Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator Part Time Rotate

Welcome to Hi-Desert Medical Center, where you’ll benefit from: 

• A 59-bed acute primary care facility offering you and your family first-rate health care close to home 
• A wide range of quality inpatient and outpatient diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation services, home health and hospice services, and a variety of community outreach programs 
• A dedicated team of quality, caring, health care professionals 

Summary

The Clinical Pharmacist Coordinator will perform educational and clinical services for the facility. They will be a drug information resource for the nurses, physicians, patients, and families. In addition, they will use critical thinking skills and perform independent decision-making as needed for the furnishing of safe and rational medication therapy. Assist upper-level management with optimization of patient care in a safe and cost-effective manner. 

Primary Duties 

• Provide direct patient-centered care and integrated pharmacy services in collaboration with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. 
• Attendance on medical rounds (for decentralized shifts) with documentation of pharmacist interventions based on availability. 
• Assist in the Develop and implement facility-specific protocols, guidelines, and reference documents related to medication therapy management that minimize the potential for medication errors
• Conduct Medication Use Evaluations (MUEs) and assist in making necessary changes to pharmacotherapy practice as needed based on MUE findings. 
• Provide support to Staff Pharmacist and able to provide all general responsibilities of a Staff Pharmacist, as needed. 
• Demonstrates independent leadership and professionalism with respect to the oversight of pharmacy technicians, pharmacy students, and pharmacy interns. 
• Ensure pharmaceutical care programs and medication therapy management are appropriately integrated throughout the institution.
• Assist department leaders in ensuring and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards (TJC,FDA,CDPH,CMS,CABoP,ISMP)
• Contributes to department research for both pharmacy students and residents. 
• Participate in the education and training of healthcare professionals (e.g. physicians, nurses, pharmacy technicians, and students) in relation to medication use. 
• Maintain professional competence with pharmacy department and state licensing requirements via staff development, independent study, and/or professional activities. 
• Supports the practice of pharmacy in accordance with all applicable regulations and upholds pharmacy policy/procedures as appropriate. 
• Deliver medication therapy management and provide support to ensure pharmaceutical care programs are appropriately integrated throughout the institution. 
• Establishes and maintains professional relationships with colleagues, physicians and other care providers. 
• Supports department operations and assures responsibility for professional development. 
• Assist s Pharmacy Management by ensuring the most effective and cost-efficient medications are on formulary and implementation of therapeutic substitutions where appropriate per Tenet Policy.

 

Physical demands: 

• Moderate physical effort (lift/carry up to 25 lbs)
• Manual dexterity and mobility
• Occasional reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling and crouching
• Prolonged standing/walking
• Occasionally lifts supplies/equipment

Working Conditions:

• Handles emergency or crisis situations

Required:

• Possess a valid CA pharmacist’s license (maintain current at all times)
• PharmD or BS in Pharmacy 
• Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy (BCPS) 
• Pharmacy practice residency or equivalent hospital experience (3 postgraduate years). 
• Good written and verbal communication skills. 
• Demonstrate good command of basic mathematical calculations. 

Preferred: 

If routinely staffed in critical care areas one or all the following advanced life support certifications will be required within 90 days of hire, as applicable 

• American Heart Association ACLS 
• PALS 
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills 
• Completion of an ASHP residency program 
• Certification through the board of pharmaceutical specialties or equivalent 
• Collaborative practice experience using protocol management skills 
• Automatic Dispensing Machine experience (Omnicell, Pyxis, etc.) 
• Familiarity with CPOE, Cerner, or other electronic documentation systems 
• Office (Word, Excel, PPT) experience 

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