Pharmacist I - Sharp Grossmont Hospital - Variable Shift - Full Time

sharp; La Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare is seeking a Pharmacist to provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care within Pharmacy Services. The role emphasizes verification of medication orders, monitoring therapy, and patient counseling.

Required CA Pharmacist License, ACLS and BLS; hospital pharmacy experience preferred. 90 days to complete ACLS/BLS if not already certified. 10/40 AWS hours with weekend rotation every other shift. Based in California, on-site position with competitive hourly pay.

Qualifications

• CA Pharmacist License required.
• ACLS and BLS certifications required within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Verify and review medication orders for correct dose, duration, and indication.
• Monitor therapy for drug interactions and adherence to formulary.
• Counsel patients on medication use and educate on discharge planning and adherence.

Education

California Pharmacist License (CA State Board of Pharmacy)

ACLS Certification (American Heart Association)

BLS Certification (Healthcare Professional)

Job description

Hours

• Shift Start Time: Variable
• Shift End Time: Variable
• AWS Hours Requirement: 10/40 - 10 Hour Shift
• Additional Shift Information:
• Weekend Requirements: Every Other
• On-Call Required: No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $72.290 - $93.280 - $104.470

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant's years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

What You Will Do

To provide the professional, clinical and technical knowledge, skills and expertise required for the provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care that supports the mission, values and philosophy of Pharmacy Services and Sharp HealthCare.

Required Qualifications

Other : Education pursuant to licensure requirement.

• California Pharmacist License - CA State Board of Pharmacy -REQUIRED
• ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 Year experience in hospital pharmacy practice.
• 1 Year completion of PGY1 Pharmacy Residency.

Other Qualification Requirements

AHA BLS and ACLS are required within 90 days of hire.

Essential Functions

Verification and review of medication orders

• Reviews all medication orders for appropriate dose, duration, frequency, dosage form and indication.
• Monitors therapy for potential or actual drug interactions (e.g., drug-drug, drug-disease, drug-allergy, etc.)
• Compliance with inpatient drug formulary.
• If applicable, provides counseling to patients on medication use consistent with professional standards.
• Assesses patient understanding of medication regimen and provides education tailored to the patient through the following modalities:
  • First dose teaching
  • Food-drug interaction counseling
  • Discharge counseling
  • Medication classes
  • Compliance aids
• At sites where pharmacists or technicians are involved in medication reconciliation, participates in admission and discharge reconciliation, including documentation of activities as needed.

Medication Therapy Monitoring

Ensures that drug regimen is consistent with all Sharp medication use guidelines and policies (or other evidence-based guidelines in the absence of Sharp-specific guidelines) which includes but is not limited to antimicrobial use guidelines, intravenous to oral, renal dosing, and serum drug concentration protocols.

Adjusts regimens based on approved protocols and consultation with the interdisciplinary team.

Completion of a daily profile review for each patient consisting of the following elements:

• Age, sex, height, weight, and renal/hepatic function
• Pregnancy and lactation status
• Appropriateness of the dose, route, rate, timing and frequency of administration, indication, and therapeutic duplication of all medications
• Available laboratory values and microbiology results

Appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy regimens which may include anticipated/planned stopped dates.

Potential drug-drug, disease-drug, food-drug interactions, or contraindications.

Adherence with Sharp Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee approved medication use guidelines/protocols.

Targeted or therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacokinetics, and adjustment of drug regimens if necessary.

Review documented adverse drug reactions/allergies and report new occurrences.

Review for disease progression and resolution of symptoms (e.g., pain).

Communication of necessary information to pertinent health care providers, patients, caregivers, and encourage health promotion and prevention.

Assesses the patient's progression to achieving desired medication treatment goals.

At applicable entities, demonstrates knowledge and competency of chemotherapy dosing, monitoring, and established guidelines.

Clinical Intervention Program

Qualitative participation in clinical intervention program through consistent issue identification, provision of reliable best practice/literature-based recommendations,follow‑through with prescribers and other clinicians.

Quantitative work, measured by the completion and documentation of interventions consistent with the average established for each pharmacy department/shift.

Communicateswith nurses and physicians in a timely manner about therapeutic issues or problems. Followsupon formulary compliance issues and/orcommunicatesissues to management.

Documentsinterventions, patient contact, and multidisciplinary communication consistent with Sharp policies and procedures.

Addressespatient specific drug information questions and documents requests promptly and professionally.

Pharmacy Operations

Medications are prepared and dispensed accurately and in a