Clinical Pharmacist - Inpatient

Pharmacist Position

Preferred Experience: Inpatient experience required Major Duties include but are not limited to the following:

Clinical Functions: Pharmacists engage in a systematic and comprehensive process to accomplish three primary functions: (1) identification of patient's actual and potential drug-related problems, (2) resolution of actual drug-related problems, and (3) prevention of patient's potential drug-related problems. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• The application of a basic knowledge of pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacotherapeutics to monitor and assess patient's response to drug therapy.
• Conduction of interviews with patients or their caregivers for the purpose of establishing a medication history.
• Consultation with other health care professionals to ensure the identification, resolution, and prevention of potential and actual drug-related problems.
• Provision of drug information to other health care providers in either verbal or written format.
• Provision of drug information to patients and counseling of patients on proper medication use.
• Direct patient care activities, including monitoring of drug therapy and adjustment of medication regimen or dose under protocol in the inpatient setting.
• Documentation of direct patient care activities using the medical record or hospital computer as appropriate.

Distributive Functions:

• Screen medication orders and dispense medications, including oral medications, small and large volume parenteral with additives, controlled substances, investigational drugs, and chemotherapeutic agents based on the knowledge of current pharmacy practice and standards.
• Supervise, coordinate, and check work performed by pharmacy technicians, students, and volunteers, and provide back-up for technical staff when necessary.
• Utilize a broad base of computer knowledge for drug order and prescription entry, as well as retrieval of laboratory results and other patient-related data in the computer.
• Coordinate the patient discharge process with regard to medication, to ensure that the necessary medications are supplied in adequate amounts.
• Ensure that professional standards, regulations, laws, and applicable guidelines and protocols are met when dispensing medications.

Educational:

• Precept and orient pharmacy residents, students, and other trainees as part of pharmacy educational programs.
• Contribute information for written publication in newsletters and bulletins.
• Participate in VA Pharmacy staff development presentations or in-services.
• Provide in-services to other health care providers

Work Schedule: Full-time; Sun-Sat, Variable Schedule 7:00am to 7:00pm (Tour of duty will be established within these hours based on service needs).

Telework: Not available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 09683-F

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact View email address on click.appcast.io, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized