Clinical Pharmacist: Medication Safety & Therapy Optimization

TEEMA Solutions Group; San Luis Obispo (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

TEEMA Solutions Group is seeking a Pharmacist to verify and fill orders, monitor therapies, provide drug information, identify medication safety hazards, document interactions for medical review, and supervise and direct support personnel.

This role emphasizes safety, efficacy, cost effectiveness, formulary adherence, and participation in cost-saving initiatives within a hospital setting. A licensed pharmacist with required credentials is essential.

Qualifications

• Graduate of school of pharmacy required.
• PharmD degree preferred.
• One year technical experience preferred.
• Inpatient clinical pharmacy experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Processes, enters, verifies, and distributes medication orders within the institution in a timely manner and in compliance with department and hospital policies, as well as Joint Commission and other regulatory guidelines.
• Actively ensures that medication therapy is efficacious, safe, cost effective, and achieves the best therapeutic outcomes.
• Assures that medication prescribing is optimal with respect to indication, dose, route, frequency, history of allergy, and does not duplicate or negatively interact with other drugs.
• Conducts and manages daily reports on medication utilization based upon daily rounds to identify, catalogue, and subsequently analyze areas in which medication improvement is needed.
• Consistently performs quality assurance procedures in related work areas.
• Participates in all pharmacy-related tasks and programs such as clinical rounds, unit based and/or population based medication management activities, remote order verification, and all other areas as directed/necessitated.
• Expedites changes needed to meet regulatory, accrediting, licensing, and government agency standards and laws.
• Participates in department cost savings.
• Complies with drug formulary and appropriate documentation.
• Collaborates with appropriate leadership and buyer to purchase, contract, and procure medications and related supplies to ensure product and vendor selection is based upon the highest medication safety standards.
• Assists in making recommendations on process improvement or development of new pharmacy services.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Education

Graduate of school of pharmacy

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree

One year’s technical experience

Inpatient clinical pharmacy experience

Job description

TEEMA Solutions Group is seeking a Pharmacist to verify and fill orders, monitor therapies, provide drug information, identify medication safety hazards, document interactions for medical review, and supervise and direct support personnel.

This role emphasizes safety, efficacy, cost effectiveness, formulary adherence, and participation in cost-saving initiatives within a hospital setting. A licensed pharmacist with required credentials is essential.