Staff Pharmacist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Graduation from an ACPE-accredited College of Pharmacy.
• Licensed or license eligible as a pharmacist in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
• Current certification in Basic Life Support or ability to obtain it within 90 days of hire.
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification, as determined by pharmacy leadership.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with patients and healthcare professionals across clinical disciplines.
• Competence to provide pharmaceutical care for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.

Nice To Haves

• Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY-1) Pharmacy Residency or three years of relevant work experience.
• Current board certification by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties®.

Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive pharmaceutical care to patients.
• Review medication orders for accuracy, appropriateness, and efficacy.
• Discuss medication order clarifications with prescribers, update orders to reflect communicated changes, and notify involved personnel.
• Document pharmacy interventions in the patient electronic medical record and integrated clinical decision support system.
• Monitor drug therapy for appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interactions.
• Provide pharmacokinetic consultations and other dosing recommendations as required.
• Prevent, detect, monitor, document, and report adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
• Participate in drug therapy management during medical emergencies, including code blue situations.
• Perform admission history and discharge medication reviews and/or counseling to facilitate patient admission, discharge, and transfer.
• Provide operational support to Clinical Pharmacists and Clinical Pharmacy Specialists as determined by departmental need.
• Respond to drug information requests and optimize pharmacotherapy regimens using current evidence-based literature.
• Promote and demonstrate rational, cost-effective drug therapy.
• Participate in formulary management, including converting non-formulary orders to formulary alternatives when possible, enforcing non-formulary medication request procedures, and validating patients’ home medications when applicable.
• Assist with medication procurement when necessary, including verification of home medication supplies when applicable.
• Facilitate implementation of clinical and operational initiatives.
• Recommend and evaluate drug inventory par levels.
• Document clinical consultations and cost avoidance as part of the departmental clinical documentation program.
• Develop formulary monographs or medication use evaluations as assigned by pharmacy leadership.
• Mentor pharmacy technicians, pharmacy students, and residents when applicable.
• Guide and supervise certified pharmacy technicians.
• Precept pharmacy students during IPPE and APPE rotations as necessary, and PGY1 and PGY2 residents as appropriate.
• Participate in scholarly activities, including research, publications, and poster presentations.
• Execute hospital and pharmacy policies and procedures.
• Investigate and resolve automated dispensing cabinet-related issues.
• Use medication carousels to resolve drug distribution-related issues.
• Participate in orientation of new staff members.
• Complete sterile and extemporaneous compounding training, including hazardous medications, and demonstrate competency at the frequency defined by pharmacy leadership.
• Cover assigned shifts as determined by departmental need.
• Facilitate investigational drug studies with assistance from the Investigational Drug Service Manager and/or other study personnel.
• Assist in developing policies and procedures as assigned by pharmacy leadership.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills and use advanced communication skills to convey and demonstrate clinical pharmacist expertise.
• Build collaborative relationships with pharmacy team members and other healthcare team members.
• Maintain involvement in pharmacy department or hospital committees and satisfactory working relationships across the system.
• Attend departmental staff meetings.
• Maintain compliance with company policies, procedures, standards of conduct, and HIPAA privacy and security requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.