Description
The clinical pharmacist II position works in a distributive role as well as a clinical, decentralized role. Responsibilities include medication order processing within established policies, procedures, and guidelines and providing drug information while applying a thorough understanding and knowledge of drug and medical therapy. This position also has a large educational component responsible for providing education to providers, nursing, ancillary staff, and pharmacy residents, students, and team members.
Qualifications
Minimum Education
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) Completion of a four-year pharmacy program in an accredited college of pharmacy. (Required)
Minimum Work Experience
1 year Pharmacy experience within Children's National or completion of a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency.
Required Licenses and Certifications
Pharmacist Eligible for DC licensure and licensed prior to start date Upon Hire.
Functional Accountabilities
Medication Processing
- Interpret medication orders, profile orders and oversee the packaging, labeling and distribution of medications.
Drug Intervention and Education
- Perform drug therapy monitoring and intervene as necessary on drug dosing, drug administration, drug interactions, side-effects and monitoring issues; complete therapeutic drug monitoring consults and adverse drug reaction reports as assigned. Document all interventions in intervention software and all notes in patient chart.
- Provide accurate and timely drug information to physicians, nurses and other health professionals.
- Provide education to all caregivers (physicians, nurses, ancillary staff, and pharmacy residents, students, and team members).
Supervision/Training
- Oversee the work of Pharmacy Technicians by directing and assisting as necessary to ensure rapid medication order turn-around time.
- Precept pharmacy residents and students.
- Become a trainer in at least one area of the department for onboarding of new employees.
Quality Improvement
- Participate in cost-savings initiatives within the department.
- Work with medical unit to help devise protocols/guidelines/pathways to better facilitate safe, evidence-based patient care.
- Contribute to the development of order sets by helping devise, implement, and test electronic order set builds.
Professional Development
- Participate in research with medical unit and/or resident projects, as available.
- Attend, present, and/or moderate at subject area conferences, as available.
- Actively engage in preceptor development by attending seminars, teaching in the Children's preceptor development series, and/or completing preceptor development CEs.
Distributive Role
- Cross-train in at least one satellite pharmacy area.
- Fulfill assigned tasks for scheduled role each day and be present for entire shift.
Organizational Accountabilities
Primary Location : District of Columbia-Washington
Work Locations : CN Hospital (Main Campus), 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington 20010
Job : Allied Health
Organization : Patient Services
Position Status : R (Regular) - FT - Full-Time
Shift : Variable
Work Schedule : Variable
Job Posting : Oct 14, 2024, 6:42:54 PM
Full-Time Salary Range : 115731.2 - 192878.4
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