Clinical Pharmacist - Transitions of Care

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Job Summary

The Clinical Pharmacist – Transitions of Care is responsible for regularly assessing and verifying admission medication orders and working in a decentralized fashion with the admissions team to optimize inpatient medication orders, primarily weekdays from 10a - 6:30p. The team member ensures optimal clinical care in the acute and residential/partial psychiatric setting, which includes aspects of general medicine, through assessment of patient-specific factors and collaboration with other healthcare professionals. Responsible for aspects of dispensing, labeling, storing, recording, and using pharmaceutical preparations for patients throughout McLean Hospital on a rotating basis. Responsible for conceptualizing, developing, initiating, continuing, and assessing clinical initiatives/services, educational activities, and continuous quality improvement programs. Partakes in various meetings/committees as assigned. Responsible for appropriate supervision, training, and verification of all work performed by pharmacy technicians and interns and for the development of pharmacist staff. Provides exemplary customer service to patients and staff while completing tasks efficiently and accurately.

-Provide feedback to the pharmacy managers/practice managers/medical directors for the interim and annual performance appraisal of other pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy interns, physicians, medical residents, medical interns and medical assistants when appropriate. Participates in resolving personnel management issues, when requested by the management staff.
-Operates within the limits of pharmacy policy and procedures.
-Ensures compliance with target drug programs, formulary management, medication management initiatives, and adverse drug event monitoring programs.
-Documents and reports clinical interventions, medication errors, adverse drug events.
-Participates in department quality improvement efforts.
-Attends and participates in daily medical and multi-disciplinary rounds and participate in specialty rounds as needed and as time allows and collaborate with other healthcare providers when staffing non-rounding services.
-Documents and reports clinical interventions, medication errors, adverse drug events.
-Follows all policies, procedures, laws, and regulations set forth by the Board of Pharmacy and all other applicable regulatory agencies.

 

Qualifications

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Clinical functions

• Establishes, implements, and maintains impactful, daily team-based medication optimization for inpatient psychiatric admissions.
• Supports admission medication reconciliation as a decentralized clinical pharmacist station in the psychiatric admissions department.
• Adheres to McLean Hospital formulary whenever possible and provides recommendations for therapeutic interchange as necessary.
• Collaborates with other healthcare disciplines to develop optimal admission plans for patients.
• Participates in the Department’s clinical initiatives and programs, including therapeutic drug monitoring, antimicrobial stewardship, anticoagulation stewardship, and medication reconciliation.
• Works with pharmacy administration and hospital leadership to conceptualize, develop, and initiate valuable, sustainable clinical pharmacy services.
• Supports and continuously assesses clinical initiatives.
• Serves as pharmacist lead of a clinical or supportive pharmacy program and its associated quality improvement program.
• Interfaces with the healthcare team to ensure optimal medication therapy.
• Utilizes patient specific information when interpreting, reviewing, and approving medication orders to assess safety and efficacy, including, but not limited to:
  • Age
  • Sex
  • Diagnoses
  • Allergies
  • Sensitivities
  • Current medications
  • Height and weight (when necessary)
  • Pregnancy and lactation information (when necessary)
  • Laboratory results (when necessary)
• Ensures appropriateness of drug dose, frequency, and duration for each medication ordered prior to approving. Clarifies any ambiguities with prescriber.
• Documents patient care, clinical work, and medication interventions within the medic