Pharmacist - Inpatient - Contingent
About The Position
The pharmacist is responsible for day-to-day comprehensive, patient-oriented pharmacy services during their shift across assigned department areas. Working under the general direction of an administrative or clinical coordinator, the pharmacist directs and supervises assigned support staff and uses sound management and clinical judgment when coordinators or more senior staff are unavailable. The pharmacist helps identify and resolve problems in their practice area and participates in training pharmacy interns and externs. The role coordinates dispensing of unit-dose medications, intravenous admixtures, investigational and research drugs, and other pharmaceuticals. It includes identifying patients’ medication needs; reviewing charts and gathering information from patients and care providers; assessing drug-related information for potential therapy problems; verifying medication orders and prepared medications; providing drug and poison information; conducting assigned monthly nursing-unit reviews; and monitoring patients’ responses to therapy, including providing pharmacokinetic dosing consultation when needed. The pharmacist also contributes to education and training for pharmacy students, residents, fellows, and support staff and assists with support-staff performance evaluations.
Requirements
- Degree from an accredited college of pharmacy.
- Licensed or eligible for licensure in the State of Michigan; eligible candidates must obtain licensure within 30 days of hire or employment 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 this knowledge when monitoring drug therapy.
- Basic abilities 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 operational activities.
- 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 and/or interview patients, physicians, or nurses to obtain information for medication records or profiles.
- Review drug-related information to identify potential medication-therapy problems and recommend appropriate solutions.
- Verify medication orders for completeness and legality.
- 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 of 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 in evaluating area supportive personnel.
- Monitor patients’ therapeutic responses to medications according to approved standards of practice.
- Provide pharmacokinetic dosing consultation as needed.
- Identify problems in the assigned practice area and cooperate in resolving them.
- Participate in training pharmacy interns and externs.
