Clinical Pharmacist PD - Outpatient

Rhode Island Hospital; Rhode Island; In loco; USD 110.000 - 150.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Rhode Island Hospital is seeking a pharmacist to interpret, evaluate, prepare and dispense medications per prescriptions while collaborating with multidisciplinary care teams to ensure safe, effective, and cost-efficient drug use across all age groups.

The role includes supervising pharmacy technicians, ensuring accuracy of orders, and participating in medication therapy management and quality improvement initiatives to uphold high standards of patient care.

Competenze

• Bachelor of Science in pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited college of pharmacy.
• Maintains current unrestricted licensure as a licensed pharmacist in the State of Rhode Island.
• Demonstrated knowledge to provide care across age groups from neonate to geriatric.

Mansioni

• Reviews medication orders for therapeutic appropriateness considering patient status and drug interactions.
• Applies pharmacotherapeutic and pharmacokinetic principles to ensure safe use of medications.
• Enters and approves medication orders in the computerized pharmacy information system with correct formulation, dosage, and duration.
• Dispenses medications in the correct quantity and form at the proper time.
• Reviews formulations requiring compounding, verifying final products prior to dispensing.
• Participates in medication therapy management and therapeutic care services.

Conoscenze

Pharmacotherapy

Pharmacokinetics

Medication safety

Collaboration

Formazione

Bachelor or PharmD degree

Rhode Island Pharmacist license

Descrizione del lavoro

SUMMARY: Under general supervision of a Pharmacy Supervisor or Pharmacist-in-charge, is responsible for the interpretation, evaluation, preparation and dispensing of medications pursuant to a legitimate order or prescription in keeping with established policies, procedures, and standards of practice and scope of pharmacy services of the respective affiliate. Collaborates with multidisciplinary care providers to monitor, assess, and intervene as needed to ensure safe, appropriate and cost-effective medication use, with consideration of the aging processes and human developmental stages (neonate, child, adolescent, adult, geriatric). Oversees and closely reviews the work of pharmacy technicians and ancillary support personnel. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Is responsible for knowing and acting in accordance with the principles of the Brown University Health Corporate Compliance Program and Code of Conduct.
• Receives patient medication orders or prescriptions as written or ordered by a physician or other licensed independent practitioner. Reviews each order or prescription to determine therapeutic appropriateness of the patient's drug regimen as it relates to the patient's clinical status, concomitant drug therapy and diet, and with consideration of the aging processes and human developmental stages (neonate, child, adolescent, adult, geriatric). Contacts the prescriber, or covering physician, as necessary to initiate appropriate interventions to ensure therapeutic efficacy, minimize potential risks of drug therapy and optimize cost effectiveness.
• Applies pharmacotherapeutic and pharmacokinetic principles to ensure safe and effective use of medications for the patient populations served.
• Accurately reviews and approves / enters medication orders in the computerized pharmacy information system including appropriate product formulation, dosage, frequency and duration of therapy. Ensures relevant patient specific parameters are entered on the medication profile (i.e., diagnosis, known allergies, weight, age, etc.). Reviews and approves all computer entries if delegated to technician staff.
• Dispenses needed medications in the appropriate quantity to ensure the patient receives the correct medication, in the right dosage and dose form, at the proper time.
• Reviews and approves formulations for medications requiring compounding or manipulation prior to dispensing. Checks the final products, as prepared by pharmacy technicians, prior to dispensing medications according to established procedures.
• Participates in the development, implementation and integration of patient-focused medication therapy management and pharmaceutical care services. Monitors drugs and/or therapeutic classes targeted for review and implements corrective strategies to optimize drug use in compliance with established clinical pathways or guidelines.
• Participates in education and training of healthcare practitioners, including pharmacy technicians and students, physicians, nurses, other care providers and patients/customers on matters relevant to medication use.
• Provides accurate and comprehensive information about drugs including drug interactions, potential side effects or adverse reactions, incompatibilities and instructions for administration of medication, to physicians, nurses and other healthcare practitioners. Provides instruction on use of medications to patients upon request. Maintains appropriate documentation and records regarding drug purchasing, storage, preparation, and distribution as required by hospital procedures and/or applicable laws, rules and regulations.
• Participates in continuous quality improvement activities and total quality management initiatives, including the adverse drug reaction, pharmacist clinical intervention, and medication incident reporting programs.
• Maintains professional competence through participation in Pharmacy staff development and skills enhancement programs, ongoing independent study, education-related professional activities, and affiliations.
• Performs all other duties as assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

BASIC KNOWLEDGE:

• Bachelor of Science in pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited college of pharmacy.
• Maintains current unrestricted licensure as a licensed pharmacist in the State of Rhode Island.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to neonate, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients with consideration of aging processes, human