Pharmacy Coordinator

Arkansas Children's Hospital • Little Rock, AR

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About The Position

The Pharmacy Coordinator at Arkansas Children's Hospital provides clinical and educational services to patients and healthcare providers, acting as a resource for staff pharmacists regarding medication therapy. This role involves collaboration with medical and nursing staff to optimize patient care and ensure safe medication practices.

Requirements

• Doctorate of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Pharmacy (if obtained prior to 2000)
• 2 years of experience in Pharmacy or Residency trained
• Pharmacist - Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy

Nice To Haves

• Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) - Board of Pharmacy Specialties

Responsibilities

• Works with Director and others to plan, implement, analyze, monitor and maintain a safe and effective medication use process.
• Develops and maintains competency with hospital computer system to enable identification of safety issues and assist other health care professionals in safe use of the system.
• Uses Safety Tracker to report interventions and medication occurrences and other documentation systems as requested.
• Provides clinical and educational services such as rounding, drug information, patient education and optimization of drug therapy to patients and other health care professionals in selected practice site.
• Serves as consultant to pharmacists and department in areas of clinical service, assisting in resolving problems related to physician orders, therapy, medication preparation and P&T Committee requirements.
• Acts as a liaison between Pharmacy and medical and nursing staff on issues pertaining to clinical services or other pharmacy issues.
• Educates pharmacists and other healthcare providers in areas of pediatric drug therapy through in-services, presentations, written educational materials and other methods, requiring two CE programs a year for pharmacists.
• Participates in training of pharmacy students and residents, acting as preceptor as needed or requested.
• Substitutes as staff pharmacist and assists with distributive workload as requested by managers.
• Assists in analysis, planning and implementation of new or revised services.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Paid holidays
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible scheduling

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree