Clinical Pharmacist

Clinical Pharmacist

The duties and responsibilities of the Clinical Pharmacist include but are not limited to the following:

Clinical:

• Provides timely responses to drug information requests from patient care providers and nurses.
• Evaluates provider's orders for appropriateness of therapy, incompatibilities, side effects and interactions of drugs and drug products.
• Appropriately interacts with the ordering provider or attending as needed.
• Utilizes patient care information systems, such as the electronic health record (EHR), to obtain critical patient data elements and to document pertinent patient care issues.
• Provides medication use counseling at time of patient encounter.
• Counsels patients on drug-drug interactions, adverse effects, food-drug interactions, product availability, appropriate use of, and Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee and pharmacy policies, as appropriate.
• Manages recalls and medication shortage situations by substituting alternate dosage strengths or products per facility policy.
• Enters supply orders appropriate for patient care per facility policy.
• Manages various actions, as appropriate, for medication orders to include flagging prescriptions, managing view alerts, and using procedures to prevent unintentional dispensing (i.e. hold and park).
• Extends refills until next scheduled appointment under the provider's name per facility policy.

Dispensing:

• Responsible for verification and evaluation of licensed independent practitioners' medication orders/prescriptions and input of written orders, when applicable.
• Selects, compounds, dispenses, and fills a range of drugs, including extemporaneous preparations, special formulations, ophthalmics, controlled substances, oncolytic agents, etc in inpatient and/or outpatient areas and follows appropriate quality assurance procedures as applicable.
• Checks prescription orders for safety, accuracy, and appropriateness prior to dispensing.
• Verifies and fills all orders in a timely fashion.
• Oversees activities of support staff, including Pharmacy Technicians, and verifies accuracy of prescriptions as final check before dispensing to the patient.

Education and Training:

• Participates in the training and in-servicing of patients, nurses, providers, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy students, and other medical center personnel, as required.
• Completes mandatory training, including electronic training via Talent Management System (TMS).
• Effectively instructs patients and family members in the appropriate use of medications and medical devices.
• Is skilled at using both written, verbal, and electronic communication techniques in teaching others.
• May serve as a preceptor for pharmacy student

Administrative:

• Ensures that work of the team is carried out on tours when no supervisory pharmacist is present.
• Acts as point-of-contact for resolution of time-sensitive pharmacy issues.
• Contacts additional staff to report for duty in the event of an emergency situation, including activation of all hazards emergency cache.
• Supervises the activities of support personnel and communicates with supervisory staff regarding issues that arise during the time period when no supervisory pharmacist is on site.
• Participates in medical center and pharmacy service quality improvement programs.

SUPERVISORY CONTROLS. The employee is administratively accountable to a designated pharmacy supervisor as well as the Chief, Pharmacy Service, or designee, for professional licensure, competency, and continuing education. The employee performs additional duties as assigned by pharmacy management.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 92661-A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized