Pharmacist

Overview

As a Pharmacist , you are the trusted expert patients rely on to understand their medications and use them safely and effectively. You help make life better by ensuring patients are informed and confident in their drug therapy—playing a vital role in their overall care and well-being. If you’re a pharmacist who understands the importance of your role in patient outcomes and values compassionate, high-quality care, you may be an ideal fit for this opportunity within the Legacy community. This is an supplemental Pediatrics position. PGY1 Residency Training with pediatrics or inpatient pediatric clinical experience preferred; PGY2 residency experience in pediatrics highly preferred.

Responsibilities

CLINICAL COMPETENCE : Optimal patient care outcomes from drug therapy are ensured through clinical pharmacy services. Such services are age appropriate, for neonates, pediatric patients, adolescents, adults and geriatric patients, performed when needed through direct contact with the patient, and in direct association with or in support of health care providers.

Pharmacist will demonstrate clinical competence as required by program needs Therapeutic Drug monitoring: Drug therapy monitoring includes an age appropriate assessment of: Therapeutic appropriateness Therapeutic duplication Appropriate route of administration Patient compliance Drug-drug, drug-food, drug-laboratory, or drug-disease interactions. Clinical and pharmacokinetic laboratory data to evaluate efficacy of drug therapy and anticipate side effects, toxicity, or adverse effects. Physical signs and symptoms relevant to the patients; drug therapy. Provides oral and written consultations on request with other health care practitioners regarding drug therapy selection and management.

Administers medical-staff approved collaborative drug therapy protocols Provides age and educationally appropriate patient education and counseling on request regarding drug therapy and drug-related disease prevention Develops patient-specific, age appropriate, drug therapy management plans and therapy endpoints Documents medication-related care in patient’s medical record. Monitors, detects, documents, reports and manages adverse drug reactions. Educates health care practitioners regarding drug therapy. Participates in drug use evaluations, quality assurance and continuous quality improvement programs. Participates in formulary control and maintenance.

Provides accurate, comprehensive, patient specific drug information to pharmacists and other health care practitioners as appropriate. Participates in drug and drug-related research. WORK FLOW/PRODUCTIVITY : Accurate, efficient quality medication-related care is ensured by utilization of positive management techniques in supervision coordination and assignment of appropriate personnel. Responsible for the filling of all patient medication orders during assigned shift. Responsible for completion of all assigned work procedures during the shift without…

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