Clinical Staff Pharmacist, Jewish Hospital, Solid Organ Transplant-Abdominal
UofL HealthAbout the role
Primary Location:
JHHS - Jewish Hospital - UMCAddress:
200 Abraham Flexner Way Louisville, KY 40202Shift:
First Shift (United States of America)Job Description Summary:
UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center.With more than 12,000 team members—physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionals—UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.
Job Description:
The Clinical Pharmacist provides specialized pharmaceutical services to improve drug usage and therapeutic outcomes for patients. The Clinical Pharmacist actively participates in multidisciplinary patient-care rounds, medication order evaluation and verification, drug distribution, technician supervision, and clinical services including medication histories, pharmacokinetic dosing, drug information requests, and patient counseling to ensure the best medication therapy outcomes. When applicable, the Clinical Pharmacist will participate in development of new programs, services, practices, and facilitate scholarly and professional development activities.
Major job responsibilities include: medication order evaluation (to include but not limited to appropriateness and effectiveness) and verification, drug distribution support, technician supervision, clinical intervention, formulary management, and resource for nursing and physician medication related inquiries. The Clinical Pharmacist will participate in the design, implementation, and monitoring associated with the provision of safe, effective and economical pharmacotherapy for all patients. They will collaborate with pharmacy leadership in the development and implementation of clinical pharmacy services and ensure compliance with policies and procedures at UofL Health.
The position requires the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with patients, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals from all clinical disciplines regarding activities related to the improvement of medication use. Ensures that all activities are consistent with overall hospital objectives. The position demonstrates competence to provide pharmaceutical care for neonatal (birth-discharge), pediatric (birth to 11 years), adolescent (12-18), adult (19-65), and geriatric (66-over) patients.
Essential Functions:
Delivers comprehensive pharmaceutical care to patients
- Works collaboratively with other clinicians and health-care providers through multidisciplinary patient care rounds
- Reviews medication orders for accuracy, appropriateness and efficacy
- Documents all pharmacy interventions in patient electronic medical record and integrated clinical decision support system
- Monitors drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interactions
- Provides pharmacokinetic consultations and other dosing recommendations as required
- Prevents, detects, monitors, documents, and reports adverse drug reactions and medications errors
- Participates in the drug therapy management of medical emergencies (code blue, code stroke, etc.)
- Performs both admission history and discharge medication review and/or counseling in order to facilitate the admission/discharge/transfer of patients
- Provides operational support to Clinical Staff Pharmacists as determined by departmental need
- Responds to drug information requests and optimize pharmacotherapy regimens utilizing current evidence-based literature
Promotes and demonstrates rational, cost-effective drug therapy
- Participates in formulary management by implementing therapeutic interchanges and enforcing the non-formulary ordering process
- Assists in the procurement of medication when necessary, including verification of home medication supply, when applicable
- Facilitates the implementation of clinical and operational initiatives
- Documents clinical consultations and cost avoidance as part of the departmental clinical documentation program
- Prepares formulary review and drug use evaluations of medications used in the area of clinical expertise for presentation to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
- Assists pharmacy leadership in the determination, communication, and education of alternative therapies during medication shortages
Other Functions:
Facilitates and participates in scholarly and professional de
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