Clinical Pharmacist

• • Implement pharmaceutical services to patients throughout the Medical Center
• • Accurately compound and dispense medications
• • Provide clinical functions including therapeutic drug monitoring and patient-appropriate dosing
• • Check all medications leaving the department for quality assurance
• • Dispense medications from physician orders
• • Enter orders accurately into the computer and furnish current medication administration reports
• • Verify physician-ordered dosages are appropriate for each patient
• • Check refills, unit-dose medications, and IV preparations for filling and labeling accuracy
• • Work with healthcare professionals to provide appropriate and cost-effective drug therapy
• • Communicate with nurses and physicians regarding medication orders and resolve problems or questions
• • Participate in planning new pharmacy functions and updating current services
• • Participate in in-service programs relating to new procedures, policies, equipment, and treatments
• • Participate in departmental and external projects
• • Enter oral and IV medications into the HBOC System
• • Oversee technicians operating the Omnicell System
• • Dose drugs through the Pharmacokinetic Dosing Service
• • Monitor patients for adverse drug reactions

• Licensed Pharmacist - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
• Bachelor's Degree:
  Pharmacy
• Working knowledge of chemotherapy agents
• Working knowledge of hyperalimentation
• Working knowledge of IV admixture
• Working knowledge of narcotic control
• Working knowledge of investigational drugs
• Working knowledge of therapeutic drug monitoring
• Working knowledge of medication storage and dispensing guidelines
• Competence communicating with healthcare professionals regarding medication orders, including non-formulary drugs, allergies, drug interactions, drug compatibilities, and dosing questions
• Ability to use sound judgment related to patient care
• Competence working with various computer systems, writing in patient charts, dosing medications based on patient-specific parameters, and performing other clinical functions
• Ability to use HBOC System and Omnicell System
• Ability to dose all drugs in Pharmacokinetic Dosing Service
• Ability to monitor adverse drug reactions

Demonstrates expertise in pharmaceutical services, including accurate compounding, dispensing medications, and therapeutic drug monitoring. Proficient in using the HBOC and Omnicell Systems, with a strong focus on patient safety and effective communication with healthcare professionals.

• Licensed Pharmacist - Illinois
• Pharmacy Bachelor's Degree
• Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
• HBOC System Proficiency
• Omnicell System Proficiency

• Compounding Medications
• Dispensing Medications
• Quality Assurance
• IV Admixture
• Narcotic Control
• Chemotherapy Agents Knowledge
• Hyperalimentation Knowledge
• Investigational Drugs Knowledge
• Medication Storage Guidelines
• Pharmacokinetic Dosing

• Effective Communication
• Sound Judgment
• Problem Resolution

• Licensed Pharmacist - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

• Pharmaceutical Services
• Patient Care
• Medication Administration Reports
• Adverse Drug Reactions Monitoring
• Cost-Effective Drug Therapy