Clinical Pharmacist - Patient-Centered Care Leader

Northwesternmedicine; Huntley (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to ensure safe and effective medication use and collaborate with healthcare teams to optimize patient care in a hospital setting.

The role focuses on interpreting orders, monitoring therapies, providing drug information to staff and patients, and participating in drug monitoring programs with emphasis on safety, accuracy, and formulary compliance across inpatient units.

Responsibilities

• Interprets medication orders to ensure safety and proper use, alert to compatibilities, duplications, allergies, and potential errors; coordinates problem solving between pharmacy, nursing and prescribers.
• Monitors medication therapy for significant drug-drug, drug-diet, or drug-lab test interactions; intervenes as needed.
• Evaluates and documents that selected medications are appropriate for achieving desired outcomes; communicates potential problems and solutions to prescriber.
• Acts as a consultant in pharmacokinetics and adverse reactions to physicians and nurses; participates in therapeutic drug monitoring or interventions.
• Processes all medication order information into the Electronic Health Record to ensure accuracy of records regarding past, current and future dispensing and charging.
• Maintains a comprehensive pharmacy patient profile including age, weight, allergies, diagnosis, pharmacokinetic parameters, and other info affecting therapy decisions.
• Oversees packaging, labeling, and distribution of medications for all patients and staff; monitors use of controlled substances and maintains inventories.
• Compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals including sterile products, chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition products.
• Verifies medication orders before delivery to patient care areas and resolves discrepancies.
• Reviews laboratory data for appropriateness of medication use and recommends changes when needed (culture, sensitivity, toxicology, TDM, etc).
• Develops and presents orientation, education and training programs for medical, nursing, hospital and pharmacy staff; educates pharmacy students, residents and fellows.
• Educates patients and families about specific medications.
• Responds to emergency situations to assist with medication management (e.g. cardiac arrests).
• Provides accurate and timely medication information to healthcare professionals or patients.
• Maintains the hospital formulary and limits usage to formulary items when appropriate.
• Documents all clinical activities and interventions; collects data and maintains logs and records as required by the department.
• Communicates professional knowledge effectively in oral and written form to patients and health professionals.
• Participates in quality improvement and medication use review activities of the department.
• Organizes, prioritizes, and plans workload; works with pharmacists to oversee activities and assign work to technicians.

Job description

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to ensure safe and effective medication use and collaborate with healthcare teams to optimize patient care in a hospital setting.

The role focuses on interpreting orders, monitoring therapies, providing drug information to staff and patients, and participating in drug monitoring programs with emphasis on safety, accuracy, and formulary compliance across inpatient units.