Pharmacist Clinical Job Description
Pharmacist clinical
provides education to clinic staff, patients and families, and specialty pharmacy staff regarding the specialty pharmacy service line and pertinent disease states.
Pharmacist Clinical Duties & Responsibilities
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Administration of prior-authorization criteria and member over-rides according to established policies
Answering questions from the Physician offices regarding formulary or utilization management criteria
Working in coordination with the center's Disease Management staff to improve and maintain members health
Monitoring pharmacy drug usage and expense trends and developing / coordinating Physician profiles, mailings and other communications to achieve quality, cost-effective pharmaceutical care
Assisting in preparation and presentation of P&T committee materials
Drug information resource
Performing ad hoc computer analysis on the Desk Top PBM system and working with Informatics for assistance with the analysis of pharmacy data and preparation of special data programs
Assisting in the development and execution of clinical interventions and other pharmacy programs
Location/Facility -8150 North Central Expressway
Establish, where allowable, drug therapy protocols for key areas (pain management, antibiotic stewardship) and educate facility staff, including the Director of Nursing, Medical Director, and Administrator regarding these protocols
Pharmacist Clinical Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Pharmacist Clinical
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, PALS, ACLS, BCPS, BPS, IV, ACPE, PGY2, ASHP
Education for Pharmacist Clinical
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the pharmacist clinical job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Pharmacy, Education, School of Pharmacy, Graduate, College of Pharmacy, Science, Department of Education, English, Foreign Language, Healthcare
Skills for Pharmacist Clinical
Desired skills for pharmacist clinical include:
Controlled substances
Investigational agents
State and federal regulations and statutes regarding the practice of pharmacy and the distribution of approved drugs
Types of pharmacy services with an emphasis on the managed health care environment
Pharmacokinetic principles
Departmental equipment
Relational databases
Any combination of education and experience
Which would provide an equivalent background
Disease states
Desired experience for pharmacist clinical includes:
Must have a minimum of 2 years hospital experience as a Pharmacist
Must be a graduate of an accredited school or college of pharmacy, with licensure by the State of Kansas
Minimum 1 year as a Pharmacist in an acute care setting
Collaborate with account management and data analytics to collect, analyze and present client clinical data during business reviews and strategy sessions to recommend interventions, tools and programs to appropriately control drug utilization and spend
Previous (1-3 years) clinical pharmacy experience required
Understanding of medical and pharmacy terminology
Pharmacist Clinical Examples
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Pharmacist Clinical Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a pharmacist clinical. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for pharmacist clinical
- Contribute to development of workflow guidelines, procedures, and other necessary tools (productivity monitoring, intervention documentation tracking, ) to maximize productivity and standardize patient assessment approaches in the DUDSM practice area
- Identify and document interventions in care using formal DUDSM Program outcome assessment tools
- Screen medication orders for adverse drug events (ADEs) and medication errors (MEs) as per hospital policy
- Participate in multi-disciplinary care plan for patients
- Provide and documents care
- Monitor patient’s therapy for safety and efficacy
- Order medications and monitoring according to protocol
- Management of cleanroom activities including maintenance of the facility the equipment within the facility to maintain compliance with all State and Federal rules and regulations related to sterile compounding activities
- Provide and coordinate pharmaceutical care services and collaborative drug therapy management for patients
- Serve as a resource to the patients, physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other members of the health care team
Qualifications for pharmacist clinical
- Knowledge of clinical program components, formulary designs, and prescription benefit trends
- Education in all age groups ranging from newborn to the geriatric population obtained either in school education or subsequent training
- One year hospital pharmacy experience preferred
- Conduct a medication reconciliation to home medications and hospital discharge orders
- Prevent, detect, and resolve medication-related problems and make appropriate evidence-based, patient-centered medication therapy recommendations as part of the interdisciplinary team
- Provide appropriate responses to requests for drug information from patients and health care providers, including patient education at discharge, upon request
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Pharmacist Clinical Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a pharmacist clinical. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for pharmacist clinical
- Interviews patients to obtain accurate and comprehensive patient medical history for the patient's medical record including prescribed medications, over-the-counter medications regularly used, adverse reactions to drugs and allergies
- Participates in investigational drug studies through assisting in the design of dispensing protocols, maintaining drug records and inventory control, formulating dosages, monitoring patients and ensuring compliance with FDA and DEA regulations
- Prepares drug monographs and review of drugs requested for admission to Hospital's Formulary
- Assists in reviewing the cost of drugs and making necessary adjustments, as required
- Performs projects which are specifically related to area of pharmacy expertise
- Acts as a preceptor to undergraduate pharmacy students
- Conducts in-service education lectures for the medical staff, nurses, pharmacists, students, and other health care personnel regarding drugs, procedures and policies
- Assists in the formulation and continual updating of departmental policies and procedures and pharmacy-nursing policies and procedures
- Assists, occasionally, cleaning pharmacy delivery carts, medication bins, shelves, patient medication cassettes and drawers, and other pharmacy equipment
- Reports immediately to supervisor of any deviation of normal operations
Qualifications for pharmacist clinical
- Current licensure (or eligible to reciprocate) in the State of Pennsylvania required
- ASHP-Accredited Pharmacy Practice Residency or equivalent experience preferred
- Equivalent of three years experience as hospital pharmacist
- Programs, not excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid or any other federal or state health insurance program
- Previous experience as a clinical pharmacist
- Must have an advanced degree (PharmD)
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Pharmacist Clinical Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a pharmacist clinical. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for pharmacist clinical
- Provide drug information to healthcare providers and patients
- Function as a preceptor to pharmacy students
- Attend committee meetings as assigned
- Maintains professional competency and certification
- Conduct monthly nursing unit reviews
- Position requires a flexible work schedule
- Train and participate with Disaster Team drills and
- Real-event response as assigned
- Pharmaceutical Management.Provide specialized pharmaceutical services to improve drug usage and therapeutic outcomes
- Leadership & Relationship Development
Qualifications for pharmacist clinical
- Bachelor's Degree in pharmacy from an accredited school
- No experience necessary but hospital experience or Residency preferred
- Missouri licensure if practicing in MO
- Kansas licensure if practicing in KS
- Both KS and MO license required if practicing at CHK
- Licensure is required or must be obtained within 90 days of employment at the discretion of the Pharmacy Director
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Pharmacist Clinical Job Description
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Our company is looking to fill the role of pharmacist clinical. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for pharmacist clinical
- Develops written materials designed to enhance customer understanding of the drug components of the medical and pharmacy benefits, including appropriate use of medications and messaging campaigns
- Serve a resource to the patients, physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other memeber of the health care team
- Provide prepares special intravenous solutions according to professional standards and practices
- Assure safe and effective medication use and assures that drug storage is safe, controlled, and meets required conditions
- ASHP accredited residency or 3~5 years comparable pharmacy experience
- Knowledge of group practice management
- Basic clinical understanding of general pharmacotherapy
- Experience in data mining/data analysis
- Experience providing education direct to patients
- Familiarity with Drug Utilization Review and Formulary concepts
Qualifications for pharmacist clinical
- At minimum, Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college of pharmacy
- Current registration as a Pharmacist in Massachusetts is required
- A professional level of knowledge generally obtained after a minimum of 2 years hospital pharmacy experience as a registered Pharmacist or the completion of a residency in Hospital Pharmacy
- Training in Aseptic Technique, TPN Compounding, and Safe Handling of Cytotoxic Drugs preferred
- Current pharmacist license in the State of Texas
- Graduate from school of pharmacy
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Pharmacist Clinical Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a pharmacist clinical. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for pharmacist clinical
- Supervises and coordinates day-to-day department responsibilities during assigned shifts
- Provides consultative services to medical, nursing, and pharmacy staff
- Provides prescribed medications, drugs, and other pharmaceutical, and compounds medication, according to professional standards and practices
- Train and participate with Code Teams as assigned
- Be an integral member of the clinical care team
- Ensure the safe and appropriate use of drugs
- Provide pharmaceutical services including drug information, drug distribution, and clinical pharmacy services with knowledge of age-specific needs from neonates through geriatrics
- Assure safe and effective medication use
- Demonstrate proficiency in delivering care to assigned age specific patient population (e.g., infants, adolescents, adults, geriatrics, and pediatrics)
- This position requires every other weekend to be worked
Qualifications for pharmacist clinical
- Experience with anticoagulation medication management and other chronic disease management (especially diabetes and medication management for the geriatric population) required
- A minimum of two (2) years of postgraduate work as a health care provider with direct patient care responsibilities, aside from any dispensing functions, preferred
- Formal training in clinical pharmacy or relevant experience in clinical pharmacy in a medical setting and ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team, preferred
- Ability to obtain and interpret information related to the drug treatment processes and best practices
- Understands clinical pharmacy practices and activities
- Clinical chart review experience preferred