Infectious Disease Pharmacist

Lloyd Central Compounding Pharmacy; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 159,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Lloyd Central Compounding Pharmacy seeks an Infectious Disease Pharmacist to join our inpatient team in Portland, OR. This regular full-time role supports antimicrobial stewardship across patient populations, ensuring optimal drug product selection, dosing, administration and monitoring.

The pharmacist will distribute and manage drugs in inpatients and outpatients, participate in decision-making, and evolve centralized functions toward decentralized practice as care technologies advance.

Qualifications

• Current Pharmacist's license issued by the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, resolves and documents complex therapeutic problems for specific patient populations.
• Responds to drug information requests from physicians, nurses, patients and families; reviews literature and applies it to patient care.
• Monitors therapeutic response and adverse effects; reports adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
• Directs students/residents and evaluates their performance.
• Influences standards of therapy and serves as a drug authority among clinicians.
• Assists in development of treatment guidelines and documents activities in medical records and monitoring systems.
• Interprets and evaluates physician orders for accuracy and appropriateness.
• Participates in education programs and peer development.

Education

BS in Pharmacy or Pharm.D.

Job description

Description

Infectious Disease Pharmacist

US-OR-Portland

Position Category: Pharmacy

Job Type: AFSCME union represented

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Posting Department: Inpatient Pharmacy

Posting Salary Range:$158,617.42 - $240,191.12 per year with offer based on experience, education and internal equity

Posting FTE: 1.00

Posting Schedule: Monday - Sunday

Posting Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, variable

HR Mission: Healthcare

Drug Testable: Yes

Department Overview

The purpose of this position is to provide the services of a licensed infectious disease clinical pharmacist to join our team to further support antimicrobial stewardship and Infectious Disease initiatives across patient populations. This pharmacist will be a hospital-wide resource, supporting the safe and effective use of antimicrobial agents by providing optimal drug product selection, dosage regimen design, effective administration and drug therapy monitoring to these patients.

Additionally, this pharmacist is responsible for the safe and proper distribution and use of drugs in inpatients and outpatients. This position is to function at higher decision making levels regarding drug therapy, proactively affecting drug use by making recommendations at the time prescribing decisions are being made or, in some cases, making independent decisions about drug therapy in cooperation with other health team members. This is a flexible model where traditionally centralized functions, such as order entry/verifications, will become part of decentralized practice as the technology associated with patient care evolves.

Function/Duties of Position

• Identifies, resolves and documents complex therapeutic problems, demonstrating advanced knowledge and application of this knowledge to a specific patient population.
• Responds accurately to requests for drug information from physicians, nurses, patients and patient's families; independently reviews and interprets the literature and applies this information to specific patient care situations.
• Monitors therapeutic response and adverse effects of medications to guide drug therapy. Consults with provider when questions or problems are identified. Appropriately reports all adverse drug reactions, drug defects, and medication errors.
• Directs the work of students/residents and monitors and evaluates their performance.
• Influences standards of therapy by forming peer level relationships with attending medical staff members; is recognized as a drug authority in a specialized practice area by physicians, nurses and pharmacists.
• Assists in the development of treatment guidelines to be used in patients with specific diagnosis. Documents activities in the patient medical record, pharmacy monitoring profile, drug use evaluation data collection or adverse drug reaction reporting program.
• Interprets and evaluates physician's orders and prescriptions for accuracy, completeness and appropriateness.
• Participates in both intra and interdepartmental education programs; participates in the development of peers.

Required Qualifications

• A current Pharmacist's license issued by the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy.
• OHSU may require training or experience in a specialized area at time of recruitment.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS in Pharmacy or Pharm.D. PLUS Practice Residency or Specialist Certification (BCPS, BCOPS, etc) or 5 years minimum appropriate experience.
• PGY-2 Specialty Residency BLS/ACLS certification Vaccination certification
• Inpatient hospital pharmacy practice
• Infectious Disease and/or Antimicrobial Stewardship

Additional Details

The pharmacist will experience competing demands from nurses, physicians, pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals, as they attempt to influence clinical decision-making, clinical policies and practices and workflow. The pharmacist must deal with intense situations on a daily basis. In addition, within the healthcare setting there can be significant lack of control over the work pace, with frequent interruptions (work is often dictated by external factors) that may lead to mental fatigue or stress.