Resident Pharmacist PGY-1

Pharmacy Resident

This is a 12-month post-graduate pharmacy practice and learning position that provides distributive and clinical pharmacy training and education to the Resident. This position will be accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and will begin July 1st of each residency year. The Pharmacist Resident will perform daily patient care activities in the medication management process as a registered pharmacist defined by the Arizona Board of Pharmacy Statutes. This position reports directly to the Residency Program Coordinator and receives direct supervision from the Manager, Clinical Pharmacy Services. The Resident also receives oversight and supervision from the Sr. Manager and Chief of Pharmacy Services.

PCH Values

• Family-Centered care that focuses on the need of the child first and values the family as an important member of the care team
• Excellence in clinical care, service and communication
• Collaborative within our institution and with others who share our mission and goals
• Leadership that set the standard for pediatric health care today and innovations of the future
• Accountability to our patients, community and each other for providing the best in the most cost-effective way.

Position Duties

• Accurately processes and dispenses inpatient and outpatient prescriptions and provides oral and written counseling information to the patient and/or caregiver when necessary.
• Provides oral and written information to patient and families
• Monitors patients for optimal therapeutic outcomes
• Verifies appropriateness of medication selection for patient`s diagnosis, age specific criteria
• Screens for and verifies allergies, dose limits and interactions for drugs prior to dispense
• Actively participates in the education of pharmacy students and pharmacy interns. Oversees technical and support staff to promote safe and efficient daily work flow.
• Acts as liaison between the pharmacy and the medical and nursing staff for issues pertaining to pharmacy services.
• Serves in a professional capacity on unit-based clinical teams providing comprehensive patient care support for medical and nursing staff.
• Suggests evidenced based and effective therapeutic drug regimens for care
• Effectively communicates problems, unique patient needs and other necessary information for enhanced continuity of care.
• Responds to all modes of communication within the department and hospital
• Proactively and effectively solves problems for medication management
• Answers phones promptly and politely demonstrating PCH Values of excellence in clinical care
• Provides direct oversight and timely and accurate verification of final product for all aseptic parenteral and non- parenteral medication preparation, dispensing and distribution in compliance with state, federal statues and hospital procedures.
• Successfully completes the annual competency and skills validations with a qualified observer by skills lab and/or examination as required. Participates professional development programs and ensure ongoing awareness and understanding of most current methodologies, practices and philosophies as applied to the relevant patient population and research area. Actively pursues self-education and ensures satisfactory completion of all State Board continuing education credit currency.
• Participates in professional development programs with successful completion
• Ensures ongoing awareness and understanding of current methodologies and practices
• Actively pursues self-education ensures satisfactorily completion of State Board continuing education credit requirements.
• Processes prescriber orders in the identified pharmacy information systems in an effective, efficient, timely, safe and accurate manner, and manages the computerized patient profile. Maintains appropriate competency and skills with automated dispensing and other related medication system technology used within the department and hospital to provide safe care.
• Initiates, processes and completes all associated medication error incident, adverse drug reaction, and compliance documentation reports and records to meet standards and statues. Prepares various other reports as necessary in defined rotation syllabi.
• Reviews and interprets physician orders for completeness and appropriateness with respect to the patient's clinical status, age and/or other significant factors effective the safety and efficacy of the drug therapy prescribed.
• Verifies and ensures appropriateness of medication selection
• Recommend initiation, intervention and substitution of drug therapy when necessary
• Documents clinical interventions in the identified data base to meet department metrics
• Ensures doses are filled and delivered within established departmental guidelines in a timely and safe manner. Evaluates need for all non-formulary medication required. Suggests equally efficacious and cost effective therapy when appropriate.
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.