CLINICAL PHARMACIST

Clinical Pharmacist

The Clinical Pharmacist will be involved in the independent professional practice of pharmacy in accordance with the guidance set forth in Pharmacy Service and Hines Hospital policies and procedures, VA regulations, state laws, and federal laws governing the practice of pharmacy. The Clinical Pharmacist will be under the administrative supervision of a Pharmacy Supervisor. The Clinical Pharmacist may be scheduled and assigned to any pharmacy practice area as an inpatient pharmacist, and must possess the required knowledge and skills in order to perform the following functions:

The incumbent has responsibility for providing pharmaceutical care and pharmacotherapy services for patients and professional staff within out and inpatient services. The goals are to optimize drug therapy and resource utilization. Within this basic framework, the incumbent assumes the following duties and responsibilities:

• Participate in daily multidisciplinary team rounds (when applicable) and provide drug information, observation on patient response to therapy and appropriate recommendations regarding treatment alternatives or additional interventions to maximize patient care outcomes taking into consideration choice of therapy, safety, efficacy, and pharmacoeconomics.
• Interviews and evaluates patients in acute and ambulatory settings for appropriateness and accuracy of pharmacologic therapy and makes a patient centered care plan for those patients who need pharmaceutical care and will document the medication care plan in the medical record.
• Provides care and/or services appropriate to the age of the patients being served. Assesses data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to their age-specific needs and to provide care needed as described in the services' policies and procedures.
• Assumption of limited prescribing patient care management functions under appropriate supervision. Prescriptive authority will be established as outlined in the employee's scope of practice (if applicable)
• Provides consultative services to all professional staff and patients regarding medication therapy.
• Designs and/or participates in quality assurance projects/research studies or outcomes research involving drug therapy or clinical pharmacy functions.
• Drug Therapy Monitoring - Drug therapy monitoring should be conducted by Clinical Pharmacists in all areas of pharmacy practice as an ongoing activity.
• Pharmacist Intervention - Relevant findings from drug therapy monitoring activities must be communicated to other health care professionals who are responsible for the patient's care in order to increase the effectiveness and minimize potential risks of drug therapy. In consultation with prescribers, the interpretation of such data will generally stimulate Clinical Pharmacist recommendations for revision of drug therapy plans. The incumbent is expected to provide documentation of the outcomes of interventions to his/her supervisor.
• Pharmaceutical Care - The Clinical Pharmacist shall practice in a collaborative manner with other health care providers in the provision of pharmaceutical care to patient populations as specified in the competency assessment checklist for the position. Pharmaceutical care is defined as the responsible provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve a patient's quality of life.

Work Schedule: 12-8:30pm - 2-10:30pm - 3-11:30pm - other tours as needed. Virtual: This is not a virtual position

Inpatient Pharmacist Experience and/or PGY1 and/or Board Certification.

US Department of Veterans Affairs