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Primary Location:

UofL Health- Brown Cancer Center- UMC

Address:

529 S. Jackson St. Louisville, KY 40202

Shift:

First Shift (United States of America)

Job Description Summary:

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center.With more than 12,000 team members—physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionals—UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.

Job Description:

Essential Functions:

Delivers comprehensive pharmaceutical care to patients

• Reviews medication orders for accuracy, appropriateness and efficacy
• Discusses medication order clarifications with prescriber, update orders to reflect communicated changes, and notify involved personnel
• Documents all pharmacy interventions in patient electronic medical record and integrated clinical decision support system
• Monitors drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interactions
• Provides pharmacokinetic consultations and other dosing recommendations as required
• Prevents, detects, monitors, documents, and reports adverse drug reactions and medications errors
• Participates in the drug therapy management of medical emergencies (code blue, etc.)
• Performs both admission history and discharge medication review and/or counseling in order to facilitate the admission/discharge/transfer of patients
• Provides operational support to Clinical Pharmacists and Clinical Pharmacy Specialists as determined by departmental need
• Responds to drug information requests and optimize pharmacotherapy regimens utilizing current evidence-based literature

Promotes and demonstrates rational, cost-effective drug therapy

• Participates in formulary management by converting non-formulary orders to formulary alternatives when possible; enforces the use of the non-formulary medication request ordering procedure and validate patient’s home medication, when applicable
• Assists in the procurement of medication when necessary, including verification of home medication supply, when applicable
• Facilitates the implementation of clinical and operational initiatives
• Recommends and evaluate drug inventory par levels
• Documents clinical consultations and cost avoidance as part of the departmental clinical documentation program
• Developments of formulary monograph or medication use evaluation (MUE) as assigned by pharmacy leadership

Serves as a mentor to pharmacy technicians, pharmacy students, and residents, when applicable

• Provides guidance and supervision to certified pharmacy technicians
• Precepts pharmacy students during IPPE and APPE rotations as necessary
• Precepts PGY1 residents and PGY2 residents, as appropriate
• Participates in scholarly activities including but not limited to research, publications, and poster presentations

Other Functions:

Executes hospital and pharmacy policies and procedures

• Investigates and resolves automated dispensing cabinet-related issues
• Utilizes medication carousels to resolve drug distribution-related issues
• Participates in orientation of new staff members
• Completes sterile compounding training, including hazardous medications, and demonstrates competency on a frequency defined by the Sterile Compounding Supervisor
• Completes extemporaneous compounding training, including hazardous medications, and demonstrates competency on a frequency defined by pharmacy leadership
• Covers assigned shifts as determined by departmental need
• Facilitates investigational drug studies with assistance of Investigation Drug Service Manager and/or other personnel involved in the drug study
• Assists in development of policies and procedures as assigned by pharmacy leadership

Demonstrates effective communication skills

• Utilizes advanced communication skills to convey and demonstrate clinical pharmacist expertise
• Forms collaborative relationships with pharmacy team members and other members of the healthcare team
• Maintains involvement in pharmacy department or hospital committees
• Achieves and maintains satisfactory working relationships with pharmacy leadership, pharmacy staff and other departments throughout the system, including committees and administration
• Attends departmental staff meetings
• Maintains compliance with all company policies, procedures and standards of conduct
• Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to maintain confidentiality at all times
• Performs other duties as assigned

Additional Job Description:

Education:

• Graduated from an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy (required)

Experience:

• Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY-1) Pharmacy Residency or three (3) years of relevant work experience (preferred)

Licensure:

• Licensed or license eligible as a pharmacist in the Commonwealth of Kentucky (required)

Certification:

• Current board certification by Board of Pharmacy Specialties® (preferred)
• Current certification in Basic Life Support or must obtain within 90 days from date of hire (required)
• Current certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) as determined by pharmacy leadership (required)