Pharmacist - Inpatient Pharmacy (Contingent)

10 Nationwide Children's Hospital; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide Children’s Hospital is seeking an Inpatient Staff Pharmacist in Columbus, OH. The role verifies inpatient prescriber orders, dispenses medications, and compounds IV and sterile products, preparing and delivering all patient orders with clinical review for safety and accuracy.

Responsibilities include providing drug information, supervising technicians and interns, and supporting codes and Level I traumas.

Qualifications

• Inpatient pharmacist duties and responsibilities as defined by inpatient staff pharmacist role.
• Provide age-appropriate care from birth to 21 years and select adult patients.
• Ensure medication safety, interactions, and allergies are reviewed.

Responsibilities

• Verify inpatient prescriber orders and determine appropriateness.
• Dispense medications and compound IV and sterile products.
• Prepare and deliver all patient orders and provide drug information.
• Supervise technicians and interns; provide in-service training.
• Support codes and Level I traumas with pharmaceutical care.
• Document outcomes and activities in the medical record.
• Communicate discharge medication-related needs to care teams.

Skills

Inpatient pharmacy operations

Staff supervision

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy

Ohio licensure or eligibility

Job description

Overview

Schedule Requirements: Variable - 2 shifts/month at minimum (typically 1 weekend) Job Description Summary: Verifies inpatient prescriber orders, dispenses ordered medications, compounds IV and all other sterile products, prepares and delivers all patient orders, provides drug information and clinical patient review for safety and accuracy, and supervises technicians and interns. Provides support on patient codes and emergency room level I traumas. Demonstrate competencies defined in Inpatient Staff Pharmacist duties and responsibilities in providing age-appropriate care to patients from the age of birth through 21 years and select adult patients.

Job Description Summary

Verifies inpatient prescriber orders, dispenses ordered medications, compounds IV and all other sterile products, prepares and delivers all patient orders, provides drug information and clinical patient review for safety and accuracy, and supervises technicians and interns. Provides support on patient codes and emergency room level I traumas. Demonstrate competencies defined in Inpatient Staff Pharmacist duties and responsibilities in providing age-appropriate care to patients from the age of birth through 21 years and select adult patients.

Job Description

• Dispenses inpatient medications pursuant to prescriber orders, including determining the appropriateness of medication orders using information such as patient age, weight, disease state(s) and pertinent past medical history, reviews all possible adverse drug events, and considers patient allergies.


• Determines appropriateness of medication orders and contacts prescribing practitioner if in doubt of appropriateness of order.


• Verifies medications orders to assure timely and accurate delivery in a form appropriate for the patient.


• Provides information to health care practitioners, caregivers, or patients on the appropriate administration of medications, medication dosing, and medication selection.


• Provides all necessary pharmaceutical care in support of codes and Level I traumas.


• Documents direct patient care, clinical, operational, and financial outcomes and activities appropriately in the medical record.


• Further, helps operationalize recommendations through order verification as appropriate and as determined by team leadership.


• Focuses on accurate maintenance of the 'prior to admission' medication list and ensures accurate and timely communication to multidisciplinary team, ambulatory pharmacy, and patient/family regarding discharge medication-related needs.


• Provides in-service training to medical, nursing, and pharmacy staff.


• Precepts and/or supervises pharmacy residents, students, interns, technicians, or graduates awaiting licensure.


• Provides appropriate oversight and input in performance evaluations.

Education Requirement

Doctor of Pharmacy, required. Candidates who have been licensed and practicing as a pharmacist since before 2004 may qualify with a bachelor degree.

Licensure Requirement

Licensure, or licensure-eligibility, to practice pharmacy in the state of Ohio, required.

Experience

Pediatric hospital experience or internship, preferred.

Physical Requirements

• OCCASIONALLY: Bend/twist, Climb stairs/ladder, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Driving motor vehicles (work required) *additional testing may be required


• Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs


• Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs


• Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs


• Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs


• Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs


• Reaching above shoulder


• Squat/kneel


• Walking FREQUENTLY: Biohazard waste, Chemicals/Medications, Flexing/extending of neck, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Repetitive hand/arm use


• CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Computer skills, Decision Making, Depth perception, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Seeing - Far/near, Sitting, Standing

The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision.

EOE M/F/Disability/Vet

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