Pharmacy Resident PGY2
About The Position
The employee must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit. The Pharmacy Resident is responsible for performance of duties within an education/work environment. The Resident performs clinical and staff duties in the Inpatient areas. This is accomplished through the provision of appropriate drug therapy and clinical pharmaceutical services by reviewing patient orders and charts and by interacting with other appropriate healthcare providers as well as with patients themselves. The PGY2 resident is responsible for advanced knowledge in their specialty practice area and completing clinical work i.e. research, protocol development, medication use evaluation) to advance hospital goals in this specialty field. Additionally, the PGY2 resident will occasionally be responsible for precepting pharmacy students and PGY1 pharmacy residents.
Requirements
- Graduate of an Accredited School of Pharmacy. Doctor of Pharmacy.
- Completion of a PGY1 Pharmacy residency prior to start date
- Current and valid license to practice pharmacy in the State of Tennessee or eligible.
- Additionally, employees are required to obtain and maintain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, as well as Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and/ or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification, based on business needs and departmental requirements.
Responsibilities
- Process all medication orders and follow procedures according to practice area.
- Checking medication carts quickly and accurately as well as documenting any noted errors.
- Work well with a CRT screen, answer phones, and operate computers, printers, and calculators.
- Provide drug information, educational in-services, prepare drug monographs for presentation to the P&T Committee, and conduct medication utilization evaluations (MUE's).
- Reviewing, interpreting, entering, filling, and checking physician orders for medications, IV fluids, irrigation, and dialysis fluids.
- Document any clinical interventions.
- Presentations to the pharmacy staff for continuing education credit.
- Collect adverse drug reaction data, provide pharmaceutical care for patients on designated floors, and staff in the pharmacies throughout the hospital.
- Complete assignments in an accurate and timely manner.
- Advanced knowledge in their specialty practice area and completing clinical work i.e. research, protocol development, medication use evaluation) to advance hospital goals in this specialty field.
- Precepting pharmacy students and PGY1 pharmacy residents.
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Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
