Pharmacist - Intermediate/Stepdown

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Job Description Summary:

This position is responsible for pharmacist tasks, such as dispensing and compounding medication, counseling patients on medication and health subjects, interpreting prescriptions, managing patient drug therapy, and performing drug utilization. Pharmacists are expected to work efficiently both independently and as part of a team, possess critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and multitask as appropriate. Strong interpersonal skills, including effective mentorship, clear communication and collaboration, empathy toward patients and colleagues, and ability to build trust in professional relationships, are required to be successful in this role. They collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other health-care practitioners to provide safe, high-quality, and cost-effective drug therapy. Pharmacists may administer medications as applicable by state law and practice setting. Pharmacists will serve as preceptors for pharmacy students and pharmacy residents in their area of training and expertise

Responsibilities And Duties:

Conducts essential responsibilities in a manner consistent with OhioHealths Service Excellence Standards of Behavior and Core Values: Compassion, Excellence, Inclusion, Integrity, and Stewardship. Committed to high reliability organization principles and demonstrates consistent behaviors to provide the safest and most effective care for all.

Acute Care/Infusion

50% - Reviews provider orders for correct drug choice, dosage form, dosing schedule, and possible drug-drug interactions or allergies. Contacts providers to clarify orders as appropriate. Dispenses and compounds medications and dispenses drug therapy-related devices in accordance with standards of practice and OhioHealth pharmacy policies. Ensures all medications, chemicals and supplies are dispensed without suboptimal integrity. Ensures appropriate labeling for proper administration of medication. Interprets prescriptions and determines compatibility in accordance with standards of practice. Prepares care plan for patients to ensure optimal therapeutic outcomes and maximize compliance with therapy instructions.

20% - Manages individuals drug therapy by initiating, monitoring, and modifying prescriptions issued to patients in a consulting relationship with a provider. Provides drug information to providers, other health care professionals, and patients as needed.

10% - Counsels individuals regarding their drug therapy, including recommending drug therapy-related devices, assisting in the selection of non-prescription drugs for the treatment of common diseases and injuries, and providing instruction in their proper use.

10% - Provides associate and learner development and training, including precepting students and residents. Provides educational programs for pharmacy, nursing, and medical staff as needed.

10% - Directs and guides pharmacy technicians and pharmacy support personnel.

Ambulatory Care/Population Health

50% - Manages individuals drug therapy by initiating, monitoring, and modifying prescriptions in collaboration with a provider. Prepares individualized care plan to ensure optimal therapeutic outcomes, avoid adverse events, and maximize adherence with therapy instructions. Provides drug information to providers, other health care professionals, and patients as needed.

20% - Partners with individuals (patients, caregivers, and other health care professionals) to prevent, manage, and/or slow progression of disease through patient advocacy, wellness and health promotion, triage and referral, patient education, and self-management.

10% - Assist with guideline/policy development and implementation as well as participate in performance improvement initiatives, including those for practice advancement.

10% - Provides associate and learner development and training, including precepting students and residents. Provides educational programs for pharmacy, nursing, and medical staff as needed.

10% - Directs and guides pharmacy technicians and pharmacy support personnel.

Retail

50% - Reviews provider orders for correct drug choice, dosage form, dosing schedule, and possible drug-drug interactions or allergies. Contacts providers to clarify orders as appropriate. Dispenses and compounds medications and dispenses drug therapy-related devices in accordance with standards of practice and OhioHealth pharmacy policies. Ensures all medications, chemicals, and supplies are dispensed without suboptimal integrity. Ensures appropriate labeling for proper administration of medication. Ensures proper billing procedures.

20% - Counsels individuals regarding their drug therapy, including recommending drug therapy-related devices, and assisting in the selection of non-prescription drugs for the treatment of common diseases and injuries and providing instruction in their proper use.

10% - Manages individuals drug therapy by initiating, monitoring, and modifying prescriptions issued to patients in collaboration with a provider. Provides drug information to providers, other health care professionals, and patients as needed.

10% - Provides associate and learner development and training, including precepting students and residents. Provides educational programs for pharmacy, nursing, and medical staff as needed.

10% - Directs and guides pharmacy technicians and pharmacy support personnel.

Medication Safety, Stewardship, & Utilization

55% - Leads safety, stewardship, and utilization strategies for designated site(s) in collaboration with system team. Facilitates and manages activities of various site and system committees and clinical guidance councils. Develops, enforces, and maintains policies and procedures that promote and enhance patient outcomes through safe, effective, cost-efficient, and appropriate medication therapy use. Utilizing data, published best practice standards, and published events or recommendations, identifies opportunities for proactive change in the medication-use system to improve patient outcomes. Integrates medication improvement initiatives, activities, and changes with clinical and operational department programs and committees. Responsible for ensuring compliance with evidence-based recommendations, national patient safety recommendations, and regulatory standards related to safe and appropriate medication use.

20% - Provides associate and learner development and training, including precepting students and residents. Provides educational programs for pharmacy, nursing, and medical staff as needed.

10% - Directs and guides pharmacy technicians and pharmacy support personnel.

5% - Reviews provider orders for correct drug choice, dosage form, dosing schedule, and possible drug-drug interactions or allergies in various pharmacy practice settings, such as inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory care. Contacts providers to clarify orders as appropriate. Dispenses and compounds medications and dispenses drug therapy-related devices in accordance with standards of practice and OhioHealth pharmacy policies. Ensures all medications, chemicals, and supplies are dispensed without suboptimal integrity. Ensures appropriate labeling for proper administration of medication. Interprets prescriptions and determines compatibility in accordance with standards of practice. Prepares care plan for patients to ensure optimal therapeutic outcomes and maximize compliance with therapy instructions.

5% - Manages individuals drug therapy by initiating, monitoring, and modifying prescriptions issued to patients in collaboration with a provider in a variety of care settings such as inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory care. Provides drug information to providers, other health care professionals, and patients as needed.

5% - Counsels individuals regarding their drug therapy, including recommending drug therapy-related devices, and assisting in the selection of non-prescription drugs for the treatment of common diseases and injuries and providing instruction in their proper use in a variety of care settings, such as inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory care.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree (Required)OPL - Ohio Pharmacists License - Ohio Board of Pharmacy

Additional Job Description:

*****This is a full-time position with a variable shift.*****

*****This position will help cover intermediate level care patients including medical stepdown and trauma intermediate patients. Grant Medical Center cares for a high volume of high-acuity patients. Skills and interest in critical care are preferred.

OhioHealth Grant Medical Center (GMC) is a 640-bed tertiary medical center, community teaching hospital, level 1 trauma center, and primary stroke center located in downtown Columbus, Ohio. GMC is proud to be the busiest level 1 trauma center in the state of Ohio.

Pharmacists are incorporated into all areas of patient care at GMC, including pharmacy operations, emergency medicine, trauma, internal medicine, perioperative areas, orthopedics, critical care, antimicrobial stewardship, cardiology, and oncology. In addition to providing clinical and operational pharmacy services, decentralized pharmacists respond to all medical emergencies and participate in interdisciplinary rounding. Pharmacists at OhioHealth are given autonomy to promote safe and efficient patient care through multiple policies and protocols allowing pharmacists to adjust medication doses based on renal function or pharmacokinetics, order labs, and manage anticoagulation.

Pharmacists are also actively involved in research, process improvements, interdisciplinary education, committees, and the medication use process. Pharmacists have a variety of precepting opportunities as GMC is the home to multiple ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency programs (two PGY1 pharmacy residents, one PGY1 HSPAL pharmacy resident, one PGY2 HSPAL pharmacy resident, and one PGY2 emergency medicine pharmacy resident) and numerous pharmacy students (IPPE and APPE) rotate throughout the year.*****

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Science or Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited institution
• Current Ohio pharmacist license
• Previous pharmacy experience

• Basic Life Support Certificationcurrent or obtained during the orientation period (unless greater than 50% of scheduled work hours, as determined by the manager, are completed off-site or not in a patient care setting)

Work Shift:

Variable

Scheduled Weekly Hours :

40

Department

Clinical Pharmacy Services

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