Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

3 days ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States Rush University Full time
Job Summary

Rush University Medical Center is seeking a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist to join our team in the Specialty Drug Solutions department. As a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, you will be responsible for providing clinical pharmacy services to a general population of patients, including order verification, discharge counseling, and education of other healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities
  1. Evaluate and verify Epic physician's orders for therapeutic appropriateness, proper dosing, optimal dosage form, drug interactions, allergic reactions, route and rate of administration, and therapeutic redundancy.
  2. Clarify physicians' orders when necessary through direct and timely contact with prescriber or designated practitioner.
  3. Provides patient-specific pharmacotherapy recommendations and drug information to the medical and nursing staff.
  4. Participates in the pharmacy department's most current method of documenting clinical interventions.
  5. Perform daily review of pharmacy reports, including pharmacokinetic monitoring and other drug or patient-specific reports that may be required.
  6. Conducts monthly nursing unit inspections of medication storage areas as assigned.
  7. Supervise pharmacy technician staff involved in the preparation and delivery of medications, ensuring coordination of workflows with established delivery schedules.
  8. Coordinate medication ordering, preparation, dispensing, and administration systems for the patient populations outlined above on a daily basis.
  9. Implements all drug use policy and formulary decisions of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee.
  10. Participates in SE (ADR and medication error) reporting programs.
  11. Complete clinical and operational activities as designated by the departmental management team, including pyxis inventory optimization and relevant process improvement projects.
  12. Precept pharmacy students and residents (PGY1 and PGY2) as assigned in clinical and operational areas.
  13. Provides patient-specific pharmacotherapy recommendations and drug information to the medical and nursing staff.
  14. Assess and evaluates the medical and drug literature in order to compare and contrast therapeutic regimens and uses for new or existing drug treatments.
  15. Implement medication safety initiatives as determined by current departmental needs and ongoing projects.
  16. Develop operational and clinical projects as determined by current departmental needs and ongoing projects.
  17. Serves as a liaison with other departments for collaborative research activity.
  18. Responsibility for evaluating and monitoring drug therapy relative to the total needs/problems of the ambulatory care patient in collaboration with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
  19. Actively participates in professional organizations.
About Rush University Medical Center

Rush University Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.



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