Job title: CLINICAL PHARMACIST SPECIALIST – Lynchburg General Hospital Pharmacy (FT/Days)
Company: Centra Healthcare
Job description: Partnering with you to live your best life. At Centra, we want to listen carefully and get to know you well. We want to understand your hopes, goals and dreams. We want to do our part so you can be your very best – as you define it. This remains true whether you are a patient, a Centra Caregiver, or a member of the communities we serve. As a candidate considering employment with our organization, we want you to understand that it is our mission to help partner with you throughout each stage of your career.
Job Description
Overview
The Clinical Specialist Pharmacist is responsible for coordinating and providing patient care that optimizes medication therapy. He/she reviews, evaluates, recommends, and manages drug therapy; influences drug therapy management decision-making; and develops protocols based on scientific evidence. The clinical specialist evaluates medical literature and provides drug information. He/she interacts with professional staff and patients. He/she maintains a specialized knowledge of drug therapy. He/She performs other duties as assigned. In addition to the essential duties and responsibilities, the Clinical Specialist Pharmacist is responsible for contributing to training pharmacists to provide clinical services.
Responsibilities
Consults for the medical staff and has expert knowledge of pharmacotherapy.
Advises the director on the continued development and expansion of clinical pharmacy services. Surveys the organizational needs and demands. Prioritizes the work.
Collaborates with the team to formulate and implement best practices.
Knowledgeable of and adheres to pharmacy policies, laws, and regulations. Adheres to The Joint Commission standards on medication management and assists with achieving national patient safety goals.
Maintains licensure. Completes required in-service education. Creates, maintains, and follows a personal learning plan.
Knowledge of pharmacokinetics. Designs custom drug regimens based on specific patient parameters including weight, fluid status, renal function, liver function, and disease state that minimize drug toxicity and optimize outcomes.
Knowledgeable of pain management. Performs pain assessments and designs pain management care plans. Makes recommendations and monitors therapy.
Speaks publicly and provides instruction on pharmacotherapy to nurses, pharmacists, physicians, and students.
Evaluates medical literature. Performs drug usage evaluations. Manages investigational drug studies.
Other duties as needed may be assigned.
Qualifications
Required Education: Graduate from an ACPE accredited school of pharmacy
Preferred Education: Preferred: Completion of ASHP accredited residency program (PGY1),
Required Experience: Two years of clinical pharmacy practice.
Required Certification & Licensures: Licensed to practice pharmacy in the state of Virginia.
Preferred Certifications & Licensures: BPS Certification
Our care givers at Centra are the most valuable asset we have and it is our mission and commitment to build and sustain a diverse and inclusive environment.
When recruiting and retaining talent at Centra, our hiring needs are based on matching a candidates job qualifications with our job requirements and department needs without regard to race, color, age, religion or belief, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Centra is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.
Be yourself. Be a partner with Centra.
Expected salary:
Location: Lynchburg, VA
Job date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 08:59:08 GMT
Apply for the job now!