Pharmacist - Internal Medicine, Clinical

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Job Description

Summary:

This position serves as a clinical pharmacist caring for adult patients on hospitalist and cardiology services. The pharmacist works closely with physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, care managers, and other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team to optimize medication therapy and improve patient outcomes across a broad range of acute and chronic disease states. Responsibilities include supporting patients throughout their hospitalization, addressing medication-related barriers to care, and facilitating safe transitions between care settings.

A primary responsibility of this role is active participation in multidisciplinary rounds, providing evidence-based pharmacotherapy recommendations for complex medical patients with conditions such as diabetes, heart failure, infectious diseases, anticoagulation-related disorders, chronic kidney disease, substance use disorders, and other internal medicine diagnoses. The pharmacist is responsible for medication therapy management, antimicrobial stewardship, therapeutic drug monitoring, discharge medication review, patient education, medication safety initiatives, and ensuring adherence to best practices and clinical guidelines.

The pharmacist also serves as a medication resource for providers, nurses, patients, and caregivers while helping to identify and resolve medication-related problems throughout the continuum of care.

The position offers numerous opportunities for professional growth and leadership through involvement in quality improvement initiatives, research projects, medication-use evaluations, transitions of care programs, and interdisciplinary committees aimed at advancing patient care. The pharmacist is also encouraged to support the educational mission of the department through the precepting and mentoring of pharmacy students, PGY1 pharmacy residents, and PGY2 Internal Medicine pharmacy residents.

This position is responsible for dispensing and compounding medication, counseling patients on medication and health subjects; interpreting prescriptions, managing patient drug therapy for complications, and performing drug utilization. The pharmacist collaborates with physicians, nurses, and other health‑care practitioners to provide safe, high quality, and cost-effective drug therapy. Pharmacists will be required to serve as preceptors for pharmacy students and pharmacy residents in their area of training and expertise.

• General Profile
  - Requires in‑depth conceptual and practical knowledge in own job discipline and basic knowledge of related job disciplines. Solves complex problems. Works independently and receives minimal guidance. May lead projects or project steps within a broader project or have accountability for ongoing activities or objectives. Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. Level at which career may stabilize for many years or until retirement.
• Job Functional Knowledge
  - Requires in‑depth conceptual and practical knowledge in own job discipline and basic knowledge of related job disciplines.
• Business Expertise
  - Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market.
• Leadership
  - Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements.
• Problem Solving
  - Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information.
• Impact
  - Impacts a range of patient, operational, project, or service activities within own team and other related teams; works within broad guidelines and protocols.
• Interpersonal Skills
  - Explains difficult or sensitive information to others, including…