Clinical Pharmacist-Solid Organ Transplant Specialist
3 weeks ago
At Northwestern Medicine, we are seeking a highly skilled Clinical Pharmacist-Solid Organ Transplant to join our team. As a key member of our healthcare team, you will play a vital role in ensuring the safe and effective use of medications for our patients undergoing solid organ transplants.
Responsibilities:- Interpret medication orders to ensure safety and proper use of medications, identifying potential interactions, allergies, and administration errors.
- Coordinate with pharmacy, nursing, and prescribers to resolve medication-related problems, demonstrating initiative and sound judgment.
- Monitor medication therapy for significant drug-drug, drug-diet, or drug-laboratory test interactions, intervening when necessary.
- Evaluate and document the appropriateness of medication selections for achieving desired therapeutic outcomes.
- Communicate potential problems and solutions to prescribers, acting as a consultant in pharmacokinetics and adverse reactions.
- Participate in therapeutic drug monitoring and intervention programs, adjusting therapy as needed.
- Process medication order information into the Electronic Health Record, ensuring accuracy of records.
- Maintain comprehensive pharmacy patient profiles, including age, maturation, weight, allergies, diagnosis, and pharmacokinetic parameters.
- Oversee packaging, labeling, and distribution of medications, monitoring controlled inventories and resolving discrepancies.
- Compound and dispense pharmaceuticals, including sterile products, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition products.
- Verify medication orders, ensuring accuracy and completeness, and resolve discrepancies as necessary.
- Review laboratory data for appropriateness of medication use, recommending changes when needed.
- Develop and present education and training programs for medical, nursing, and pharmacy staff, as well as assist in educating pharmacy students, residents, and fellows.
- Educate patients and their families about specific medications, responding to emergency situations and providing accurate and timely medication information.
- Maintain the hospital formulary, limiting medication usage to formulary items when appropriate, and document all clinical activities and interventions.
- Collect data, maintain logs, and record other documentation as required by the department.
- Communicate professional knowledge effectively in both oral and written forms to patients and other health professionals.
- Participate in quality improvement and medication use review activities of the department.
- Organize, prioritize, and plan workload within given time constraints, working cooperatively with fellow pharmacists to oversee and direct the activities of the work area.
- Current license to practice pharmacy in the State of Illinois.
- Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or a Doctor of Pharmacy Degree.
- Preferred: Training and knowledge of specialty areas (neonatology, critical care, oncology, etc.), completion of a pharmacy residency program or equivalent hospital pharmacy experience.
Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected status.
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