Specialty Practice Pharmacist- Solid Organ Transplant

The Ohio State University

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Specialty Practice Pharmacist works with pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to provide drug information and pharmaceutical care to patients, families, and hospital personnel in inpatient and outpatient settings. The role participates in pre-, peri-, and post-transplant management of patients in the hospital and transplant clinic and contributes to hospital or departmental committees relevant to transplantation. The position coordinates pharmaceutical needs for abdominal transplant patients, including adult kidney, liver, and pancreas recipients before and after transplant. Duties include participating in transplant clinic, approving and distributing medication orders, ensuring appropriate dose, route, frequency, and duration of therapy, reviewing medication profiles, reconciling medications, and coordinating care with physicians, mid-level providers, and nurses. The pharmacist must provide care appropriate to patients' ages and disease processes, including identifying medication dosing and pharmaceutical needs. The role also supervises Pharm.D. students and technicians, teaches undergraduate and graduate students, and provides educational programs for patients and hospital staff.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy.
Registered Pharmacist.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of patients served.
Demonstrate medication dosing knowledge and ability to identify pharmaceutical needs relative to the disease process and patient age.

Nice To Haves

0–2 years of relevant experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide drug information to patients, families, pharmacists, nurses, physicians, medical students, pharmacy students, and other hospital personnel in inpatient and outpatient settings.
Approve new drug orders and screen for drug-drug, drug-herb or dietary supplement, drug-allergy, drug-food, drug-disease state, and drug-laboratory interactions.
Participate in pre-, peri-, and post-transplant patient management in the hospital and transplant clinic.
Participate in hospital and departmental committees relevant to transplantation.
Coordinate pharmaceutical needs for adult kidney, liver, and pancreas transplant recipients before and after transplant.
Participate in transplant clinic activities and medication order approval and distribution.
Ensure appropriate medication dose, route, frequency, and duration of therapy.
Review patient medication profiles for interactions, therapy duplication, allergies, and appropriate regimens.
Perform medication reconciliation and coordinate pharmaceutical needs with physicians, mid-level providers, and nurses.
Provide care and medication dosing appropriate to patient age and disease process.
Supervise Pharm.D. students and technicians, teach undergraduate and graduate students, and provide educational programs for patients and hospital staff.