Pharmacist - Inpatient - St. Johns
About The Position
The Pharmacist provides comprehensive, patient-oriented pharmacy services during an assigned shift and helps ensure medications and pharmacy services meet patient-care needs. The role works under the general direction of an administrative or clinical coordinator and provides direction and supervision to assigned supportive staff. The pharmacist uses sound management and clinical judgment, including when coordinators or more senior staff are unavailable, and works with coordinators to identify and resolve issues in the assigned practice area. The role also participates in training pharmacy interns and externs and other learners and staff. The position is based at Henry Ford St. Johns in Detroit and is scheduled for part-time day shifts, 24 hours per week. Henry Ford St. John Hospital is described as a full-service hospital with 24/7 emergency care and a Level I Trauma Center, offering specialty care and a range of inpatient and other hospital services.
Requirements
- Degree from an accredited college of pharmacy.
- Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills sufficient to contribute effectively to sharing drug information with health care personnel at all institutional levels.
- Thorough understanding of disease-state pathophysiology and pharmacotherapy, with the ability to apply this knowledge when monitoring drug therapy.
- Basic ability to participate in teaching programs, including instruction and supervision of undergraduate pharmacy students, interns, and pharmacy technician trainees.
- Skills to provide formal and informal instruction to students and other health care providers on drug therapy and inpatient operations.
- Ability to work with others to develop improved patient services.
- Must be licensed or eligible for licensure in the State of Michigan; eligible candidates must obtain licensure within 30 days of hire, or employment in the Pharmacist position will end.
Nice To Haves
- Residency in hospital pharmacy is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate dispensing of unit dose, intravenous admixtures, investigational and research drugs, and other pharmaceuticals to meet patient-care needs.
- Identify and monitor patients' pharmaceutical needs.
- Review patient charts and/or interview patients, physicians, or nurses to gather information for medication records or profiles.
- Review drug-related information to identify potential drug-therapy problems and recommend appropriate solutions.
- Verify medication orders for completeness and legality, and check prepared medications for appropriate dose, route, frequency, and duration of therapy.
- Provide immediate and direct supervision of supportive personnel assigned to the shift.
- Participate, as assigned, in experiential and didactic education and training for pharmacy students, residents, fellows, and support staff.
- Provide drug and poison information to patients and health care professionals.
- Conduct assigned monthly nursing unit reviews in a timely manner.
- Assist with performance evaluations of area supportive personnel.
- Evaluate and monitor patients' therapeutic responses to prescribed medications according to approved standards of practice.
- Provide pharmacokinetic dosing consultation for patients as needed.
- Help identify and resolve problems in the assigned area of practice.
- Participate in training pharmacy interns and externs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
