Inpatient Adult Acute Care Clinical and Central Operations Pharmacist

Job description

Department Overview The purpose of this position is to provide the services of a licensed pharmacist, which includes the responsibility for the safe and proper distribution and use of medications in inpatients and outpatients who range in age from neonates, infants less than one year of age, children and adolescents ages 10–18, adults ages 19–65, and the elderly over age 65. The pharmacist functions at a high level of clinical decision-making, proactively influencing drug therapy by making recommendations at the point of prescribing or, in some cases, making independent therapy decisions in collaboration with other healthcare team members. Additional services provided include facilitation of medication reconciliation, discharge counseling, and medication delivery through coordination of care from admission to discharge. The pharmacist must possess strong communication skills for patient education and work collaboratively with inpatient and outpatient interdisciplinary teams including, but not limited to, providers, nurses, case workers, pharmacists, and technicians, as well as contributing to the teaching and precepting of students, interns, and/or residents. This position will rep...