Clinical Pharmacist

Healthcare Recruitment Services; California (MO); On-site; USD 107,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

California Hospital is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to join our inpatient team in California. The role involves reviewing orders, dispensing medications, ensuring regulatory compliance, and collaborating with providers to optimize pharmacotherapy.

Responsibilities include training staff, participating in transitions of care, monitoring patient therapies, and contributing to rounds. A California Pharmacist license and inpatient experience are required.

Qualifications

• Current California Registered Pharmacist license.
• Inpatient: PGY-1 residency completed or at least two years as clinical hospital pharmacist.

Responsibilities

• Reviews orders for appropriateness, validates and dispenses medications, supplies or equipment orders accurately.
• Follows federal and state law and hospital policies; consults with other health care providers to optimize therapy and maximize safety.
• Uses PYXIS units on nursing units.
• Answers inquiries from physicians and staff regarding medication administration issues.
• Ensures compounded medications meet quality standards; performs quality reviews and maintains records.
• Directs pharmacy technicians, new pharmacist personnel, interns and residents; ensures quantity and quality of their work.
• Provides professional education through in-service training, platform presentations, didactic lectures, or hands-on learning.
• Participates in transition of care via medication reconciliation, education, and coordination with interdisciplinary team.
• Monitors patient's medication and nutrition therapies, documents in clinical charts, intervenes to optimize pharmacotherapy.
• Offers cost-effective and safe alternatives when appropriate.
• Participates in interprofessional rounds where applicable.

Skills

Inpatient Pharmacy

Clinical Pharmacist

Education

California Pharmacist License

Job description

Our client is a large publicly owned Hospital in California, 600+ bed. They are looking for a new Clinical Pharmacist. The hospital offers highly competitive pay ($78-$118/hr), outstanding benefits package, generous health benefits (including insurance for your pets), paid time off, relocation assistance, sign on bonus, up to $20,000 loan repayment.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required: Current California Registered Pharmacist license

Experience

Required: Inpatient: Completed PGY-1 residency or at least two years clinical hospital pharmacist

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities include:

• Reviews orders for appropriateness, profiles/validates and dispenses medications, supplies or equipment orders accurately and efficiently.
• Follows federal and state law and approved hospital policies and procedures regarding medication use. Consults with other health care providers and information resources to optimize therapy and maximize safety for medication administration for assigned areas.
• Uses PYXIS units on the nursing units.
• Responsible for answering all inquiries from physicians and other staff regarding medication administration issues.
• Assures compounded medications meet standards for quality when performing or supervising compounding, performing quality reviews of the finished product and completes recordkeeping in accordance with department policy and procedures.
• Guides, directs, and assists in trainings pharmacy technicians , new pharmacist personnel, interns and/or residents and assumes responsibility for quantity and quality of their work.
• Provides training professional education in the form of in service training, platform presentation, didactic lecture or hands on learning activities to other healthcare providers , trainees and/or staff when appropriate.
• As assigned, participates in the transition of care process of targeted patient populations through the provision of services such as medication reconciliation, medication education, and care coordination in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Monitors and assesses patient's medication and nutritional therapies and maintains their clinical charts with complete and timely documentation; intervening in the patient’s care when indicated to optimize pharmacotherapy including management of medication therapies following hospital approved protocols and policies.
• Offers cost effective and safe alternatives when appropriate.
• Participates in interprofessional patient care rounds where applicable.