Clinical Staff Pharmacist - Pharmacy - PRN

Stormont Vail Health; Topeka (KS); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Stormont Vail Health is seeking a Clinical Staff Pharmacist to provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care, optimize therapy, and promote health and wellness across all patient ages. The role emphasizes clinical interventions, education for patients and staff, and collaboration with the pharmacy team to ensure safe, cost-effective medication use.

The position involves reviewing orders, conducting medication use evaluations, and leading process improvements within a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree of Science in Pharmacy from an accredited school of pharmacy is required or
• Doctorate PharmD from an accredited school of pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Review, interpret and verify provider medication orders with clinical interventions as needed.
• Provide drug information and education to patients and healthcare professionals.
• Direct pharmacy technician workflow and verify final products prior to dispensing.
• Manage medication use including compounding, preparation, storage and stocking across the organization.
• Educate and train pharmacy staff and serve as preceptors for students and residents.
• Lead medication use evaluations and participate in quality improvement.
• Address provider consults and ensure safe, cost-effective therapy.

Skills

Pharmacy terminology

Data analysis

EMR proficiency

Communication

Pharmacy operations

Education

Bachelor's in Pharmacy

PharmD

Tools

EMR systems

Database software

Spreadsheet software

Internet/Email

Job description

Position Status:

Shift:

Variable Less than 12 hour shift (United States of America)

Hours per week:

0

Job Information

Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

A Brief Overview

The Clinical Staff Pharmacist at SVH provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care to patients by optimizing medication therapy, providing disease state prevention and management, and promoting health and wellness. This mission is accomplished by upholding the American College of Clinical Pharmacist philosophy of pharmaceutical care; blending a caring orientation with specialized therapeutic knowledge, experience and judgment for the purpose of ensuring optimal patient outcomes. The Clinical Staff Pharmacist also contributes to the generation of new knowledge that advances health and quality of life. Will provide services to patients from birth to death.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree of Science in Pharmacy from an accredited school of pharmacy. Required or
• Doctorate PharmD from an accredited school of pharmacy.

Experience Qualifications

• 1 year Pharmacy practice experience as a licensed Pharmacist or successful completion of a Post Graduate-Year 1 accredited pharmacy practice residency. Preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Medical terminology and knowledge of medication names and how to effectively run a pharmacy
• Ability to apply mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Spreadsheets, Internet/E-mail, Database software, Contact Management, Electronic Medical Record
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Excellent customer service skills.

Licenses and Certifications

• Pharmacist - KBP Required within 90 days of hire. Required
• Basic Life Support - BLS Required within 90 days of hire.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support - ACLS Required within 90 days of hire.

What you will do

• Review, interpret and verify provider medication orders making any recommendations and clinical interventions as necessary based on patient specific condition, disease states, age and other clinical factors such as safety and cost effectiveness such as safety and cost effectiveness.
• Complete pharmacy consults proficiently, following pharmacy policies and procedures. Provide drug information to healthcare professionals and education to patients by using interpersonal skills to effectively communicate and interact with all members of the healthcare team while multitasking to ensure all assigned tasks are completed.
• Facilitate completion of pharmacy medication distribution functions. Examples include directing pharmacy technician workflow and verification of accuracy of all final products prior to dispensing to patients.
• Manage medication use including compounding, preparation, selection, dispensing, storage and stocking of medications for the entire organization.
• Collaborate with pharmacy team to ensure provision of optimal patient care. Capability to maintain positive relationships with coworkers and social awareness. Educate and train pharmacy personnel and other healthcare professionals and serve as preceptors for pharmacy students and pharmacy residents.
• Develop and conduct medication use evaluations as needed, and report results to the relevant committees or subcommittees to implement in daily practice.
• Design, implement, and lead pharmacy process improvement initiatives, including those focused on evidenced based care, safety, financial sustainability or quality improvement processes.
• Address and complete provider consults proficiently and provide drug information to healthcare professionals and education to patients.
• Educate and train pharmacy personnel and other healthcare professionals and serve as preceptors for pharmacy students and pharmacy residents.

Required for All Jobs

• Complies with all policies, standards, mandatory training and requirements of Stormont Vail Health
• Performs other duties as assigned

Patient Facing Options

• Position is Patient Facing

Remote Work Guidelines

• Workspace is a quiet and distraction-free allowing the ability to comply with all security and privacy standards.
• Stable access to electricity and a minimum of 25mb upload and internet speed.
• Dedicate full attention to the job duties and communication with others during working hours.
• Adhere to break and attendance schedules agreed upon with supervisor.
• Abide by Stormont Vail's Remote Worker Policy and will review and acknowledge the Remote Work Agreement annually.

Remote Work Capability

• Hybrid

Scope

• No Supervisory Responsibility
• No Budget Responsibility No Budget Responsibility

Physical Demands

• Balancing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Carrying: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Climbing (Ladders): Rarely less than 1 hour
• Climbing (Stairs): Rarely less than 1 hour
• Crawling: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Crouching: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Driving (Automatic): Rarely less than 1 hour
• Driving (Standard): Rarely less than 1 hour
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Feeling: Occasionally 1-3 Hours