Pharmacist - Inpatient
About The Position
The inpatient pharmacist is responsible for day-to-day comprehensive, patient-oriented pharmacy services during their shift in each area of the department. Working under the general direction of an area's administrative or clinical coordinator, the pharmacist directs and supervises assigned supportive staff and exercises sound management and clinical judgment, including when coordinators or more senior staff are absent. The pharmacist helps identify and resolve problems in their assigned practice area and participates in training pharmacy interns and externs. The role coordinates pharmaceutical services for patient care, monitors patients' medication needs and therapeutic responses, reviews medication information and orders, and recommends solutions to potential drug-therapy problems. The pharmacist also provides drug and poison information, conducts assigned nursing unit reviews, supports education and training, and provides pharmacokinetic dosing consultation as needed.
Requirements
- Degree from an accredited college of pharmacy.
- Licensed or eligible for licensure in the State of Michigan; candidates eligible for licensure must obtain it within 30 days of hire, or employment in the Pharmacist position will be terminated.
- Verbal and written communication skills sufficient to disseminate drug information effectively to health care personnel at all levels.
- Thorough understanding of disease-state pathophysiology and pharmacotherapy, with the ability to apply that knowledge to monitoring drug therapy.
- 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.
Nice To Haves
- Residency in hospital pharmacy is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate dispensing of unit-dose medications, intravenous admixtures, investigational and research drugs, and other pharmaceuticals to meet patient-care needs.
- Identify and monitor patients' pharmaceutical needs.
- Review patient charts or interview patients, physicians, or nurses to obtain 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 in experiential and didactic education and training for pharmacy students, residents, fellows, and support staff, as assigned.
- 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 supportive personnel in the area.
- 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 problems in the assigned area of practice and cooperate in resolving them.
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Job Type
Full-time
