Inpatient Clinical Pharmacist

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General Summary Statement

The Clinical Pharmacist is responsible and accountable for the provision of safe, effective, and prompt medication therapy. The Clinical Pharmacist provides support of centralized and decentralized medication-use systems and collaborates with physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and other members of the healthcare team to deliver optimal medication therapy to patients with a broad range of disease states. Pharmaceutical care services include, but are not limited to, assessing patient needs, incorporating age and disease specific characteristics into drug therapy and patient education, adjusting care according to patient response, and providing clinical interventions to detect, mitigate, and prevent medication adverse events. The clinical pharmacist provides medication and practice-related education/training by serving as a preceptor for doctor of pharmacy students and PGY1 pharmacy residents.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Facilitates pharmaceutical care services, direct patient care programs, medication utilization systems within assigned services and care areas to assure drug utilization activities are aligned with patient care needs, evidence-based best practices, and regulatory standards.
2. Communicates effectively and appropriately with healthcare providers and caregivers (physicians, nurses, etc.) and assures continuity of pharmaceutical care between shifts and among staff.
3. Identifies, designs, and implements improvements in the medication-use system to advance patient safety, maximize therapeutic outcomes, or control costs
4. Responsible for the design and direction of consistent high-value pharmacy services including such services as medication selection, adverse event education/reporting, therapeutic endpoint monitoring, IV to PO conversion, renal dosing for targeted drugs, patient education and quality indicator monitoring.
5. Develop appropriate monitoring activities and documentation to reflect the scope of services provided.
6. Collaborate with other health care professionals to design and implement pharmacy services consistent with the department and hospital goals.
7. Maintain current knowledge on issues and therapies in clinical pharmacy practice.
8. Serve as an educational resource for pharmacy students, residents and other health professionals.
9. Participate in pharmacy operations, medication dispensing, and oversees pharmacy technician activities.
10. Maintains proficiency in hospital computer systems and pharmacy automation technology.
11. Provide a leadership role representing pharmacy on hospital multidisciplinary committees.

Education Training and Experience

Doctor of Pharmacy degree from accredited pharmacy school and PGY1 pharmacy residency, or equivalent experience, required. Board certification preferred.


Licensure/Certification

PA license
We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

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We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.