Senior Specialty Practice Pharmacist - Palliative

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ohio State University Palliative Medicine Team at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center seeks a senior Pharmacist to enhance patient care in palliative medicine. The role involves initiating, modifying, or discontinuing medications per collaborative practice, and performing comprehensive daily pharmaceutical reviews.

The position requires leadership in onboarding, scheduling, and quality improvement, with supervision of students and staff across inpatient and outpatient settings to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy and registration as Pharmacist.
• 1 year of relevant experience required; 2–4 years preferred.

Responsibilities

• Approve and dispense medication orders with correct dose, route, frequency and duration.
• Conduct daily patient symptom assessment and drug-therapy management for palliative care patients.
• Supervise Pharm.D. students, technicians, and participate in teaching.
• Collaborate with care teams to optimize opioid stewardship and safety.

Skills

Palliative care

Drug information

Clinical pharmacology

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy

Registered Pharmacist

Job description

Scope of Position

In cooperation with other pharmacy staff, acts as a resource and provides answers to drug information questions for patients, care givers, health care professional students, and medical center staff. Screens for drug-disease state and drug-laboratory interactions. Participates in appropriate hospital and/or departmental committees relevant to practice area. As a senior position, this individual represents the palliative pharmacy team in meetings, oversees scheduling and resource allocation among the team, owns onboarding of new employees, and assists with leading quality improvement activities within the palliative pharmacy practice.

Position Summary

The Ohio State University Palliative Medicine Team is a multi-disciplinary team. As a member of the palliative team, the pharmacist is a valued contributor and is involved in the direct care of patients on a daily basis. Through a robust collaborative practice agreement, the Palliative Care Specialty Practice Pharmacist is expected to initiate, modify, or discontinue medications to optimize symptomatic control. They provide daily comprehensive prospective profile review for all scheduled patients, including assessing disease states, drug-drug interactions, duplication of therapy, drug-allergy interactions, laboratory values, and urine drug screens. This position requires the pharmacist to conduct daily patient symptom assessment and drug therapy management in order to best serve patients with palliative needs, as well as patients with complicating medical histories, including substance use disorder. The pharmacist may work in both inpatient and outpatient settings focused on delivering high quality palliative care. Collaborate with other providers in opioid stewardship to demonstrate less opioid exposure and safer opioid prescribing within the medical centre. This position functions to coordinate all aspects of patients’ pharmaceutical needs in the patient care areas. Duties include but is not limited to: medication order approval and distribution; assurance of appropriate dose, route, frequency and duration of therapy; and coordination of patients’ pharmaceutical needs with providers and nursing staff. Patient population includes adult and geriatric patients; must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. This position is also responsible for supervising Pharm.D. students, technicians, undergraduate and graduate student teaching, and providing educational programs for hospital staff (providers, nurses, and pharmacy staff).

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy. Registered Pharmacist. 1 year of relevant experience required. 2-4 years of relevant experience preferred.

Thank you for your interest in working at Ohio State.

Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check. A drug screen or physical may be required during the post offer process.

The university is an equal opportunity employer, including veterans and disability.