Clinical Staff Pharmacist - Inpatient Clinical

Job Description The Harborview
- Pharmacy Department has an outstanding opportunity for a Clinical Staff Pharmacist — ICU Float.

Work Schedule

Full-Time / 40 hours per week Rotating/Variable Shift

Act as an integral member of HMC patient care services, providing pharmacotherapeutic recommendations to primary providers, nursing, and dietician staff to optimize patient care. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to direct patient care, drug distribution, research & education, and practice management as it pertains to the care of acute care patients.

• Drug therapy monitoring, including, but not limited to: ensuring appropriate drug therapy and nutrition, including indication, dose, drug interactions and drug allergies; evaluating pharmacotherapeutic regimens for effectiveness and adverse drug events, and intervene as needed; utilizing the medical record and other appropriate documentation systems to communicate with healthcare professionals and to document specific pharmacotherapeutic recommendations; providing drug information and education to medical teams, nursing and dietician staff;
  
  providing patient counseling and education
• Develop and maintain procedures to improve the efficiency and accuracy of medication distribution and administration
• Facilitate efficient medication delivery and appropriate scheduling of medications
• Provide primary preceptorship of PGY1 & PGY2 pharmacy residents and student pharmacists
• Provide education to medical/surgical residents, nursing staff and medical students

State of Washington Pharmacist License and one year of experience in hospital pharmacy practice. Months spent in the completion of an American Society of Health System Pharmacists accredited residency training program may substitute month-for-month for the required experience.

State of Washington Pharmacist license.

UW Medicine is committed to being a drug-free workplace. We require a pre-employment drug screen.

As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the most vulnerable residents of King County. It provides exemplary patient care in leading-edge centers of emphasis, including emergency medicine, trauma and burn care, neurosciences, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse care.

Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region. Challenge. Collaboration. Compassion.

UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the publicby advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes:
Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center
- Montlake, UW Medical Center
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