LCMC HealthMetairie, LA
Your job is more than a job. The Pharmacist is responsible for assisting with the clinical activities and providing medication information for the hospital and also development, implementation, and documentation of the antimicrobial stewardship program for LCMC. This will be accomplished through collaboration, coordination and communication with the Clinical and Staff Pharmacy Team, medical staff, leadership members and other healthcare workers. This pharmacist will coordinate the pharmacokinetics service according to the most recent guidelines and recommendations published in pharmacy and medical literature. This pharmacist will assist other hospital personnel in the development of clinical pathways, protocols, policies and procedures and provide advanced education to students, pharmacists, and other health care professionals. The job duties are completed by utilization of professional pharmaceutical knowledge, judgement, policy, procedure, skills, standard controls, and ethics. GENERAL DUTIES Customer Service: Continuously displays a positive attitude that contributes to improving patient satisfaction results. Applies customer service skills consistent with LCMC's Customer Service programs. Utilizes the service recovery process to address customers' concerns or complaints. Treats all customers with dignity, respect, courtesy and compassion. Recognizes customer needs and begins to solve problems as soon as they are apparent. Interacts with patients, families, visitors, and fellow employees to ensure a professional and courteous environment. Displays behaviors which focus on the customer by doing what is appropriate the first time. Financial Stability: Advises supervisor of current or anticipated problems. Effectively uses time and resources to accomplish their duties. Self-starter who willingly puts forth effort and time and performs tasks with minimal supervision. Resolves conflicting matters and schedules with peers and other staff. Willingly accepts assignments and completes in a timely fashion. Appropriately uses time and attendance system, and adheres to related policies and procedures. Be aware of possible compliance issues, specifically concerning fraud and abuse. Report these immediately. Patient Throughput: Keeps patients informed and gives periodic updates as appropriate. Within the scope of position, positively contributes to organizational goal of patient throughput. Performance Improvement: Actively promotes and support LCMC's performance improvement initiatives (i.e., participates in ongoing education, cultural change initiatives, etc.) Is receptive to differing ideas and embraces change. Verbal and written communications are clear, concise and accurate; uses positive non-verbal communication effectively. Demonstrates and actively promotes compliance with all state and federal regulatory and accrediting agencies (i.e., patient safety, infection control, HIPAA, etc.) Adheres to the Medical Center's policies and procedures, as well as the Code of Conduct and all laws and regulations. Perform your duties in an ethical manner. Ability to work on or with teams to cooperatively reach goals. Appropriately documents in accordance with departmental and organizational policies. Able to apply job knowledge to improve work processes. Provides Pharmaceutical Care via participation in the Pharmacy Clinical Program: Reviews patient's electronic health record (EHR), identifies interventions (e.g., IV to oral conversion, renal dose adjustments, drug interactions) and makes recommendations as appropriate. Prepares, attends and participates in daily multidisciplinary patient rounds. Follows up on all recommendations and documents results. Identifies and evaluates potential ADEs and documents. Assists with the department's clinical operations and consults with providers and other Health Care Professionals: Organizes and coordinates daily clinical operations in a timely fashion to accomplish the basic goals of the Department's Clinical Programs. Performs daily monitoring to assure accurate therapy and dosing given patient conditions and response to medications. Maintains consultations with providers and other Health Professionals to recommend efficacious and cost effective medication therapy. Assists with the Continuous Quality Improvement functions of the department: Coordinates the CQI functions of the department with the CQI Team to assure the most appropriate medication care for our patients and within the time limits and guidelines mandated. Maintains adequate data collection and completion of studies as per the specifications and time limits required. Develops reports to the CQI Teams and completes as per the format and time specifications set by the Team. Serves as an information and education resource for nurses, providers, other clinicians and pharmacy's customer base: Provides requested drug information to clinicians utilizing appropriate resources. Provides drug information and counseling to inpatients and outpatients as requested. Assists in educational programs and operations. Assists with clinical and educational programs for pharmacists, other professionals and ancillary personnel and assist in the orientation of employees: Assists with the development and implementation of clinical and educational programs to improve the medication knowledge and competency levels of healthcare professionals and ancillary personnel. Assists in the orientation of employees to clinical job duties in coordination with supervisory personnel. Assists the Director of Pharmacy and the Operations Manager in setting and implementing goals and objectives for the clinical areas of responsibility: Assures that the goals, objectives and continued improvement within the clinical areas of responsibility are set and implemented by the time frames and guidelines developed in coordination with the Director and other supervisors. Assists with research, analysis and prepares proposals for new and improved clinical services. Assists with the Clinical Clerkship and Institutional Experiential Students for Colleges of Pharmacy: Assists with the training, monitoring and assessing the performance of clinical clerkship and Institutional experiential students. Demonstrates commitment and maintains professional standards: Assists in the department in atypical staffing and responds to on call consultation requests. Perform other Job Duties including staff and distributive functions as required to maintain the proper operation of the department: Readily assists others and works in designated alternative areas when needed. Develop, monitor and adjust antimicrobial stewardship program: Collaborate with infectious disease physicians, other physicians, pharmacy clinical team, infection prevention, clinical laboratory staff and other healthcare workers to develop an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) Develop strategies to maximize appropriate antibiotic utilization and improvement in patient outcomes such as antibiotic guidelines, clinical pathways, restriction criteria, policy development, cost savings, formulary management and more. Establish a means to report and monitor ongoing anti-infective utilization and identified metrics showing effectiveness of ASP program. Identify opportunities for improvement regarding anti-infective use, culture reporting and ASP communication, including medication use evaluations (MUEs), conducting prospective audits and more. EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS 1 to 2 years of experience Hospital pharmacy (NOEH/TOURO/CHNOLA) 1 year of experience Hospital pharmacy settings (UMC) EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS Required: Graduate of an accredited US school Pharmacy (NOEH/TOURO/UMC) LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS Certification Name: Pharmacist Required Issuer: Louisiana Board of Pharmacy Licensure Speciality: Licensure Entity: NOEH/TOURO/UMC WORK SHIFT: Variable Hours (United States of America) LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little "come on in" attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health's culture of everyday extraordinary About East Jefferson General Hospital East Jefferson General Hospital, a landmark of LCMC Health's incredible community of care, has been the go-to hospital for health, wellness, and one-of-a-kind care in East Jefferson Parish for over 50 years. And we're only beginning to realize our greatest potential. Learn more about East Jefferson General Hospital and our legacy, our future, and our national recognition as a Nurse Magnet Hospital. Your extras Deliver healthcare with heart. Give people a reason to smile. Put a little love in your work. Be honest and real, but with compassion. Bring some lagniappe into everything you do. Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care. See opportunities, not problems - it's all about perspective. Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other. Love what makes you, you - because we do You are welcome here. LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Simple things make the difference. To get started, take your time to fully and accurately complete the application for employment. Incomplete applications get bogged down and are often eliminated due to missing information. 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