Under general supervision, provides pharmaceutical care by performing various patient focused clinical, educational, informative, & distributive functions in inpatient and/or home infusion as interdisciplinary team member in support of patients, providers, & ancillary staff. Ensures appropriate, cost-effective drug utilization while maintaining & enhancing patient care.
Essential Functions:
- Prepares & dispenses medications using appropriate techniques & applicable policies & procedures
- Researches & organizes patient-specific information; documents patient medication histories; recommends or reviews laboratory tests to assess patient response to drug therapy; identifies medication therapy problems as appropriate
- Designs appropriate pharmacotherapeutic regimens; integrates patient-specific disease & drug information, current practice standards, ethical issues, & quality-of-life issues, & pharmacoeconomic principles
- Recommends pharmacotherapeutic regimens & corresponding monitoring plans to prescribers in way that is systematic, logical, & secures consensus from prescriber & patient; utilizes patient interview/assessment skills, current literature-supported evidence & practices, drug initiative information, established protocols
- Monitors data & modifies pharmacotherapeutic plans as necessary; documents pharmaceutical care activities where appropriate
- May perform limited physical examinations, such as blood pressure & glucose measurement, for the purpose of providing medication management services
- Documents pharmaceutical care activities in patients' medical records or clinical information system
- Establishes relationships w/ physicians & facility leaders to successfully partner on drug therapy issues; balances cost & quality issues
- Participates in establishing disease state management protocols in coordination w/ HPMG physicians, Clinic Nursing, & Pharmacy & Therapeutics committee
- Provides patient-specific verbal or written consultations, including pharmacotherapy & pharmacokinetic, to healthcare practitioners
- Provides pharmaceutical care services for defined high risk patient populations; ensures continuity of pharmaceutical care & optimal utilization of resources to & from acute & ambulatory patient-care settings; collaborates w/ inpatient/outpatient pharmacist or established regional disease management programs for follow-up w/ high-risk discharges
- Designs effective medication-use education for patients & caregivers; provides one-on-one counseling to patients & caregivers, including information on drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, & handling
- Analyzes requestor's drug information need; employs systematic, efficient, & thorough procedure for retrieving drug information or enlists available resources; formulates response; follows up consistently on drug information recommendations & assesses effectiveness
- Participates in monitoring & improving relevant outcome measures and/or quality improvement indicators
- Performs other duties & accepts responsibility, as assigned
- Additional essential functions as listed in the complete job description
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Graduate from an accredited pharmacy college recognized by the American Council of Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE)
- Completion of an emergency contraception training course approved by the American Council of Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE), curriculum-based programs from an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy, applicable state or local health department programs, or programs recognized by the board of pharmacy
- Valid Hawaii Pharmacist license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure)
- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification
- Demonstrated ability to safely handle and/or prepare various pharmaceutical compounds (e.g., chemotherapeutic agents, biologicals)
- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, change management, customer service, decision making, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, quality management, teamwork, and written communication
- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications
- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone
- Reading, writing, speaking, understanding English
- Training/giving and receiving instructions
- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g. organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness
Preferred Qualifications:
- Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from a school recognized by the American Council of Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE)
- Completion of a general residency program
- Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS)
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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