Retail Pharmacist - Per Diem

Summary:

The primary responsibilities of the clinical pharmacist include providing comprehensive pharmaceutical care to all patients within Baystate Health.

Under the direction of the Pharmacy Manager, the clinical pharmacist will perform a variety of duties including; age appropriate clinical pharmacy services, evaluation of medication orders for appropriateness, monitoring and patient follow up; drug information consultations, and support of the pharmacy department operations.  The clinical pharmacist will maitain competency, training, and ongoing education of pharmaceutical knowledge, integrated technology, and practice model changes.  It is the expectation of the clinical pharmacist to complete and document the appropriate tasks required to maintain patient specific record keeping in an electronic database.  Such documentation may include Clinical Interventions, Safety Reporting Events, etc.  The clinical pharmacist is also expected to adhere to all departmental and organizational policies and procedures as well as adherence to all the applicable laws and regulations pertinent to the proper management of pharmacy practice.  As defined by the Pharmacy Leadership Team, the clinical pharmacist will be expected to meet all departmental specific goals set forth on an annual basis.

As an integrated member of the Pharmacy Team, the clinical pharmacist is expected to actively participate in working committees, participate and engage in educational activities and precept Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE)/Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) students as appropriate.   The incumbent will be expected to maintain competency in the core areas of the inpatient pharmacy setting (Clinical order verification/drug information, USP 797 compounding, etc.) and satellite areas as deemed appropriately qualified. (I.e. Chemotherapy Pharmacy, NICU, etc).

Job Responsibilities:

1) Provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care to all patients which includes the evaluation of medication orders: Effectively utilizes the Clinical Information System (CIS) - Cerner, to evaluate all orders for correct drug, strength, and dose specific to patient population, method of administration, allergies, dosing interval, drug interactions, duplication of therapy, stability/compatibility and formulary status. Maintains accurate documentation of all clinical interventions/clinical notes.  Demonstrates an acceptable safe rate of orders verified per hour and accurate clinical order verification as determined by the departmental standards.  Performs all clinical duties assigned to pharmacist position which may include IV to PO dosing, Antimicrobial stewardship programs, etc.  In the event the pharmacist is unable to perform their daily duties, they are expected to appropriately hand-off the task as necessary.      

2) Distributive Pharmacy Services:  Maintains compliance with the departmental expectations of accurately reviewing, verifying, and dispensing all pharmaceuticals in compliance with the departmental policies and procedures including regulatory compliance measures.  Understands the basic modes of delivery (pneumatic tube, messenger, pharmacy technicians, grey bags, etc) and expectations around turn around time, batching, and reconciliation of all doses dispensed.  Develops the required skills to successfully integrate pharmacy technology into clinical pharmacist's responsibilites and maintains competency and training as required (CIS, Baxa, TPN compounder, Pyxis med stations, CII safe, etc).

3) Provides drug information services to medical, nursing and ancillary staff:  Demonstrates a clear understanding of the questions and efficiently retrieves pertinent patient specific information to research and formulate an accurate response in a timely manner.  Utilizes the drug information on-call pager appropriately.  Effectively utilizes communication tools available to formulate or communicate an established plan of follow up with the requesting health care professional/patient when necessary.     

4) Leadership/Technician Oversight:  Demonstrates direct oversight and provides supportive direction to the pharmacy technician staff when appropriate.  Effectively triages all patient care activities as well as all operational and emergency situations based on the supportive policies and procedures set forth at BH.  Utilizes effective modes of communication to escalate decision support to leadership as deemed necessary.  Each clinical pharmacist is encouraged