Clinical Pharmacist Specialist-Transplant
Company: SHARP HEALTHCARE
Location: San Diego
Posted on: April 25, 2024
Job Description:
HoursShift Start Time:Shift End Time:Additional Shift
Information:Weekend Requirements:On-Call Required:NoHourly Pay
Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):$71.822 - $92.673 - $113.525
-The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably
expects to pay for this position.--- The actual pay rate and pay
grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors,
including an applicant's years of experience, unique skills and
abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates,
marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and
employer business practices. - -Full Time - Variable ShiftWeekend
shifts as neededWhat You Will DoTo provide the professional,
clinical and technical knowledge, and skills and expertise required
for the provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care that
supports the mission, values and philosophy of Pharmacy Services
and Sharp HealthCare.Required Qualifications
- Other Education pursuant to licensure requirements
- AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS
Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
- California Pharmacist License - CA State Board of Pharmacy
-REQUIRED
- ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American
Heart Association -REQUIREDPreferred Qualifications
- Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
- 1 Year Postdoctoral experience in a hospital pharmacy
environment.Other Qualification Requirements
- AHA BLS and ACLS are required within 90 days of hire.Essential
Functions
- Clinical advisory servicesQualitative participation in clinical
intervention program through consistent issue identification,
provision of reliable best practice/literature based
recommendations, follow-through with prescribers and other
clinicians.Quantitative work, measured by the completion and
submission of electronic forms consistent with the average
established for each pharmacy department/shift.Consistently
responds to and documents drug information requests promptly and
professionally.Participates in ongoing data collection for
MUE.Reviews patient medication profiles for appropriateness of drug
therapy, therapeutic duplications, allergies, weight, height,
minimum and maximum dosing guidelines, age specific requirements,
renal and hepatic function, drug interactions and other pertinent
factors to individualize patients' medication dosing requirements
within boundaries approved by committees.Identifies, resolves and
documents prescribing, formulary and therapeutic issues through
integration of patient variables, clinical status, drug knowledge,
and professional judgment.Communicates with nurses and physicians
in a timely manner about therapeutic issues or problems.Follows up
on formulary compliance issues and/or communicates issues to
management.Provide therapeutic drug monitoring for targeted agents
or agents with narrow therapeutic index.Participates in Code-Blue
emergencies as required, mixes and labels medications as needed,
and provides information; Assures that pharmacy code-blue billing
is completed where appropriate and restocks
medications.Consistently participating in financial pillar/cost
savings measures (e.g. IV to PO conversions, formulary adherence,
etc).
- Clinical and educational servicesHas met minimum
certification/recertification requirements required for hospital
consult services offered at entity as outlined in policies and
procedures.Participates in Clinical Services for example,
anticoagulation service, treatment team participation, and other
services specific to the entity.Demonstrates knowledge of consult
services as evidenced by attainment of consult service goals and
proper documentation of actions, recommendations, and patient
outcomes on the pharmacy monitoring forms.Performs by leaving
concise, objective, legible, and professional notes in the
patient's clinical chart or via clinical intervention
notes.Consistently demonstrates ability to complete formal clinical
workload assigned during shift as evidenced by completing all
consults and advisory services in a timely manner.Participates in
the selection, development, implementation, outcomes analysis,
reporting, and maintenance of selected pharmacotherapy improvement
programs, including disease state management programs, or other
cross-continuum pharmacotherapy programs. Reviews and reports on
progress of integration plan and identifies additional areas and
plans for improvement.Provides and / or coordinates formal
needs-based education. Educates, promotes and assists the
coordination of staff involvement in clinical responsibilities with
formal certification in key activities and skill sets.Coordinates
and provides educational inservices and information presentation to
hospital and medical staff committees and the medical, nursing or
pharmacy staffs, students, residents, and/or patients. Provides
staff development through newsletter articles, drug monographs, and
mentoring.Participates in meeting preparation for the P&T and
SMP Committees. Participates in medical staff advisory groups,
multidisciplinary teams, focus groups, task forces, or other
designated activities that will further the practice of
pharmacy.Provide patient education on medication use and disease
states.Collaborate with other members of the health care team and
the pharmacy staff to recommend/review current and new
agents/protocols (i.e. formulary status, usage guidelines, care
maps).
- Collaboration and teamworkOperational Services (dealing with
internal customers)Clearly communicates goals and instructions to
other staff members, including handoffs between shifts
(written/oral).Participates in staff orientation and
resident/student training programs.Effectively intercepts and
troubleshoots problems, as demonstrated by effective problem
solving, prioritization of issues with respect to level of
significance and impact to patient care, safety, workflow, and
communication.When faced with complex situations, has knowledge of
and applies the appropriate policies and procedures.Effectively
evaluates ongoing workflow issues as and directs daily workload to
achieve efficiency and maximize resource utilization as business
needs require.Attends and participates in staff meetings or reviews
staff meeting communicationsReads work related email at a minimum
on assigned workdays.Customer Service/Interdepartmental Relations
(Dealing with external Customers)Answers phone in timely, friendly
manner, stating department, name, and title.Fosters positive
relationships through consistent, respectful, professional
interactions with customers.Responds to requests in timely, caring
manner that is consistent with Sharp behavior standards, (i.e.
attitude).
- Pharmacy operationsCounsels patients on medication use
consistent with professional standards and OBRA-90 regulations when
applicable.Assures controlled substances are dispensed with
accuracy. Maintains integrity of all record keeping. Assists with
narcotic inventories as required.Dispenses investigational
medication according to policies and procedures.Enters data
correctly into computerized patient medication profile and verifies
that all technician orders are correctly entered into
computer.Demonstrates proficiency with and utilization of
automation and advances in technology (Carecast, Clinicomp, Pyxis
Profile, Rx Check, Automix, repackaging robotics, physician order
entry, etc.).Demonstrates knowledge of age specific medication
delivery systems (e.g. oral syringes, geriatric and pediatric
dosing, etc.)Works flexibly on-line up to 20% of the time,
fulfilling all staff RPh duties, to provide staff pharmacists
off-line time to complete assignments and collaborative
projects.Participates in cost management initiatives
including:Managing appropriate Inventory levels to decrease
staleness & wastage and keep Inventories low; reduce wasteAttempts
to reduce expired meds and use short dated items before they
expire, etcBorrow loan paperwork complete
- Regulatory complianceCompletes monthly assigned nursing unit /
drug storage area inspections on time. Completes paperwork
including inspection log, documents discrepancies, and makes
recommendations for improvement. Brings critical issues to the
attention of management.Participates in attaining compliance with
the National Patient Safety Goals as demonstrated by saving and
forwarding orders/examples to management or designee (i.e. of no
VO/TO completed, no prohibited abbreviations, use of "resume all
meds", etc).Participates & assists in the collection of med tracer
audits or collection of individual elements from the tracer
tool.Ensures security of medication storage and compliance with
Medication Management (MM) standards (i.e. all meds are labeled,
patient own meds are checked, bedside medications have associated
physician orders, no expired meds, and the physical security of
medications is maintained).
- Safe medication practiceKnowledge of and active participation
in concurrent medication safety event (MSE) monitoring programs, as
demonstrated by interventions and eQVR submissions.Qualitative work
demonstrates thoughtful and thorough identification, evaluation and
analysis of medication safety events. Performs initial analysis of
MSE's and assists in the research and identification causative
factors of events.Performs non-voluntary monitoring (i.e. trigger
reports, harm monitors, alerting orders).Knowledge, Skills, and
Abilities
- Computer skills are highly desirable, especially in the
application of word processing, spreadsheet, and database creation
and management.Sign on Bonus - This position is eligible for a
$15,000 sign on bonus for qualified External Candidates. Relocation
- This position is eligible for a $5000 relocation bonus for
qualified External Candidates. Eligibility Requirements:
- All hiresThe following are not eligible for hiring incentives:
- Current Sharp employees
- Rehires/Reinstates that are rejoining the organization less
than 12 months from last date of employment with Sharp HealthcareTo
remain eligible for your sign on incentive the following criteria
must be met:
- Must remain in original hired FTE status and shift (if
specified in offer letter)
- Must remain in original department/specialty.
- Must remain in original Job Title
- Transfers to a non-bonus eligible department or position may
result in forfeiting remaining incentive bonus.Sharp HealthCare is
an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity,
sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other
things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any
other protected class.#signon#relocation#FJSharp HealthCare is an
equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity,
sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other
things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any
other protected classACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life
Support) - American Heart Association; California Pharmacist
License - CA State Board of Pharmacy; AHA Basic Life Support for
Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart
Association; Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD); Other
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