Clinical Pharmacist: Patient Care & Medication Optimization

University of Utah Health; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Utah Health seeks a retail pharmacist to ensure safe, effective, and cost-efficient medication therapy for patients in their care. Responsibilities include preparing medications, monitoring therapy, providing drug information, and supervising daily workflow with technicians, residents, students, or interns.

You will participate in quality improvement projects and work as part of a team, communicating clearly with patients, families, staff, and vendors, while upholding compassionate

Qualifications

• Demonstrated excellent human relation, effective communication, and computer literacy skills.
• Ability to train and supervise technicians, residents, interns, or trainees in their job tasks.

Responsibilities

• Solves problems in the medication use process for patients and the organization.
• Identifies and engages in organizational and department quality improvement activities to improve patient care, medication use process, and pharmacy operations.
• Educates and trains residents, students, interns, colleagues and other health care professionals as well as supervises technicians, residents, interns, or trainees in their job tasks.
• Responsible for the medication use process of preparing and dispensing medications following medication use policy and all laws, regulations, and standards applicable to pharmacy practice.
• Assesses appropriate drug information and literature resources, and provides effective information to varied audiences including patients, other health care professions, and peers.
• Operationalizes organizational policy and State and Federal regulations and laws concerning cash handling, billing, inventory control, controlled substances, and other compliance and regulatory functions.
• May perform the responsibilities of a pharmacist-in-charge, or license holder according to Federal, State of Utah, or other relevant states, or laws and regulations.

Skills

Effective communication

Computer literacy

People skills

Education

Utah Pharmacist license

Job description

University of Utah Health seeks a retail pharmacist to ensure safe, effective, and cost-efficient medication therapy for patients in their care. Responsibilities include preparing medications, monitoring therapy, providing drug information, and supervising daily workflow with technicians, residents, students, or interns.

You will participate in quality improvement projects and work as part of a team, communicating clearly with patients, families, staff, and vendors, while upholding compassionate