Advanced Clinical Pharmacist: ICU & Trauma Impact

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Job Summary and Qualifications

The Advanced Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for providing all levels of pharmacy clinical services. This includes providing an advanced level of consultative or direct pharmaceutical care as a member of the health care team in the trauma and/or critical care setting. This includes monitoring patient medication regimens and providing appropriate interventions as well as supporting all aspects of pharmacy operations. The practitioner is expected to collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other health professionals to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate pharmacotherapy to ensure effective, safe, and economical patient care.

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist will assist the Director of Pharmacy and Clinical Manager in the development of Pharmacy clinical services and participate in the clinical training of pharmacists, pharmacy residents, students, and other health professionals. Practices according to the policies and procedures of Ocala Health System. May be required to work at Ocala Regional Medical Center, West Marion Community Hospital, or The Free Standing Emergency Departments as needed.

• Proficient in all skills as per Clinical Pharmacist essential duties.
• Develop, promote, maintain, and evaluate patient care services to achieve appropriate care standards, quality improvement, and cost savings.
• Demonstrates competence in the areas of critical thinking, interpersonal relationships, and technical skills.
• Review non-formulary requests and provide overall formulary management for the critical care and trauma areas.
• Assumes an active role in multi-disciplinary teams and committees such as Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Medication Safety Team, or other clinical task teams or committees as needed.
• Attends meeting as required
• Provide clinical pharmacy services to patients in the ICU and/or Trauma areas.
• Assist the Clinical Pharmacy Manager in developing the clinical goals of the Pharmacy department.
• Maintain an active role in the Medication Utilization Evaluation and Adverse Drug Reaction reporting.
• Supports staff in the Pharmacy department and provides help and assistance when possible.
• Keeps fellow employe
  03es in the department informed of relevant information
• Establishes and maintains effective working relations among the critical care and/or trauma areas.
• Disseminate information through intermittent distribution of department, committee or hospital newsletters with critical care information and updates.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested by the Director of Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacy Manager.
• Interpret orders and transcribes or verifies them accurately and efficiently into the pharmacy computer system
• Accurately compound and dispense pharmaceuticals
• Complies with facility policy and procedures and regulatory requirements
• Monitor drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose
• Provide clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners. Suggests appropriate, cost effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff as needed.
• Sustain the hospital formulary, minimizing non formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic interchanges and promotes rational drug therapy selection
• Attend and actively participate in daily multidisciplinary and bedside rounds
• Support the hospital formulary decision process by working with medical staff to promote rational drug therapy and make improvements identified by drug utilization evaluations
• Provide accurate and timely medication information to healthcare staff and patients Actively participate in pharmacy clinical services such as drug consults, nutrition support, pharmacokinetics, anticoagulant monitoring, pain management, IV to PO, renal dosing and other programs as defined by Pharmacy Leadership.
• Participate in the antimicrobial management and other clinical programs
• Document all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely. Responsible for mentoring and education as well as ongoing analysis of interventions to insure accurate and appropriate documentation and provide summary reports (if assigned)
  Support and participate in the goals of the organization's quality improvement, risk management and patient safety program to include but not limited to National Patient Safety Goals, Core Measures and HCAHPS medication related initiatives.
• Complete notification reports regarding medication errors and adverse drug reactions.
• Participate in the data collection of drug utilization evaluations, adverse drug reactions, and pharmacy quality initiatives.
• Participate in the training of new pharmacists, pharmacy students, residents, technicians, nurses and physicians.
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