Clinical Pharmacist - Inpatient

PeaceHealth; Springfield (OR); On-site; USD 92,000 - 141,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

403b retirement plan

Wellness benefits

Discount program

Expanded EAP and mental health program

Job summary

PeaceHealth SHMC at Riverbend in Springfield, OR is seeking a Pharmacist for a Per Diem/Relief, 0.00 FTE, Variable position. The salary range for this job opening at PeaceHealth is $67.74 - $101.60 per hour.

This role involves providing compassionate pharmaceutical care, dispensing medications, advising physicians and patients, and collaborating with healthcare professionals to optimize patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy required.
• Demonstrated basic pharmacy clinical skills.
• Demonstrated customer service skills.
• Pharmacist licensed in Oregon or able to obtain license by date of hire.
• Preferred: Basic Life Support
• Preferred: Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Preferred: Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Responsibilities

• Review medication orders for appropriateness, dosing, allergies, and formulary status.
• Clarify and rectify physician orders and IV orders; perform medication reconciliation.
• Interpret and rectify prescriptions for outpatient dispensing; select medications.
• Monitor patients on target drugs and initiate dosing protocols.
• Evaluate and make drug therapy recommendations to clinicians.
• Prescribe drug therapy per approved protocols; collaborate with care team.
• Dispense medications and counsel patients.
• Detect, report adverse drug events and medication errors.
• Supervise pharmacy technicians to ensure accurate order entry and preparation.
• Supervise and train interns/externs; serve as preceptor when needed.
• Participate in development of drug protocols and pathways.
• Perform drug usage evaluations and quality audits.

Skills

Pharmacist license

Customer service

Clinical pharmacy

Pharmacy counseling

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)

Job description

PeaceHealth SHMC at Riverbend in Springfield, OR is seeking a Pharmacist for a Per Diem/Relief, 0.00 FTE, Variable position. The salary range for this job opening at PeaceHealth is $67.74 - $101.60. The hiring rate is dependent upon several factors, including but not limited to education, training, work experience, terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement, seniority, etc.

Shift requirements

8 shifts a month with 2 being weekend shifts (one weekend a month) and availability for days and evening shifts.

Job Summary

This position is responsible for performing all necessary functions to ensure optimal use of medications to achieve specific outcomes that improve a patient's quality of life. Functions included in providing compassionate pharmaceutical care are both cognitive and medication distribution related and include: dispensing and distributing drugs; advising physicians and patients regarding proper usage of prescribed drugs; collaboration with other healthcare professional to plan, monitor, review and evaluate patient effectiveness; monitoring patients for side effects and drug interactions.

What you will do:

• Reviews medication orders for appropriateness and accuracy including, but not limited to: contraindications, allergies, dose, route, frequency, duplicate therapy and formulary status.
• Interprets, clarifies, and rectifies physician medication and IV orders, including the medication reconciliation process.
• Interprets, clarifies, and rectifies prescriptions and selects medications for outpatient dispensing.
• Monitors all patients on specified target drugs and initiates pharmacokinetic dosing protocols.
• Evaluates drug therapy for appropriateness and makes drug therapy recommendations to clinician.
• Prescribes drug therapy per collaborative drug therapy management agreements/Medical Executive Committee approved protocols.
• Dispenses the final product for administration and performs patient counseling.
• Detect, monitor, and report adverse drug events and medication errors (EIR).
• Supervise and train pharmacy technicians to assure accurate order entry, preparation, and proper technique.
• Supervise and trains pharmacy interns and externs. May serve as preceptor for the intern or extern as defined by the State Board of Pharmacy.
• Participate in development of drug protocols and clinical pathways.
• Perform drug usage evaluations on selected drugs and reports results to the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee. Completes quality assurance auditing as required for prescriptive authority.

What you bring:

• Bachelor's Degree Required: Pharmacy or
• Doctor of Pharmacy Required: from an accredited school
• Required: Demonstrated basic pharmacy clinical skills and
• Required: Demonstrated customer services skills
• Required: Pharmacist - Oregon currently licensed or able to obtain license by date of hire
• Preferred: Basic Life Support
• Preferred: Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Preferred: Pediatric Advanced Life Support

PeaceHealth is committed to the overall wellbeing of our caregivers.

• 403b retirement plan for caregiver contributions
• wellness benefits
• discount program
• expanded EAP and mental health program

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