Clinical Pharmacist - Full Time
Weiss Memorial Hospital has been serving Chicago’s North Side and surrounding communities providing excellent health care services for over 60 years. We are a 236-bed, Joint Commission-accredited facility providing a full range of health care services to meet the needs of our diverse community. We have grown to better serve our community to include more than 450 doctors representing 42 medical specialties and more than 800 employees, all committed to providing you with personalized care. We are looking for exceptional people who share our mission and values to join our team!
II. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
· Leads assigned patient service lines, clinical areas, and therapeutic programs
o Facilitates pharmaceutical care services, direct patient care programs, medication utilization systems within assigned services and care areas to assure drug utilization activities are aligned with patient care needs, evidence-based best practices, and regulatory standards
o Designs and implements stewardship activities and restriction/surveillance programs
o Tracks and evaluates assigned pharmacy programs for operational, quality, and financial efficiency and routinely benchmarks against local and national best practices
o Actively identifies practice related issues which require evaluation and facilitate clinical research projects, quality improvement initiatives, or healthcare provider education as needed to advance practice
o Develops and oversees policies and procedures for drug purchasing, drug usage, drug distribution, and drug control
o Assures pharmacy is an integral part of the health-care delivery system and facilitates enhancement and expansion of pharmacy services/programs
· Delivers direct patient care and clinical practice, including decentralized and service-based programs
o Maintains proficiency in decentralized pharmacy services and clinical pharmacy programs
o Works as an active member of multidisciplinary team and collaborates with healthcare providers within decentralized patient care areas to provide patient-centered care o Identifies high-risk patients and implements interventions to improve quality and safety
o Makes appropriate evidence-based, patient-centered medication recommendations o Participates in the management of medical emergencies
o Provides discharge medication review, reconciliation, and counseling as appropriate
· Provides pharmaceutical services throughout medical center
o Maintains proficiency in hospital computer systems and medication ordering systems
o Provides accurate, safe, timely, and appropriate medication therapy based on patient age and needs
o Completes critical patient monitoring and reviews patient profile/chart to identify, prevent, or mitigate drug-related problems, improper drug or dose selection, sub therapeutic dosage, over dosage, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, failure to receive drugs, untreated indications, medication use without an indication, and treatment failures
o Communicates effectively and appropriately with healthcare providers and caregivers (physicians, nurses, etc.) and assures continuity of pharmaceutical care between shifts and among staff
o Actively participates in stewardship activities and restricted medication programs · Participates in pharmacy operations and medication dispensing
o Maintains proficiency in and actively engages in operational programs, central dispensing pharmacies, satellite dispensing pharmacies, and specialty pharmacy areas as appropriate for job assignment
o Facilitates specialty medication procurement, ordering, and dispensing procedures including but not limited to chemotherapy, parenteral nutrition, controlled substances, etc. as appropriate for assignment
o Oversees pharmacy operations and technician practice/activities
· Facilitates experiential education and practice advancement
o Maintains proficiency in preceptor roles and actively emulates education/mentorship skills
o Develops student, resident, and staff training experiences/competencies and creates new relationships for teaching and training opportunities
o Identifies, designs, and implements improvements in the medication-use system to advance patient safety, maximize therapeutic outcomes, or control costs
III. QUALIFICATIONS
Education
· Graduate of an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy.
· Doctor of Pharmacy or other advanced degree highly preferred.
Experience
· Completion of ASHP accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency is preferred.
· Clinical pharmacy experience (2-4 years) in a hospital setting preferred (required if no PGY residency).
· Knowledge of contemporary hospital/clinical practice and service.
· Significant knowledge and expertise in advanced pharmacy practice, specialty medication therapy management, and specialty evidence-based medicine in area appropriate for clinical assignments
Weiss Memorial Hospital provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.