality and quantity of their work.
Provide in-service training, presentations, lectures, and hands-on education to healthcare providers, trainees, and staff when appropriate.
Participate in interprofessional patient care rounds and collaborative management of referred patients as applicable.
When assigned to inpatient duties, oversee or perform compounding, assess finished-product quality, maintain required records, and use PYXIS units on nursing units.
When assigned to hospital duties, respond to assigned emergency alerts, prepare medications and IVs, manage narcotic requisitions and records, conduct nursing station inspections, and organize pharmacokinetic drug monitoring as required.
When assigned to home infusion, support customer inquiries, billing and reimbursement, inventory and purchasing, controlled-substance records, after-hours on-call coverage, timely deliveries, and promotion of home infusion services.
When assigned to outpatient oncology, review oncology regimens and orders, coordinate medication review and administration, counsel patients, document interventions, identify cost-saving opportunities, support 340b and regulatory compliance, participate in formulary and policy work, and precept residents and interns.
When assigned to a specialty area, serve as a clinical expert; document and measure clinical and economic outcomes; participate in policy, protocol, formulary, medication-use evaluation, quality, and committee work as relevant to the specialty.
When assigned to formulary management, maintain the medication formulary, review requests and medication use, recommend changes, address medication shortages, support medication education, and report outcomes.
When assigned to compounding, oversee compounded preparation operations, quality assurance, training, competency assessment, monitoring programs, records, compliance, and continuous improvement.
When assigned to ambulatory care, provide consultative and direct patient care, manage pharmacotherapy under collaborative practice agreements, order pertinent labs and assessments, provide medication therapy management, support transitions of care and population management, and serve as a preceptor.
When assigned to family medicine, provide pharmacotherapy education and direct or consultative care under collaborative practice agreements, participate in interprofessional training and rounds, conduct patient assessments and education, document and measure interventions, and participate in research and committee work as assigned.
Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide appropriate care for the patient populations served, considering cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, age, growth, and development needs.
Set and review annual goals with the manager.
Perform other duties as assigned.