Health System Pharmacist-Level III

3 weeks ago


New York, United States NYC Health Hospitals Full time
NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America's oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue's clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children's Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION AND SCOPE OF PRACTICE
  1. Direct Patient Care Responsibilities
  • Participate in direct patient care in the Emergency Department
  • Comprehensive acute management of patients in the Emergency Department
  • Provide clinical support for the multidisciplinary healthcare teams for all Emergency Department patients
  • Review of medication profiles to assure optimal pharmacotherapy treatment plans
  • Optimizing medication therapies to prevent and reduce medication errors
  • Therapeutic drug monitoring for appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, and drug interactions
  • Provide pharmacokinetic consultations when requested
  • Provide patients/caregivers with discharge counseling as applicable
  • Provide medication information to interdisciplinary healthcare team
  • Develop medication guidelines, order sets, and protocols in collaboration with clinical staff
  • Pursue opportunities for optimization of Electronic Medical Record related to patient care in the Emergency Department
  • Document pharmacotherapy interventions within the Electronic Medical Record

  1. Education Responsibilities:
  • Provide patient specific education to any inpatient or outpatient as requested by medical staff or nursing personnel
  • Facilitate, develop, and implement lectures to pharmacy staff in Emergency Medicine related topics
  • Provide in-services to medical staff on pharmacological topics
  • Provide in-services to nursing staff on pertinent pharmacy-nursing related topics
  • Development of guidelines and protocols related to Emergency Medicine.

  1. Departmental Responsibilities
  • Ensure safe, appropriate, cost effective medication therapies for patients according to established policies, procedures, and protocols
  • Facilitate the development and implementation of treatment guidelines, protocols, formulary changes as approved by appropriate committees. Ensure guidelines & protocols match national standards and include clinically appropriate treatment standards, while respecting the cost structure of the institution
  • Coordinate the selection and safe use of alternatives in response to medication shortages
  • Provide clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners
  • Support the pharmacy department's clinical endeavors
  • Review the use of targeted medication for compliance with pharmacoeconomic programs
  • Suggest appropriate, cost effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff
  • Monitor drug therapy regimens for allergies, contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, drug-laboratory test interactions, adverse drug reactions, appropriateness of drug and dose, and therapeutic duplication
  • Help reduce or limit cost of medications utilized in the treatment of Emergency Department patients through review of each specific patient medication regimen
  • Monitor cost of medication therapy for Emergency Department patients and report to Section Chief and Pharmacy Leadership
  • Provide accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to professional staff
  • Contribute to the publishing of pharmacy newsletter
  • Supervise and conduct continued education to the pharmacists and pharmacy students
  • Prepare and review drug use evaluation criteria, adverse drug reaction reports, and pharmacy interventions summary to various committees
  • Participate in hospital education programs
  • Coordinate policies and procedures for clinical activities (i.e. therapeutic interchange, unacceptable abbreviations, look alike-sound alike drugs, medication events reporting etc.)
  • Participate in quality improvement activities of the department
  • Collect, analyze, and maintain data for all documented interventions
  • Establish productive, collaborative relationships among the multidisciplinary healthcare team
  • Sustain professional competence and promote development through participation in in-services, workshops, seminars, and professional organizations
  • Precept and mentor pharmacy students for local Colleges of Pharmacy
  • Train pharmacists and pharmacy students to participate in drug use evaluation
  • Facilitate discharge/transfer planning and transitions of care related to medication use
  • Complete special projects as assigned by Pharmacy Leadership
  • Participate in Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee through facilitation of formulary additions

Minimum Qualifications

For Level I:
1. Possession of a valid NY State license to practice pharmacy.

For Level II: In addition to meeting the qualification requirements of the lower level:
1. Two years of post licensure experience; or
2. Completion of a post graduate specialty residency or fellowship program; or
3. Current Pharmacy Board Certification.

For Level III: In addition to meeting the qualification requirements of the lower levels, an additional:
1. One year of post licensure supervisory experience or specialty clinical experience.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
  • Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
  • Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
  • Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
  • Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
  • College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
  • Multiple employee discounts programs


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