Relocation Reimbursement available!
Receive 17% weekday nights, 26% weekend nights, or 15% weekend day shift differentials!
This position is for a full-time (1.0FTE) inpatient clinical pharmacist at a level 1 trauma and academic medical center. This is a rotating position with primary service hours on day shift and every other weekend.
At UNMH, our clinical pharmacists collaborate with the multidisciplinary care team in a service-based model, attend teaching rounds with their primary service, and actively manage pharmacotherapy on all assigned services. Management or development of clinical practice documents and involvement in committees that support the hospital and departmental initiatives are expected as routine tasks of this position. As an academic medical center, we have a three-tiered mission encompassing excellence in patient care, research, and education. As such, precepting is also an expectation. Precepting experiences include our robust pharmacy residency program and the opportunity to serve as preceptor for the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy (UNM COP) Introductory and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences.
Preferred qualifications include completion of an ASHP accredited residency program, board certification, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Department: Pharmacy - Inpatient - UH
FTE: 1.00
Full Time
Shift: Rotating
Position Summary:
Pharmacists consult with and educate physicians, other health professionals, and patients and their families about drug usage, drug dosage, and drug substitution. Pharmacists focus on the cost-effective and safe usage of drugs in inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory settings and on improving the quality of care given to patients. They compound and dispense medications and pharmaceutical supplies on written order from a physician and participate in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) programs at the UNM Hospitals. They ensure adherence to UNM Hospitals and departmental policies, procedures, and guidelines. Patient care assignments may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric age groups.
Detailed responsibilities:
- PROFESSIONALISM: Maintain professional environment in communications, duties, tasks, interactions, and customer service.
- PRESCRIPTIONS/ORDERS: Weigh, measure, and mix ingredients; compound and prepare medication emulsions, liquids, powders, and ointments.
- PRESCRIPTIONS/ORDERS: Fill prescriptions or orders from bulk stock; fill bottles, capsules, and other package forms with measured amounts of medication according to prescription.
- PRESCRIPTIONS/ORDERS: Maintain inventory records on narcotics and other controlled substances.
- PRESCRIPTIONS/ORDERS: Ensure timely and accurate filling and delivery of physician's prescriptions or orders.
- PRESCRIPTIONS/ORDERS: Prepare and dispense doses of medications as required to meet patient needs.
- ADDITIVES: Mix and dispense additives for IV, IM, and irrigating solutions.
- FORMULARY: Review non-formulary drug requests and recommend formulary alternatives when possible.
- PATIENT CARE: Enter physician prescriptions and orders into pharmacy computer system; review physician prescription or orders for completeness and appropriateness.
- DRUG THERAPY: Collaborate with other healthcare professionals in the selection and individualization of drug therapy for patients.
- INFORMATION: Provide concise, complete, applicable, and timely responses to drug information requests from healthcare professionals and patients.
- PATIENT CARE: Perform total parenteral nutrition monitoring and participate on the UNMH Nutrition Support Team.
- PATIENT CARE: Participate in medication usage evaluations (MUE) and preparation of clinical practice guidelines.
- DOCUMENTATION: Document patient information and recommendations regarding drug therapy regimens in patient charts when appropriate.
- CLINICAL PROGRAMS: Participate in departmental programs such as therapeutic drug monitoring and formulary auto substitution.
- COMMITTEES: Attend meetings and represent department or Hospitals within Hospitals related committees or the community, as assigned.
- COUNSELING: Provide counseling to patients in outpatient setting and at discharge from the hospital.
- PROCESS IMPROVEMENT: Follow up on problems identified by pharmacy staff in their prescription or order coordination process.
- QUALITY IMPROVEMENT: Develop, execute, and participate in quality improvement programs.
- SUPERVISION: Organize and guide the daily operational duties of the support personnel.
- EDUCATION: Participate in the education of the UNMH Healthcare professionals; train and educate residents, students, and technicians.
- LIAISON: Act as a liaison to nursing units and clinics.
- SELF-DEVELOPMENT: Participate in a program of self-development that will allow the pharmacist to develop a high level of clinical or technical expertise.
- PATIENT SAFETY: Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures, and protocols.
Qualifications
Education:
Essential: Program Graduate
Nonessential: Board Certification
Education specialization:
Essential: Accredited College of Pharmacy
Nonessential: MS Pharm, PharmD, Pharmcotherapy Board Cert w/in 3 Years
Experience:
Essential: Pharmacy experience in a community or hospital pharmacy as a licensed pharmacist or intern as determined by review committee.
Credentials:
Essential: CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days; Pharmacist License in NM w/in 90 days.
Nonessential: NM Chemotherapy Certification.
Physical Conditions:
Medium Work: Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Working conditions:
Essential: Subject to credential failure; failure to obtain/maintain may result in termination.
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