Acute Care Pharmacist - Solid Organ Transplant - AM

Alabama Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ALSHP); Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Alabama Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ALSHP) seeks an Acute Care Pharmacist specializing in solid organ transplant to provide patient-focused pharmacy services, monitor therapies, perform basic pharmacokinetic assessments, educate patients, and support the division and hospital programs.

The role includes collaborating with physicians and nurses for therapy optimization, documenting medication histories, ensuring safe drug distribution, and precepting students and residents as part of

Responsibilities

• Assesses appropriateness of each medication based on diagnosis, condition, allergies, and history; reviews for adverse drug reactions and drug interactions; promotes rational therapy and makes recommendations to physicians.
• Monitors patient response to prescribed therapies; reevaluates therapy and makes recommendations for changes when appropriate.
• Documents patient medication history and notifies physicians or healthcare professionals of compliance or therapy issues.
• Ensures responsible distribution of medications in the assigned area and triages orders to meet immediate patient care needs.
• Provides drug information to patients, families, physicians, nurses and other health care professionals; shares new literature to optimize medication use.
• Supports educational programs by precepting students and residents.

Job description

Acute Care Pharmacist - Solid Organ Transplant - AM

To provide patient-focused pharmacy services including monitoring of therapy, interventions, basic pharmacokinetics, education and medication distribution. To support the mission, activities and programs of the division, department and the Hospital. Patient populations will include solid organ transplant (kidney, liver, heart, and lung). Will provide patient care in other inpatient clinical areas, surgical and internal medicine, as assigned.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Accurately assesses the appropriateness of each medication as it is prescribedbased on the patient’s diagnosis, condition, allergies, and medication history; reviewing for adverse drug reactions and drug interactions. Promotes rational medication therapy by evaluating all orders in the context of current literature, UAB medication evaluations and the UAB Formulary, contacting the physician or healthcare professional and making recommendation for changes when appropriate.
• Actively monitorspatient specific response to prescribed therapies; reviewing potential adverse drug reactions and drug interactions to optimize therapy. Re-evaluates prescribed therapy and makes recommendations for changes when appropriate.
• Activelydocuments patient’s medication history profile; notifying appropriate physician or healthcare professional as to any issues regarding compliance or medication therapy regimen.
• Assuresresponsible distribution of medications for administration in assigned area of coverage. Triages orders to meet immediate patient care needs.
• Providesdrug information to patients and family members, physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other health care professionals. Shares clinical observations and new information from medical/pharmaceutical literature in order to positively impact the optimal use of medications.
• Supportseducational programs of the Division and the department by precepting students, PGY1 and PGY2 residents.