Clinical Pharmacist - Inpatient

Lifespan Rhode Island Hospital, Providence RI

Clinical Pharmacist Inpatient

Work Schedule :

Fulltime, 2nd shift, M-F with weekend and holiday rotation

Overview :

Are you tired of working long hours with not enough support? Does your stress level elevate just thinking about going to your current pharmacy job?

Would you like to work with a supportive, robust, dynamic team?

Excellent opportunity for any practitioner to join our team and utilize their clinical skills. We provide training and certification as needed in hospital-based practices.

Responsible for the interpretation, evaluation, preparation and dispensing of medications in accordance with established policies, procedures, and standards of practice of pharmacy services.

Collaborates with multidisciplinary care providers to monitor, assess, and intervene as needed to ensure safe, appropriate, and cost-effective medication use, with consideration of the aging processes and human developmental stages (e.

g., neonate, child, adolescent, adult, geriatric). Applies pharmacotherapeutic and pharmacokinetic principles to ensure safe and effective use of medications for the patient populations served.

Provides drug information and consultation to providers, nurses, and other health care professionals regarding appropriate drug therapy, including drug interactions, side effects, incompatibilities, allergies, medication order / reconciliation discrepancies, drug stability and drug administration.

Integrates patient-focused medication therapy management and pharmaceutical care in accordance with established clinical pathways or guidelines.

Participates in prospective and retrospective pharmacokinetic dosing and monitoring of selected medications and recommends dose adjustments and laboratory monitoring as needed.

Attends and participates in daily medical, multi-disciplinary and specialty rounds and responds to emergency code blue situations.

Reviews and approves formulations for sterile products requiring compounding or manipulation prior to dispensing and provides in-process checks for medications prepared by pharmacy technicians ensuring accuracy, sterility, and stability of compounded products.

Participates in education and training of health care practitioners, including pharmacy residents, students, interns, technicians, nurses, and other health care professionals.

Participates in continuous quality improvement activities and quality management initiatives including but not limited to adverse drug reaction, clinical intervention, and medication incident reporting programs.

Qualifications :

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited college of pharmacy.
• Prior to start date, possesses current unrestricted licensure as a licensed pharmacist or as a licensed 90-day temporary pharmacist in the State of Rhode Island.

Obtains full licensure prior to expiration of 90-day temporary pharmacist license, then possesses and maintains current unrestricted licensure as licensed pharmacist in the State of Rhode Island.

About Lifespan :

Lifespan, Rhode Island's first health system, was founded in 1994 by Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital. A not-for-profit comprehensive, integrated, academic health system with The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Lifespan's present partners also include Rhode Island Hospital's pediatric division, Hasbro Children's Hospital;

Bradley Hospital; Newport Hospital; Gateway Healthcare; and Coastal Medical.

Lifespan is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetics, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran, or marital status.

Lifespan is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Job Type : Full-time

Work Location : In person

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