Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Full-Time- Meds2Beds

Job Description

Join University of Chicago Medicine, as a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, in the Meds2Beds Pharmacy. In this role as a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, you will assume responsibility and accountability for the provision of safe, effective, and timely dispensing medications to patients upon discharge of the hospital. 

 

Eligible for a Sign-On Bonus up to $5,000

 

Job Summary

Responsible and accountable for the provision of safe and effective drug therapy and other pharmaceutical care services intended to achieve outcomes related to the cure, diagnosis or prevention of disease, elimination, or reduction of patient’s symptoms, or arresting or slowing of a disease process, and improve a patient’s quality of life in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team. The pharmacist also assumes the responsibility of pharmacy technicians that work directly under his/her supervision by ensuring the proper preparation of drug products and managing the workflow.

 

Essential Job Functions

 

Delivers direct patient care and clinical practice

• Maintains proficiency in clinical pharmacy programs and centralized/decentralized pharmacy operations
• Places practice priority on the delivery of patient-centered care
• Works as an active member of multidisciplinary team and collaborates with healthcare providers
• Establishes collaborative pharmacist-patient relationships
• Proficiently maintains patient information and efficiently interprets patients’ health care needs including patient problem lists and prioritized pharmacist interventions
• Collects and documents accurate patient medication histories and reconcile discrepancies versus orders
• Identifies high-risk patients and implements interventions to improve quality and safety
• Makes appropriate evidence-based, patient-centered medication recommendations
• Implements, evaluations, and redesigns of pharmaceutical care plans based on patient progress and evolving goals for medication usage, including drug dosing, monitoring (including nutritional support, pharmacokinetic monitoring, and anticoagulation therapy, as applicable)
• Provides written documentation in the patient’s medical record when requested or directed
• Participates in the management of medical emergencies, as applicable
• Provides discharge medication review, reconciliation, and counseling as appropriate
• Provides evidence-based medication education to physicians, nurses, and other professionals
• Educates patients regarding safe and effective use of medications, possible medication side effects, and the role of prescribed medications in the overall therapeutic care plan
• Maintains credentials as appropriate for practice assignments

Provides pharmaceutical services throughout health system

• Maintains proficiency in hospital computer systems and medication ordering systems
• Provides accurate, safe, timely, and appropriate medication therapy based on patient specific factors and needs
• Assures timely medication dispensing and accurate medication availability on patient care areas
• Interprets, evaluates, and accurately processes medication orders
• Identifies, mitigates, prevents, and documents problems with medication orders or therapeutic regimens, including medication errors or adverse drug reactions
• 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
• Communicates effectively and appropriately with healthcare providers and caregivers (physicians, nurses, etc.) and assures continuity of pharmaceutical care between shifts and among staff
• Provides timely, comprehensive, and appropriate drug information to patients and healthcare providers
• Actively participates in stewardship activities and restricted medication programs
• Follows established standard work parameters and maintains standard work environments
• Documents pharmacist interventions

Leads assigned patient service lines, clinical areas, and therapeutic programs

• 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 regulat