Post Graduate Year 1 PGY1 Pharmacy Resident

Franciscan Alliance, Inc. • Dyer, IN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

With 12 ministries and access points across Indiana and Illinois, Franciscan Health is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest. Franciscan Health takes pride in hiring coworkers that provide compassionate, comprehensive care for our patients and the communities we serve.

Requirements

• Doctorate
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association
• Pharmacist License - . Indiana
• Pharmacy Resident Teaching Certificate - .

Responsibilities

• Completes residency program requirements and required evaluations as defined by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Commission on Credentialing.
• Documents all residency program activities in electronic residency binder.
• Achieves program goals as assessed and documented by preceptor evaluations.
• Completes residency project requirements.
• Presents project and findings at a regional conference.
• Consults with patients and healthcare providers to provide information and education regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage to ensure safe use.
• Contributes to and participates in the professional development of peers, colleagues, and others, including staff education activities, new staff orientation, in-service sessions.
• Prepares and participates pharmacotherapeutic lectures or operational competency in-service sessions for the health system’s care team.
• Maintains records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, control records, or registries of poisons, narcotics, and controlled drugs; ensures records are maintained accurately in associated databases and in compliance with regulations, policies or procedures.
• Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies, appropriateness of drug and dose.
• Monitors patient microbiology and laboratory indices and makes appropriate dosing changes when necessary.
• Monitors drug therapy to ensure compliance with CMS, Quality of Care core measures, and any other applicable regulatory, professional and organizational guidelines.
• Participates in scheduled in-services, educational presentations, computer based training, and staff meetings to ensure ongoing understanding of and adherence to professional standards, regulatory requirements and organizational policies and practices.
• Provides clinical pharmacy services, including but not limited to, pharmacokinetic consults, renal dosing, parenteral nutrition management, anticoagulation management, neonatal/pediatric/geriatric dosing management, route optimization, antimicrobial stewardship, and reviewing medications at transitions of care.
• Reviews prescriptions and medication orders, checks for appropriateness and provides information needed to properly and safely administer the medication.
• Recognizes orders that are inappropriate and takes responsibility to assure that the order is modified promptly and correctly. Documents interventions.
• Supports cost-effective formulary management initiatives.
• Participates in formulary protocol and policy development and implementation.
• Suggests appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees