Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist Leader

WVU Medicine; Wheeling (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

WH Wheeling Hospital Inc. ambulatory retail services seeks a pharmacist to provide pharmaceutical care across direct patient care, education, and administrative activities.

The role includes dispensing, clinical involvement, mentoring, and participation in quality improvement within a hospital setting. The position requires a pharmacist license in OH or WV, BLS certification, and residency or three years of pharmacist experience.

Qualifications

• Must possess current Pharmacist license as required by state board where services will be provided: OH – Pharmacist license through the Ohio Board of Pharmacy; WV – Pharmacist license through the West Virginia State Board of Pharmacy
• State criminal background check and Federal (if applicable), as required for regulated areas
• Obtain certification in Basic Life Support within 60 days of hire date.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and care for patients in assigned areas of responsibility; guides providers and patients on best practices and established guidelines for care and assures safe and effective use of drugs through clinical involvement.
• Responsible for dispensing and controlling both prescription and non-prescription medicine.
• Successfully completes annual clinical competency evaluations.
• Reviews prescriptions issued by Physician, or other authorized prescriber to assure accuracy and determine formulas and ingredients needed.
• Directs pharmacy workers engaged in mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals.
• Answers questions and provides information to pharmacy customers on drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and storage of pharmaceuticals, if counseling offered.
• Detects, reports, and helps to minimize or manage adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
• Assists nursing and other disciplines or departments in admission and discharge planning and patient education related to the appropriate use of medication.
• Assumes responsibility for and makes decisions related to the provision of pharmaceutical services.
• Actively engages patients and clients with respect to customer service programs offered by the pharmacy.
• Actively engages patients and clients with respect to program integrations offered by the pharmacy.
• Identifies problems related to aspects of drug use control and offers constructive ideas for resolution.
• Ensures that policies and procedures related to drug distribution are followed.
• Maintains established procedures concerning quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and disposal of hazardous waste drugs.
• Participates in the orientation and education of pharmacy students, pharmacy residents, and/or new department employees.
• Maintains professional competence by attending and presenting at conferences, continuing educational programs, reading current professional literature and publishing clinical or practice-related experience or research.
• Participates in administrative, quality assurance, performance improvement and research activities of the department.
• Supervises technicians in drug preparation and distribution duties.
• Maintains awareness of third party Rx systems and resolves third party rejection problems promptly, and resubmits rejected claims for payment on a timely basis.
• Participates in medication use evaluations, quality assurance and performance improvement initiatives.
• Enters data such as patient name, prescribed medication, and cost, to maintain pharmacy files, charge system, and inventory.
• Instructs pharmacy technicians, interns and other pharmacy personnel on matters pertaining to pharmacy state/federal law.
• Participates in planning and implementing changes in the pharmacy and improves productivity through participation in staff meetings and projects.

Skills

Time management

Verbal and non-verbal communication

Teamwork

Education

PharmD

MTM Certification

Immunization Certification

Certified Specialty Pharmacist (CSP)

Basic Life Support Certification

Job description

WH Wheeling Hospital Inc. ambulatory retail services seeks a pharmacist to provide pharmaceutical care across direct patient care, education, and administrative activities.

The role includes dispensing, clinical involvement, mentoring, and participation in quality improvement within a hospital setting. The position requires a pharmacist license in OH or WV, BLS certification, and residency or three years of pharmacist experience.