Specialty Practice Pharmacist

The Ohio State University

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Specialty Practice Pharmacist works in an interdisciplinary setting to provide quality ambulatory care, extend physician services, and provide independent direct patient care in areas including anticoagulation, lipid management, and antiarrhythmic therapy. The pharmacist answers drug information questions from patients, families, pharmacists, nurses, physicians, medical students, pharmacy students, and other hospital personnel. The role screens for medication interactions and performs limited physical examinations, reviews systems, and orders and evaluates laboratory and other diagnostic tests. The position coordinates patients’ pharmaceutical needs in patient care areas, ensuring appropriate medication dose, route, frequency, and duration. It reviews medication profiles for interactions, duplicate therapy, allergies, and appropriate regimens, and coordinates care with physicians and nurses. The patient population includes adults, adolescents, and geriatric patients; the pharmacist must provide care and dosing appropriate to patients’ ages and disease processes. The pharmacist assumes a leadership role in identifying evidence-based opportunities to improve patient care and organizational processes, participates in relevant committees, supervises pharmacy and medical residents and students and technicians, teaches undergraduate and graduate students, and provides educational programs for hospital staff.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy.
Registered Pharmacist.
Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to adult, adolescent, and geriatric patients.
Ability to demonstrate medication dosing and identify pharmaceutical needs relative to disease process and patient age.

Nice To Haves

0–2 years of relevant experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide ambulatory care and independent direct patient care in areas including anticoagulation, lipid management, and antiarrhythmic therapy.
Answer drug information questions from patients, families, pharmacists, nurses, physicians, medical students, pharmacy students, and other hospital personnel.
Screen for drug-drug, drug-herb or dietary supplement, drug-allergy, drug-food, drug-disease-state, and drug-laboratory interactions.
Perform limited physical examinations and reviews of systems; order and evaluate laboratory and other relevant diagnostic tests.
Coordinate patients’ pharmaceutical needs and ensure appropriate medication dose, route, frequency, and duration of therapy.
Review patient medication profiles for interactions, duplication of therapy, allergies, and appropriate regimens.
Coordinate pharmaceutical care with physicians and nurses.
Provide care, medication dosing, and identification of pharmaceutical needs appropriate to patients’ ages and disease processes.
Identify evidence-based opportunities to improve patient care and organizational processes.
Participate in hospital and departmental committees relevant to the practice area.
Supervise pharmacy residents and students, medical residents and students, and technicians.
Teach undergraduate and graduate students and provide educational programs for hospital physicians, nurses, and pharmacy staff.