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Health System Pharmacist (Clinical Safety - Opioid Stewardship)

Health System Pharmacist (Clinical Safety - Opioid Stewardship)

NYC Health + Hospitals|BellevueUnited States
23 hours ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

A. General Clinical Pharmacy Responsibilities :

  • Monitor drug therapy regimens for allergies, contraindications, interactions, adverse drug reactions, appropriateness of indication and dose, and therapeutic duplications.
  • Suggest appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic alternatives to non-formulary medications as needed.
  • Coordinate the selection and safe use of alternative medications in response to medication shortages.
  • Facilitate patient transitions of care as it relates to medication management.
  • Establish productive and collaborative relationships with pharmacy staff and other disciplines.
  • Provide clinical pharmacy consultations for the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
  • Provide responses to drug information requests to the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
  • Facilitate the development and implementation of treatment guidelines, protocols, formulary changes as approved by

appropriate committees.

  • Review the use of targeted medications to ensure safe, effective, and economical use and report results to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee to promote process changes and optimize medication utilization.
  • Prevent, detect, monitor, document and report adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
  • Implement strategies to maximize cost-effectiveness of high cost medications.
  • Prepare, review and present drug use evaluation reports to various committees (e.g. antibiotic stewardship reports, medication event reports, pharmacy interventions, etc.)
  • Document clinical interventions in the electronic medical record.
  • Collect documentation and analyze data related to clinical activities.
  • Coordinate policies and procedures for clinical pharmacy activities (e.g. therapeutic interchange, unacceptable abbreviation, look-alike / sound-alike drugs, medication events reporting, etc.).
  • Participate in quality assurance and performance improvement activities.
  • Maintain proficiency in the operations of the pharmacy department and perform all duties of the pharmacy staff as required.
  • Complete special projects as assigned by supervisors or pharmacy management.
  • Support the pharmacy department’s clinical endeavors.
  • Contribute to the publishing of the pharmacy newsletter.
  • Supervise and conduct continued education to the pharmacy staff.
  • Participate in hospital educational programs.
  • Precept and mentor pharmacy students and residents.
  • Sustain professional competence and development through participation in workshops, seminars, and professional organizations.
  • B. Medication Safety :

  • Serve as medication safety expert for institution.
  • Coordinate process for review and response and categorize the details and outcomes of reported medication errors.
  • Collect data on occurrences and validate the details of identified adverse drug reactions
  • Engage with multidisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive findings and response plan for medication errors.
  • Track and trend data related to medication errors and adverse drug reactions to identify areas for intervention to promote safer medication use systems.
  • Coordinate reports on medication events and adverse drug reactions to various hospital committees including Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
  • Implement strategies to optimize safe medication use with to goal of minimizing risk of medication errors and adverse drug reactions.
  • Provide medication safety education and presentations on safe medication use to multidisciplinary audiences.
  • Manage medication safety concerns resulting from drug shortages, replacement drug products, and Lookalike Sound-alike drugs.
  • Maintain understanding of trends and innovations in medication safety field and recommendations from external safety organizations including Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) and FDA Medwatch.
  • Collaborate with facilities throughout the Health + Hospitals network in sharing locally identified medication events and safety concerns.
  • Provide guidance and coordination for medication related information systems and technologies with a goal to ensure processes support the safe use of medications.
  • Participate in the development, implementation, and optimization of pharmacy information systems and technology to facilitate the continuous quality improvement of the medication use system.
  • C. Opioid Stewardship :

  • Coordinate activities of the hospital’s opioid stewardship program
  • Collaborate with the multidisciplinary healthcare team in evaluating and implementing best practices related to opioid prescribing.
  • Track and trend metrics to measure safe and effective opioid use in the hospital and clinic settings.
  • Coordinate reports on opioid stewardship activities to various hospital committees including Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
  • Collaborate with the multidisciplinary healthcare team in evaluating data and implementing initiatives to ensure opioid use best practices.
  • Provide education to healthcare providers on opioid use best practices and drug diversion.
  • Counsel high-risk patients on safe opioid use and overdose mitigation strategies.
  • Qualifications : For Level I :

    1. Possession of a valid NY State license to practice pharmacy.

    For Level II : In addition to meeting the qualification requirements of the lower level :

    1. Two years of post licensure experience; or

    2. Completion of a post graduate specialty residency or fellowship program; or

    3. Current Pharmacy Board Certification.

    For Level III : In addition to meeting the qualification requirements of the lower levels, an additional :

    1. One year of post licensure supervisory experience or specialty clinical experience.

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