Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator — Pediatric Care & Education

Arkansas Children's Hospital; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Arkansas Children's Hospital is seeking a Pharmacy Coordinator for the Acute Care Pharmacy. This full-time role runs Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, and is designated as safety sensitive.

The department is CC014250 Acute Care Pharmacy. The position requires a Doctorate of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Pharmacy (pre-2000), with at least 2 years of pharmacy experience or residency; AR State Board of Pharmacy licensure; BCPS recommended.

Qualifications

• Pharmacy - 2 years of experience or Residency trained.
• Doctorate of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Pharmacy (if obtained prior to 2000).
• Pharmacist - AR State Board of Pharmacy.
• Two CE programs a year for pharmacists are required.
• Provides clinical and educational services to patients and other healthcare providers.

Responsibilities

• Works with Director and others to plan, implement, analyze, monitor and maintain a safe and effective medication use process.
• Develops and maintains competency with hospital computer system to enable identification of safety issues and assist other health care professionals in safe use of the system.
• Uses Safety Tracker to report interventions and medication occurrences. Uses other documentation systems as requested.
• Provides clinical and educational services such as rounding, drug information, patient education and optimization of drug therapy to patients and other health care professionals in selected practice site.
• Serves as consultant to pharmacists and department in areas of clinical service. Assists pharmacists in resolving problems related to physician orders, therapy, medication preparation and P&T Committee requirements.
• Acts as a liaison between Pharmacy and medical and nursing staff on issues pertaining to clinical services or other pharmacy issues.
• Educates pharmacists and other healthcare providers in areas of pediatric drug therapy through in-services, presentations, written educational materials and other methods. Two CE programs a year for pharmacists are required.
• Participates in training of pharmacy students and residents. Acts as preceptor as needed or requested.
• Substitutes as staff pharmacist and assists with distributive workload as requested by managers.
• Assists in analysis, planning and implementation of new or revised services.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

Doctorate of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Pharmacy (if obtained prior to 2000)

Job description

Arkansas Children's Hospital is seeking a Pharmacy Coordinator for the Acute Care Pharmacy. This full-time role runs Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, and is designated as safety sensitive.

The department is CC014250 Acute Care Pharmacy. The position requires a Doctorate of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Pharmacy (pre-2000), with at least 2 years of pharmacy experience or residency; AR State Board of Pharmacy licensure; BCPS recommended.