Pharmacist II - Sharp Coronado Hospital - Night Shift - Per Diem

Facility : Coronado Hospital

City Coronado

Department

Job Status

Per Diem

Shift

Night

FTE

Shift Start Time

Shift End Time

ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association; California Pharmacist License - CA State Board of Pharmacy; Other; AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association

Hours : Shift Start Time :

8 : 30 PM

Shift End Time : 6 : 30 AM

AWS Hours Requirement :

10 / 40 - 10 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information :

Primarily Night shift coverage but opportunity to work day / evening shifts

Weekend Requirements :

As Needed

On-Call Required : No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum) :

$85.700 - $110.580 - $123.840

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position.? The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant's years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

Please Note : As part of our recruitment process, you may receive communication from Dawn, our virtual recruiting assistant. Dawn helps coordinate scheduling for screening calls and interviews to ensure a smooth and timely experience. Rest assured, all candidate evaluations and hiring decisions are made by our recruitment and hiring teams.

What You Will Do

To provide the professional, clinical and technical knowledge, skills and expertise required for the provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care that supports the mission, values and philosophy of Pharmacy Services and Sharp HealthCare.

Required Qualifications

Other : Education pursuant to licensure requirement.

3 Years experience in a hospital pharmacy practice; Or

1 Year completion of PGY1 Pharmacy Residency.

California Pharmacist License - CA State Board of Pharmacy -REQUIRED

ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 Years completion of PGY-2 Pharmacy Residency.

Other Qualification Requirements

Essential Functions

Verification and review of medication orders­Reviews all medication orders for appropriate dose, duration, frequency, dosage form and indication.­Monitors therapy for potential or actual drug interactions (e.g., drug-drug, drug-disease, drug-allergy, etc.)­Compliance with inpatient drug formulary.­If applicable, provides counseling to patients on medication use consistent with professional standards.­Assesses patient understanding of medication regimen and provides education tailored to the patient through the following modalities :

Medication Therapy Monitoring­Ensures that drug regimen is consistent with all Sharp medication use guidelines and policies (or other evidence-based guidelines in the absence of Sharp-specific guidelines) which includes but is not limited to antimicrobial use guidelines, intravenous to oral, renal dosing, and serum drug concentration protocols.­Adjusts regimens based on approved protocols and consultation with the interdisciplinary team.­Completion of a daily profile review for each patient consisting of the following elements :

Clinical Intervention Program­Qualitative participation in clinical intervention program through consistent issue identification, provision of reliable best practice / literature-based recommendations, follow-through with prescribers and other clinicians.­Quantitative work, measured by the completion and documentation of interventions consistent with the average established for each pharmacy department / shift.­Communicates with nurses and physicians in a timely manner about therapeutic issues or problems. Follows up on formulary compliance issues and / or communicates issues to management.­Documents interventions, patient contact, and multidisciplinary communication consistent with Sharp policies and procedures.­When applicable, participates in scheduled rounds in their care area.­Oversees Pharmacy Resident and / or PharmD student participation on rounds.­Works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team to maximize individual patient outcomes.­Addresses patient specific drug information questions and documents requests promptly and professionally.

Pharmacy Operations­Medications are prepared and dispensed accurately and in a timely manner in accordance with recognized standards of practice, legal and regulatory requirements, and hospital pharmacy policies and procedures.­Assures controlled substances are dispensed with accuracy. Maintains integrity of all record keeping and assists with narcotic inventories as required per policy and procedures.­Demonstrates proficiency with and utilization of automation and advances in technology (EMR System, Automated Dispensing Cabinet system (Pyxis), IV Workflow Management system (DoseEdge), physician order entry, etc.)­Demonstrates knowledge of age specific medication delivery systems (e.g. NICU admixtures, NICU and pediatric oral syringes, adult TPN / TNA solutions, final admixture concentration etc.)­Demonstrates knowledge and competency of IV Admixture / Aseptic Technique including the standards of USP 797, 800 and 795.­As applicable, demonstrates knowledge and competency of chemotherapy preparation.­Within entities that provide medical emergency response, participates in Code-Blue emergencies as required, mixes and labels medications as needed, and provides information.­As applicable, understands investigational drug protocols and procedures for investigational drug research studies, implementation, administration, and record keeping.­Participates in cost management initiatives including : managing appropriate Inventory levels to decrease staleness & wastage and keep Inventories low; reduce waste attempts to reduce expired meds and use short dated items before they expire, etc. Borrow loan paperwork complete.­Oversees pharmacy operations and provides direction to Pharmacist Residents, Pharmacist Interns, Pharmacy Technicians, and other non-licensed personnel.

Safe Medication Practice, Regulatory, and Quality Improvement­Knowledge of and active participation in concurrent medication safety event (MSE) monitoring programs, as demonstrated by interventions and RL submissions.­Qualitative work demonstrates thoughtful and thorough identification, evaluation and analysis of medication safety events. Performs initial analysis of MSE's and assists in the research and identification causative factors of events. Performs non-voluntary monitoring (i.e. trigger reports, harm monitors, alerting orders).­Participates in ongoing data collection for medication use evaluations (MUE) as assigned.­Completes monthly assigned nursing unit / drug storage area inspections on time. Completes paperwork including inspection log, documents discrepancies, and makes recommendations for improvement. Brings critical issues to the attention of management.­Ensures security of medication storage and compliance with Medication Management (MM) standards (i.e. all meds are labeled, patient own meds are checked, bedside medications have associated physician orders, no expired meds, and the physical security of medications is maintained).­Assure compliance with hospital, integrated health system and department policies and procedures.­Monitor compliance with state and federal laws and regulations related to the practice of pharmacy as well as standards and regulations for other regulatory agencies.­Participate in assigned department, hospital, and health-system committees or projects.

Communication and teamwork­Customer Service / Interdepartmental Relations (with external customers outside of the pharmacy department) :

Training and mentoring­Active in personal continuing education and professional development.­Orients and trains new pharmacy staff as assigned.­Provides direction and precepts pharmacist residents and interns as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Computer skills are highly desirable, especially in the application of word processing.

Pharmaceutical knowledge and skills.

Ability to learn computer and application skills as applicable to role.

Ability to make judgments in demanding situations.

Ability to manage and oversee projects involving multiple resources, from start to finish.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class.

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