Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator Part Time Rotate

Description

Welcome to Hi-Desert Medical Center, where you’ll benefit from:

• A 59-bed acute primary care facility offering you and your family first-rate health care close to home
• A wide range of quality inpatient and outpatient diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation services, home health and hospice services, and a variety of community outreach programs
• A dedicated team of quality, caring, health care professionals

Summary

The Clinical Pharmacist Coordinator will perform educational and clinical services for the facility. They will be a drug information resource for the nurses, physicians, patients, and families. In addition, they will use critical thinking skills and perform independent decision-making as needed for the furnishing of safe and rational medication therapy. Assist upper-level management with optimization of patient care in a safe and cost-effective manner.

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Primary Duties 

• Provide direct patient-centered care and integrated pharmacy services in collaboration with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. 
• Attendance on medical rounds (for decentralized shifts) with documentation of pharmacist interventions based on availability. 
• Assist in the Develop and implement facility-specific protocols, guidelines, and reference documents related to medication therapy management that minimize the potential for medication errors
• Conduct Medication Use Evaluations (MUEs) and assist in making necessary changes to pharmacotherapy practice as needed based on MUE findings. 
• Provide support to Staff Pharmacist and able to provide all general responsibilities of a Staff Pharmacist, as needed. 
• Demonstrates independent leadership and professionalism with respect to the oversight of pharmacy technicians, pharmacy students, and pharmacy interns. 
• Ensure pharmaceutical care programs and medication therapy management are appropriately integrated throughout the institution.
• Assist department leaders in ensuring and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards (TJC,FDA,CDPH,CMS,CABoP,ISMP)
• Contributes to department research for both pharmacy students and residents. 
• Participate in the education and training of healthcare professionals (e.g. physicians, nurses, pharmacy technicians, and students) in relation to medication use. 
• Maintain professional competence with pharmacy department and state licensing requirements via staff development, independent study, and/or professional activities. 
• Supports the practice of pharmacy in accordance with all applicable regulations and upholds pharmacy policy/procedures as appropriate. 
• Deliver medication therapy management and provide support to ensure pharmaceutical care programs are appropriately integrated throughout the institution. 
• Establishes and maintains professional relationships with colleagues, physicians and other care providers. 
• Supports department operations and assures responsibility for professional development. 
• Assist s Pharmacy Management by ensuring the most effective and cost-efficient medications are on formulary and implementation of therapeutic substitutions where appropriate per Tenet Policy.

 

Qualifications

Physical demands: 

• Moderate physical effort (lift/carry up to 25 lbs)
• Manual dexterity and mobility
• Occasional reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling and crouching
• Prolonged standing/walking
• Occasionally lifts supplies/equipment

Working Conditions:

• Handles emergency or crisis situations

Required:

• Possess a valid CA pharmacist’s license (maintain current at all times)
• PharmD or BS in Pharmacy 
• Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy (BCPS) 
• Pharmacy practice residency or equivalent hospital experience (3 postgraduate years). 
• Good written and verbal communication skills. 
• Demonstrate good command of basic mathematical calculations. 

Preferred: 

If routinely staffed in critical care areas one or all the following advanced life support certifications will be required within 90 days of hire, as applicable 

• American Heart Association ACLS 
• PALS 
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills 
• Completion of an ASHP residency program 
• Certification through the board of pharmaceutical specialties or equivalent 
• Collaborative practice experience using protocol management skills 
• Automatic Dispensing Machine experience (Omnicell, Pyxis, etc.) 
• Familiarity with CPOE, Cerner, or other electronic documentation systems 
• Office (Word, Excel, PPT) experience 

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Tenet complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law