Pharmacist Clinical Job Description
Pharmacist Clinical Duties & Responsibilities
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Pharmacist Clinical Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Pharmacist Clinical
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, PALS, ACLS, BCPS, BPS, IV, ACPE, PGY2, ASHP
Education for Pharmacist Clinical
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Employers hiring for the pharmacist clinical job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Pharmacy, Education, School of Pharmacy, Graduate, College of Pharmacy, Science, Department of Education, English, Foreign Language, Healthcare
Skills for Pharmacist Clinical
Desired skills for pharmacist clinical include:
Desired experience for pharmacist clinical includes:
Pharmacist Clinical Examples
Pharmacist Clinical Job Description
- Contribute to development of workflow guidelines, procedures, and other necessary tools (productivity monitoring, intervention documentation tracking, ) to maximize productivity and standardize patient assessment approaches in the DUDSM practice area
- Identify and document interventions in care using formal DUDSM Program outcome assessment tools
- Screen medication orders for adverse drug events (ADEs) and medication errors (MEs) as per hospital policy
- Participate in multi-disciplinary care plan for patients
- Provide and documents care
- Monitor patient’s therapy for safety and efficacy
- Order medications and monitoring according to protocol
- Management of cleanroom activities including maintenance of the facility the equipment within the facility to maintain compliance with all State and Federal rules and regulations related to sterile compounding activities
- Provide and coordinate pharmaceutical care services and collaborative drug therapy management for patients
- Serve as a resource to the patients, physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other members of the health care team
- Knowledge of clinical program components, formulary designs, and prescription benefit trends
- Education in all age groups ranging from newborn to the geriatric population obtained either in school education or subsequent training
- One year hospital pharmacy experience preferred
- Conduct a medication reconciliation to home medications and hospital discharge orders
- Prevent, detect, and resolve medication-related problems and make appropriate evidence-based, patient-centered medication therapy recommendations as part of the interdisciplinary team
- Provide appropriate responses to requests for drug information from patients and health care providers, including patient education at discharge, upon request
Pharmacist Clinical Job Description
- Interviews patients to obtain accurate and comprehensive patient medical history for the patient's medical record including prescribed medications, over-the-counter medications regularly used, adverse reactions to drugs and allergies
- Participates in investigational drug studies through assisting in the design of dispensing protocols, maintaining drug records and inventory control, formulating dosages, monitoring patients and ensuring compliance with FDA and DEA regulations
- Prepares drug monographs and review of drugs requested for admission to Hospital's Formulary
- Assists in reviewing the cost of drugs and making necessary adjustments, as required
- Performs projects which are specifically related to area of pharmacy expertise
- Acts as a preceptor to undergraduate pharmacy students
- Conducts in-service education lectures for the medical staff, nurses, pharmacists, students, and other health care personnel regarding drugs, procedures and policies
- Assists in the formulation and continual updating of departmental policies and procedures and pharmacy-nursing policies and procedures
- Assists, occasionally, cleaning pharmacy delivery carts, medication bins, shelves, patient medication cassettes and drawers, and other pharmacy equipment
- Reports immediately to supervisor of any deviation of normal operations
- Current licensure (or eligible to reciprocate) in the State of Pennsylvania required
- ASHP-Accredited Pharmacy Practice Residency or equivalent experience preferred
- Equivalent of three years experience as hospital pharmacist
- Programs, not excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid or any other federal or state health insurance program
- Previous experience as a clinical pharmacist
- Must have an advanced degree (PharmD)
Pharmacist Clinical Job Description
- Provide drug information to healthcare providers and patients
- Function as a preceptor to pharmacy students
- Attend committee meetings as assigned
- Maintains professional competency and certification
- Conduct monthly nursing unit reviews
- Position requires a flexible work schedule
- Train and participate with Disaster Team drills and
- Real-event response as assigned
- Pharmaceutical Management.Provide specialized pharmaceutical services to improve drug usage and therapeutic outcomes
- Leadership & Relationship Development
- Bachelor's Degree in pharmacy from an accredited school
- No experience necessary but hospital experience or Residency preferred
- Missouri licensure if practicing in MO
- Kansas licensure if practicing in KS
- Both KS and MO license required if practicing at CHK
- Licensure is required or must be obtained within 90 days of employment at the discretion of the Pharmacy Director
Pharmacist Clinical Job Description
- Develops written materials designed to enhance customer understanding of the drug components of the medical and pharmacy benefits, including appropriate use of medications and messaging campaigns
- Serve a resource to the patients, physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other memeber of the health care team
- Provide prepares special intravenous solutions according to professional standards and practices
- Assure safe and effective medication use and assures that drug storage is safe, controlled, and meets required conditions
- ASHP accredited residency or 3~5 years comparable pharmacy experience
- Knowledge of group practice management
- Basic clinical understanding of general pharmacotherapy
- Experience in data mining/data analysis
- Experience providing education direct to patients
- Familiarity with Drug Utilization Review and Formulary concepts
- At minimum, Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college of pharmacy
- Current registration as a Pharmacist in Massachusetts is required
- A professional level of knowledge generally obtained after a minimum of 2 years hospital pharmacy experience as a registered Pharmacist or the completion of a residency in Hospital Pharmacy
- Training in Aseptic Technique, TPN Compounding, and Safe Handling of Cytotoxic Drugs preferred
- Current pharmacist license in the State of Texas
- Graduate from school of pharmacy
Pharmacist Clinical Job Description
- Supervises and coordinates day-to-day department responsibilities during assigned shifts
- Provides consultative services to medical, nursing, and pharmacy staff
- Provides prescribed medications, drugs, and other pharmaceutical, and compounds medication, according to professional standards and practices
- Train and participate with Code Teams as assigned
- Be an integral member of the clinical care team
- Ensure the safe and appropriate use of drugs
- Provide pharmaceutical services including drug information, drug distribution, and clinical pharmacy services with knowledge of age-specific needs from neonates through geriatrics
- Assure safe and effective medication use
- Demonstrate proficiency in delivering care to assigned age specific patient population (e.g., infants, adolescents, adults, geriatrics, and pediatrics)
- This position requires every other weekend to be worked
- Experience with anticoagulation medication management and other chronic disease management (especially diabetes and medication management for the geriatric population) required
- A minimum of two (2) years of postgraduate work as a health care provider with direct patient care responsibilities, aside from any dispensing functions, preferred
- Formal training in clinical pharmacy or relevant experience in clinical pharmacy in a medical setting and ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team, preferred
- Ability to obtain and interpret information related to the drug treatment processes and best practices
- Understands clinical pharmacy practices and activities
- Clinical chart review experience preferred