Pharmacist Clinical I - Inpatient

Kaiser Permanente; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Honolulu, Hawaii seeks a Pharmacist Clinical I specializing in inpatient and home infusion settings. You will deliver pharmaceutical care within an interdisciplinary team, ensuring safe, effective, and cost-conscious drug utilization for patients, providers, and staff.

Responsibilities include dispensing medications, reviewing therapy, counseling patients and caregivers, monitoring outcomes, contributing to formulary education, and collaborating on regional drug initiatives

Qualifications

• Degree in pharmacy meeting minimum mandatory educational requirements for pharmacist licensure in Hawaii.
• Pharmacist License (Hawaii) required at hire

Responsibilities

• Prepares and dispenses medications using appropriate techniques; documents patient medication histories.
• Designs and monitors pharmacotherapeutic regimens and monitoring plans.
• Provides patient-specific counseling and education to patients and caregivers.
• Participates in cost-effective prescribing and formulary education.
• Collaborates with regional drug initiatives and disease management programs.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Patient counseling

Pharmacoeconomics

Lab monitoring

Evidence-based practice

Documentation

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)

Tools

Word processing

Spreadsheet

Database

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Summary:

Provides pharmaceutical care by performing various patient focused clinical, educational, informative, and distributive functions in inpatient and/or home infusion as interdisciplinary team member in support of patients, providers, and ancillary staff. Ensures appropriate, cost-effective drug utilization while maintaining and enhancing patient care.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Prepares and dispenses medications using appropriate techniques and applicable policies and procedures. Researches and organizes patient-specific information. Documents patient medication histories. Recommends or reviews laboratory tests. Identifies medication therapy problems as appropriate. Analyzes requestors drug information need. Formulates response. Follows up consistently on drug information recommendations and assesses effectiveness. Participates in monitoring and improving relevant outcome measures and/or quality improvement indicators.
• Designs and recommends pharmacotherapeutic regimens and corresponding monitoring plans. Utilizes patient interview/assessment skills, current literature-supported evidence and practices, drug initiative information, established protocols and integrates patient-specific disease and drug information, current practice standards, ethical issues, and quality-of-life issues, and pharmacoeconomic principles. Monitors data and modifies pharmacotherapeutic plans as necessary. Documents pharmaceutical care activities in patients medical records or clinical information system.
• Designs effective medication-use education for patients and caregivers. Provides one-on-one counseling to patients and caregivers. Provides patient-specific verbal or written consultations, including pharmacotherapy and pharmacokinetic, to healthcare practitioners. May perform limited physical examinations (ie. blood pressure and glucose measurement).
• Balances cost and quality issues. Participates in Regional medication management and formulary education programs to promote appropriate, cost-effective prescribing. Participates in task forces, lecture programs and skills certification. Participates in didactic or clerkship education of pharmacy students.
• Participates, as appropriate, in development and/or implementation of regional drug initiatives or other formulary management activities. Participates in establishing disease state management protocols. Collaborates with inpatient/outpatient pharmacist or established Regional disease management programs for follow-up with high-risk discharges. Participates in designing, reviewing, monitoring, or researching clinical drug trials as needed.

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience
• N/A
• Education
• Degree in pharmacy meeting minimum mandatory educational requirements for pharmacist licensure in Hawaii.
• License, Certification, Registration
• Pharmacist License (Hawaii) required at hire

Additional Requirements:

• Demonstrated ability to safely handle and/or prepare various pharmaceutical compounds (e.g., chemotherapeutic agents, biologicals).
• Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet and database PC applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Board Certification by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS).
• Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from a school recognized by the American Council of Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE).
• Completion of a general residency program.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Pharmacist Clinical I - Inpatient

LOCATION: Honolulu, Hawaii

REQNUMBER: 1452740

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.