Clinical Pharmacist - Inpatient

The University of Kansas Health System; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Kansas Health System seeks a Clinical Pharmacist for inpatient care at the Olathe Hospital. The role requires ensuring safe, effective, and cost-conscious drug therapy, and entails round participation, patient education, and precepting responsibilities.

Required: PharmD/BS with license, ACLS/PALS/NRP as needed, BLS, and PGY-1/2 residency preferred. This is a full-time overnight position with opportunities to support residency programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college or university.
• Completion of an accredited pharmacy post graduate training program (PGY-1 and/or PGY-2 residency program).
• Licensed Pharmacist – State Board of Pharmacy in state of primary practice site.
• ACLS – American Heart Association certification as necessary.
• PALS and/or NRP certification as necessary.
• BLS – American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

• Participates in organizational and departmental performance improvement efforts to improve pharmaceutical care.
• Attends patient care rounds and provides patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
• Supports staffing needs by flexing to other areas or shifts to assist in coverage.
• Ensures timely medication order processing through order entry and verification.
• Performs patient-specific medication profile reviews and dose adjustments as needed.
• Reports medication incidents and adverse drug reactions via PSN and participates in reviews.
• Participates in medication reconciliation at admission, transfer and discharge and educates patients.
• Provides educational presentations or in-services for staff and supports residency programs and internships.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy

PGY-1 and/or PGY-2 residency program

Job description

Position Title

Clinical Pharmacist - Inpatient Olathe Hospital

Shift: Overnights - 9pm - 7:30am (7 days on - 7 days off)

The Clinical Pharmacist provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care for patients. This consists of ensuring drug therapy that results in safe, effective, and cost conscious use of pharmaceuticals. Must demonstrate excellent interdisciplinary communication and exhibit strong educational and precepting abilities.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Actively participates in organizational and departmental performance improvement efforts to strengthen existing systems, processes, policies and procedures by introducing new ideas that lead to improved pharmaceutical care in clinical areas and in the pharmacy department as a whole.
• Actively participates on the multidisciplinary team by consistently attending patient care rounds and providing patient‑focused pharmaceutical care by assessing and monitoring drug therapy to ensure safe and cost‑conscious treatment regimens.
• Actively supports department staffing needs by flexing to other areas or alternative scheduling in order to assist in coverage of supplemental shifts when primary team is in need.
• Assures timely medication order processing by participating in order entry, order verification and reviewing medication orders for timely resolution of problem orders.
• Completes patient‑specific medication profile reviews resulting in execution of protocol based drug therapy including, but not limited to pharmacokinetic dosing and IV to PO conversions with appropriate documentation.
• Adjusts doses as appropriate for patient specific parameters such as renal or hepatic dysfunction.
• Continually reports medication incidents and adverse drug reactions in Patient Safety Net (PSN) and participates in medication incident review, peer review, or other activities to establish safe medication systems.
• Participates in medication reconciliation at the time of admission, transfer, and/or discharge and provides patient education when appropriate.
• Shares pharmaceutical expertise by coordinating and providing educational presentations or in‑services for pharmacy and non‑pharmacy staff.
• Supports pharmacy residency programs, clerkship students and interns by precepting organized rotations, providing timely and constructive feedback, participating in training and orientation, providing mentorship, and collaborating on presentations and projects.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college or university.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Completion of an accredited pharmacy post graduate training program (PGY-1 and/or PGY-2 residency program).

Required Licensure and Certification

• Licensed Pharmacist – State Board of Pharmacy in state of primary practice site.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) – American Heart Association (AHA) certification as necessary.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and/or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification as necessary.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) – American Heart Association (AHA).

Preferred Licensure and Certification

• Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties certification in chosen area of specialty.

Time Type

Full time

Job Requisition ID

R-55020

Important Information for You to Know as You Apply

The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally‑protected status.

See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link [e-mail].

Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.

About The University of Kansas Health System

As part of the region’s premier academic medical center, The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City is a world‑class healthcare provider and destination for complex care and diagnosis. We are driven by our commitment to service, continuous improvement and to the highest degree of excellence. Collaboration between physicians, nurses, researchers, educators and other professionals who share their expertise leads to exciting discoveries and life‑changing treatments for the people we serve.