Pharmacist - Sharp Chula Vista - Variable Shift - Per Diem

sharp; Chula Vista (CA); On-site; USD 11,806,000 - 17,060,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare in California seeks a licensed Pharmacist to deliver comprehensive pharmaceutical care across Pharmacy Services, supporting mission, values and patient safety.

The role requires CA Pharmacist License, BLS and ACLS within 90 days of hire; hospital pharmacy experience is preferred. On-call is not required, and the position is based in a hospital setting with variable shift information.

Qualifications

• CA Pharmacist license required.
• AHA BLS Healthcare required.
• ACLS Certification required.
• Education pursuant to licensure requirement.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional pharmaceutical care to support patient safety and outcomes as part of Pharmacy Services and Sharp HealthCare.
• Participate in advisory services with literature-based recommendations and collaboration with prescribers and clinicians.
• Document drug information requests promptly and professionally.
• Contribute to data collection and monitoring for formulary and therapy guidelines as needed.
• Collaborate with nurses and physicians to address therapeutic issues and ensure appropriate drug use.

Education

CA Pharmacist License

AHA BLS Healthcare

ACLS Certification

Job description

Hours :

• Shift Start Time: Variable
• Variable Shift End Time: Variable
• AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift
• Additional Shift Information:
• Weekend Requirements: As Needed
• On-Call Required: No
• Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $85.700 - $110.580 - $123.840
• The stated pay scale reflects the range as defined by the collective bargaining agreement between Sharp HealthCare and UNAC Professional. Placement within the range is based on years of experience in alignment with the CBA.

What You Will Do

To provide the professional, clinical and technical knowledge, and 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
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
• ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 Year experience in a hospital pharmacy environment.

Other Qualification Requirements

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

Essential Functions

Advisory service activities and outcomes

• 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 submission of electronic forms consistent with the average established for each pharmacy department/shift.
• Consistently responds to and documents drug information requests promptly and professionally.
• Participates in ongoing data collection for MUE.
• Demonstrates knowledge and competency of chemotherapy dosing, monitoring, and established guidelines.
• Reviews patient medication profiles for appropriateness of drug therapy, therapeutic duplications, allergies, weight, height, minimum and maximum dosing guidelines, age specific requirements, renal and hepatic function, drug interactions and other pertinent factors to individualize patients' medication dosing requirements within boundaries approved by P&T /T&S committees.
• Identifies, resolves and documents prescribing, formulary and therapeutic issues through integration of patient variables, clinical status, drug knowledge, and professional judgment.
• Communicates with nurses and physicians in a timely manner about therapeutic issues or problems.
• Follows up on formulary compliance issues and/or communicates issues to management.
• Participates in Code-Blue emergencies as required, mixes and labels medications as needed, and provides information; Assures that pharmacy code-blue billing is completed where appropriate and restocks medications.
• Consistently participating in financial pillar/cost savings measures (e.g. IV to PO conversions, formulary adherence, etc).

Clinical consults and monitoring

• Certification/Recertification, Participation, Knowledge: Demonstrates competency in performing formal clinical consults, and patient monitoring practices as approved by the P&T (T&S) Committee(s):
• Has met minimum certification/recertification requirements as outlined in the Pharmacy Certification Process For Formal pharmacotherapy Consult and Advisory Services policy and procedure for consult services offered at entity.
• Participates in Clinical Consult Services for example, Pharmacokinetics, Nutrition Support, Ortho Coumadin, Pain Management, and other services specific to the entity.
• Demonstrates knowledge of consult services as evidenced by attainment of consult service goals and proper documentation of actions, recommendations, and patient outcomes on the pharmacy monitoring forms.
• Performs by leaving concise, objective, legible, and professional notes in the patient's clinical chart.
• Consistently demonstrates ability to complete formal clinical workload assigned during shift as evidenced by completing all consults and advisory services in a timely manner.

Collaboration and teamwork

• Operational Services (dealing with internal customers): Clearly communicates goals and instructions to other staff members, including handoffs between shifts (written/oral); Participates in staff orientation and resident/student training programs. Effectively intercepts and troubleshoots problems, as demonstrated by effective problem solving, prioritization of issues with respect to level of significance and impact to patient care, safety, workflow, and communication.; When faced with complex situations, has knowledge of and applies the appropriate policies and procedures; Effectively evaluates ongoing workflow issues as and directs daily workload to achieve efficiency and maximize resource utilization as business needs require; Attends and participates in staff meetings or reviews staff meeting communications;