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Position specifics
Title: Clinical Pharmacist
FTE: Per Diem
Schedule: Variable
Holiday Rotation: Per unit guidelines
Weekend Rotation: Per unit guidelines
On Call Requirements: None
Per Diem
Per diem roles work as needed to cover scheduling needs and are expected to be available for a minimum of 3 shifts per month (leader may require greater availability). Based on department need, must be available to work holidays, weekends and off-shifts.
Position Summary
Provide pharmaceutical services to SPH inpatients and outpatients and to satellite clinics.
Position technical responsibilities
- Order Entry
- Enter medication orders into (or perform final quality control check if performed by technical personnel) Meditech computer system and initial each order sheets to indicate pharmacist has reviewed the order(s).
- Review all new orders for appropriateness (date, route, frequency, indication), duplication of therapy, safety (e.g. drug-drug interactions, drug allergy)
- Resolve drug therapy problems identified by intervening with the appropriate physician or health-team member; change orders when appropriate.
- Clarify all incomplete, inaccurate, or unclear orders with appropriate physician or health-team member.
- Perform all necessary dosage calculations.
- Calculate and pursue dosage adjustments for patients with impaired renal or hepatic function.
- Perform and document therapeutic interchanges or formulary substitution on appropriate agents.
- Document clinical interventions in computer system.
- Patient Care
- Review all patients’ computerized medication profiles-intervene if a drug therapy problem is identified.
- Provide drug information for requests immediately affecting patient care.
- Perform drug monitoring consults (i.e. pharmacokinetic consultations).
- Manage TPN orders-review and document labs and perform necessary interventions.
- Perform therapeutic drug monitoring on appropriate drugs (review and assess appropriate labs and drug levels; e.g. warfarin, anticonvulsants, digoxin).
- Review all patients’ labs and microbiology cultures and intervene with appropriate physician if necessary.
- Patient related service documentation (e.g. performing and documenting 1st dose teaching, diabetes teaching, warfarin reaching, discharge counseling).
- Other
- Guide and perform final quality control check of duties that may be performed by technical personnel: drug selection, preparation, packaging, labeling, etc. including unit dose cart check.
- Prepare or supervise/check the preparation of parental sterile products; including injections, IV admixtures, TPN.
- Instruct on the proper methods of administering drugs and precautions/side effects involved in their use.
- Insure timely delivery of medications to all patient populations served.
- Assist with the training of new department employees.
- Provide drug information and pharmacotherapy recommendations to other healthcare professionals.
- Maintain proper drug storage, record keeping, and utilization data as required by state and federal regulations and good practice standards.
- Maintain contemporary working knowledge of pertinent state & federal laws and regulation and hospital and pharmacy department policies and procedures that govern contemporary hospital pharmacy practice.
- Perform inspection of drug stocks at designated storage areas to verify proper storage conditions, expiration dates, quantities, security, etc.
- Read selectively from professional literature, local policies/procedures and professional practice standards to stay abreast of new drug entities, precautions involving drugs, drug shortages and recalls, and legal requirements of pharmacy practice.
- Perform as Department of Pharmacy member of the hospital “Code Blue” cardiopulmonary resuscitation team.
- Document and report adverse drug reactions.
- Presence and participation in designated hospital committees.
- Provide direct supervision of pharmacy technicians (1-3) and one intern/student at any time.
- Provide community service presentations, drug information, and prevention programs to consumer groups and patient groups.
Position requirements
Education
- Required: PharmD degree or Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy with equivalent experience.
- Preferred: None
Experience
- Required: 1-2 years of hospital experience as a Pharmacist.
- Preferred: None
Licenses and Registrations
- Required: State of Wisconsin license as a Pharmacist
- Preferred: None
Certification(s)
- Required: Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 3 months of hire and Advanced Cardia Life Support (ACLS) within 6 months of hire.
- Preferred: None
- Benefit summary
- Retirement plan with immediate vesting and employer match
- Free parking at facility
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