Pediatric Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator

Arkansas Children's; 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 to provide clinical and educational services to patients and healthcare providers. The role requires working with staff pharmacists to optimize medication therapy and to liaise with medical and nursing staff on clinical issues.

This safety-sensitive position requires a Doctorate of Pharmacy or a Bachelor of Pharmacy (prior to 2000), plus 2 years of pharmacy experience or residency training; licensure by

Qualifications

• Doctorate of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Pharmacy (if obtained prior to 2000).
• Pharmacy experience: 2 years or residency trained.
• Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy licensure required.
• Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) recommended.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, analyze, monitor and maintain a safe medication-use process.
• Develop and maintain competency with hospital computer system for safety issues.
• Use Safety Tracker to report interventions and medication occurrences.
• Provide clinical and educational services such as rounding, drug information and patient education.
• Serve as consultant to pharmacists and assist with physician orders, therapy and P&T requirements.
• Act as liaison between Pharmacy and medical/nursing staff on clinical issues.
• Educate staff in pediatric drug therapy through in-services and materials.
• Train pharmacy students and residents; act as preceptor as needed.
• Substitute as staff pharmacist and assist with distributive workload.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Patient education

Team liaison

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 to provide clinical and educational services to patients and healthcare providers. The role requires working with staff pharmacists to optimize medication therapy and to liaise with medical and nursing staff on clinical issues.

This safety-sensitive position requires a Doctorate of Pharmacy or a Bachelor of Pharmacy (prior to 2000), plus 2 years of pharmacy experience or residency training; licensure by