- Reviews/interprets lab data related to therapeutic drug monitoring.
- Provides accurate, adequate and timely drug information to the professional staff.
- Coordinates and supervises the direct support personnel.
- Performs all other related duties as assigned.
- Serves as a primary source of scientifically valid drug information and advice regarding the safe, appropriate and cost effective use of medications.
- Interprets and maintains medication orders and transcribes to patient medication profiles.
- Interacts with patients, family, and other healthcare providers as appropriate to assure continuity of services and to achieve desired patient outcomes through safe, timely, cost effective medication therapy.
- Performs all other related duties as assigned.
- Provides optimization of parenteral nutrition in conjunction with nutrition services by daily review of parenteral nutrition orders for appropriateness and safety by monitoring pertinent lab values, osmolarity, and other pertinent parameters.
- Optimizes chemotherapy regimens by reviewing the regimen for indication, dose, route, preparation, and adjuvant medications including hydration.
- Oversees the dispensing of sterile products from IV services, and directly supervise support staff.
- Maintains up to date knowledge in pharmacotherapeutics, with a focus on oncology, nutrition, and biologicals.
- Performs all other related duties as assigned.
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Clinical Pharmacist - Warwick, United States - Kent Hospital
Description
Primary Function:
The clinical pharmacist is responsible for providing optimal pharmaceutical care on a daily basis.
Develops, implements, and maintains systems that promote desirable patient outcomes through the use of safe and cost effective drug therapies.
Major Duties and Responsibilities (categorized by staffing area):
Clinical Pharmacist, Central Pharmacy-Monitors drug therapies, drug-herb interactions, regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and doses.
Interprets medications orders (verbal and written) and transcribes to computerized patient medication profiles. Maintains and reconciles accurate, complete patient medication profiles. Sustains the formulary by minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols, and promoting rational drug therapy selection.Thoroughly reviews and assesses patients' medication regimen in order to identify, resolve, and prevent medication-related problems and assist patients in getting the best outcomes from medications.
Review includes, but is not limited to, dosing, age-specific considerations, pharmacokinetics, antibiotic management, therapeutic drug monitoring, and core-measure compliance. Makes appropriate recommendations to providers. Documents all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely. Attends Clinical Rounds when applicable.Clinical Pharmacist, IV Services/IV Specialist-Oversees the preparation and storage of sterile preparations for inpatients and outpatients in the Outpatient Infusion Unit.
Ensures compounded sterile preparations are prepared accurately and safely in accordance with USP 797 requirements, professional standards of practice, and laws, rules and regulations.
Manages the preparation, storage and handling of hazardous materials, including spills.Clinical Specialist:
as above, plus preferred residency or 5 years of clinical experience. BLS/ACLS/PALS preferred. Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy encouraged. Additional training and competency assessment is required for these duties.
IV Specialist:
as above, plus expertise in USP 797 protocols and procedures, chemotherapy protocols, hazardous drug handling, and parenteral nutrition. Additional training and competency assessment is required for these duties.
Care New England Health System (CNE) and its member institutions
Americans with Disability Act Statement:
External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled must be able to perform the essential job-specific functions either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation, to be determined by the organization on a case-by-case basis
EEOC Statement:
Care New England is an equal opportunity employer.
All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability statusEthics Statement:
Employee conducts himself/herself consistent with the ethical standards of the organization including, but not limited to hospital policy, mission, vision, and values.