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.
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
Requirements
1 Year experience in hospital pharmacy practice.
1 Year completion of PGY1 Pharmacy Residency.
Other Qualification Requirements
AHA BLS and ACLS are required within 90 days of hire.
Essential Functions
Verification and review of medication orders
Reviews 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:
First dose teaching
Food-drug interaction counseling
Discharge counseling
Medication classes
Compliance aids
At sites where pharmacists or technicians are involved in medication reconciliation, participates in admission and discharge reconciliation, including documentation of activities as needed.
Medication Therapy Monitoring
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:
Age, sex, height, weight, and renal/hepatic function
Pregnancy and lactation status
Appropriateness of the dose, route, rate, timing and frequency of administration, indication, and therapeutic duplication of all medications
Available laboratory values and microbiology results
Appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy regimens which may include anticipated/planned stopped dates.
Potential drug-drug, disease-drug, food-drug interactions, or contraindications.
Adherence with Sharp Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee approved medication use guidelines/protocols.
Targeted or therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacokinetics, and adjustment of drug regimens if necessary.
Review documented adverse drug reactions/allergies and report new occurrences.
Review for disease progression and resolution of symptoms (e.g., pain).
Communication of necessary information to pertinent health care providers, patients, caregivers, and encourage health promotion and prevention.
Assesses the patient's progression to achieving desired medication treatment goals.
At applicable entities, demonstrates knowledge and competency of chemotherapy dosing, monitoring, and established guidelines.
Clinical Intervention Program
Qualitative 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.
Addresses patient specific drug information questions and documents requests promptly and professionally.
Pharmacy Operations
Medications are prepared and dispensed accurately and in a timel
Benefits
Health insuranceVision insurancePaid time off
Additional Information
Hours :
Shift Start Time:
Variable Shift End Time:
Variable
AWS Hours Requirement:
10/40 - 10 Hour Shift
Additional Shift Information:
Weekend Requirements:
Every Other
On-Call Required:
No
Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):
$79.510 - $102.600 - $114.910
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.
Sharp · San Diego, CA