Clinical Pharmacist - Ambulatory Infusion

Vanderbilt University Medical Center; United States; Hybrid; USD 110.000 - 140.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Vanderbilt University Medical Center seeks a Clinical Pharmacist to lead an infusion pharmacy team and optimize patient-specific drug therapy across multiple specialties. The role includes placing orders, counseling patients, monitoring labs, handling authorizations, and ensuring safe medication practices.

The position supports remote work after onboarding with on-site meetings as needed, focusing on dermatology, urology, women's health, pulmonary, and ortho care, in a hospital setting that

Qualifikationen

• Mentoring and coaching of staff and teammates.
• Advanced medication management expertise in complex patient cases.
• Fundamental sterile compounding and dispensing capabilities.
• Expertise in quality assurance and regulatory compliance.

Aufgaben

• Review drug orders and prescriptions for safe, cost-effective use.
• Provide patient counseling and optimize therapy within hospital policy.
• Supervise support personnel and verify accuracy of medications.
• Contribute to safety initiatives and prevent medication errors.

Kenntnisse

Mentoring & Coaching

Medication Management

Pharmaceutical Drug Preparation & Disp

Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance &

Jobbeschreibung

Organization

VMG Clinical Infusion Pharmacists

Job Summary

Provides leadership in a specialized healthcare team and the patient to assure optimal cost-effective drug therapy. This includes developing specific pharmacotherapeutic goals, recommending a regimen and developing a monitoring plan to meet the individualized drug therapy needs of the patient. The Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for leading efforts in the prevention and reporting of medication errors and adverse drug reactions according to policy and works to continuously improve process and practice in the institution to enhance safety of medication therapy.

Position Highlights

• Remote opportunity available after initial onboarding and training have been successfully completed.
• Occasional meetings onsite.
• Hours are Monday - Friday 7:00am - 3:30pm.
• The position will cover infusion and in clinic injections. This includes placing orders, counseling patients, labs, authorizations, letters of medical necessity, and getting patients scheduled.
• The position will include a range of specialties including dermatology, urology, women's health, pulmonary, and ortho.
• Hospital pharmacy experience is preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Reviews drug orders and/or prescriptions to ensure the safe, appropriate and cost-effective use of medications. Prepares and dispenses medications, provides drug information and manages medication therapy in accordance with federal, state and local regulations and hospital policy.
• Provides outstanding patient care by optimizing medication preparation and resolving medication-related problems.
• Maintains the quality, safety, and consistency of clinical pharmacy services in assigned areas.
• Supervises the activities of assigned support personnel and verifying the accuracy and appropriateness of all medications prepared by support personnel prior to dispensing to patients or dispensing to healthcare providers for administration to patients.

The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Technical Capabilities

• Mentoring & Coaching (Intermediate): Demonstrates good training and mentoring practices on a regular basis. Acts as a mentor to a person in need of support and direction. Makes a concerted effort to seek problem definition so it is clearly understood, clarifying and refining goals, as needed. Knows how to make personal gains apparent, supporting pride in accomplishment. Cites specific examples of conduct and responds to lack of progress in constructive ways. Encourages two way dialogue, soliciting opinions of people being trained and mentored. Explores alternative solutions and approaches which make a person or team more likely to accomplish their goals.
• Medication Management (Advanced): Demonstrates the uppermost levels of expertise in medication management in challenging and complex situations. Often takes a lead role in highly pressurized situations when there is a need to achieve results. Has the ability to determine the clinical appropriateness of each medication taken by the patient, determine the appropriateness of the dose, dosage form, indication, contraindications, potential adverse effects and potential problems with concomitant medications. Able to monitor for therapeutic duplication or other unnecessary medications, interpret, monitor and assessing patient's laboratory results as they relate to medication therapy and provide drug information to other healthcare professionals, patients and their families.
• Pharmaceutical Drug Preparation & Dispensing (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully review, prepare and dispense prescribed medications. This includes being proficient in the general principles of aseptic technique utilized to compound sterile preparations (CSPs) to minimize the risk of contamination (where applicable).
• Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance & Compliance (Expert): Demonstrates expert knowledge of the appropriate rules and regulations as they apply to the organization. Demonstrates expertise in process improvement, quality assurance practices and/or programs. Demonstrates a commitment to continuous quality improvement and ensures compliance with a federal, state and local regulations as well as organizational policies and procedures. May re