Clinical Pharmacist | Pharmacy | PRN | Variable

Overview

The Clinical Pharmacist prepares medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders; optimizes medications by monitoring drug therapies and advising interventions. This position is also responsible for providing education and professional development for pharmacy staff regarding pharmaceutical care and clinical guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Accurately interprets, profiles and files prescribers’ orders.
• Ensures all medications filled, checked and delivered in a timely manner.
• Monitors drug therapy for duplicates, contraindications, interactions, incompatibilities, allergies, and dosing errors.
• Documents interventions in the electronic health record (EHR) professionally and accurately.
• Reviews and monitors drug therapy that requires dosage adjustment per prescriber order.
• Intervenes with prescriber to clarify medication orders, dosage, frequency, route as needed.
• Documents changes in EHR as per verbal or telephone order.
• Aseptically prepares intravenous fluids, irrigation solutions, additives, chemotherapy and other sterile products.
• Maintains appropriate documentation.
• Dispenses control drugs and maintains accurate records and inventory as required by law and pharmacy policies.
• Maintains inventory of pharmaceuticals and supplies, and ensures the proper storage condition.
• Participates in stock control programs (ordering, inventory and monitoring usage) as required.
• Obtains emergency drug items or out of stock items as needed per pharmacy policy and reviews all non-formulary requests for formulary alternatives prior to dispensing.
• Ensures correct medications are filled, dispensed and delivered appropriately.
• Oversees pharmacy technicians in accomplishing daily tasks and requirements set forth per pharmacy policy and procedures.
• Defines problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions, interpret technical instructions and deal with abstract variables.
• Collaborates with nursing to ensure safe and effective medication use is being performed, available for questions, clarifications, safeguarding/troubleshooting automated dispensing cabinets and medication pumps in a professional manner.