Clinical Pharmacist - Home Infusion

The University of Kansas Health System

$90K — $120K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited institution.
  • State licensed Pharmacist where practicing.
  • ACLS certification as required by the role.
  • PALS and/or NRP certification as needed.
  • BLS or BCLS certification required.
  • Completion of a pharmacy residency program is preferred.
  • Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in performance improvement initiatives to enhance pharmaceutical care.
  • Attend patient care rounds and provide patient-focused drug therapy support.
  • Assist with staffing needs by being flexible with scheduling.
  • Process medication orders efficiently and resolve issues timely.
  • Conduct patient-specific medication profile reviews for appropriate drug therapy adjustments.
  • Report medication incidents and engage in safety reviews.
  • Manage medication reconciliation during patient admission and discharge.

Benefits

  • Monday to Friday daytime schedule with minimal on-call duties.
  • Opportunity to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary team.
  • Support for pharmacy residency programs and student mentorship.
  • Engagement in continuous professional development presentations.
  • Limited weekend commitments compared to other pharmacy roles.
Full Job Description
Position Title

Clinical Pharmacist - Home Infusion

Southlake Campus

Position Summary / Career Interest:
Join our growing Home Infusion team! This is a Home Infusion Pharmacist position with a Monday - Friday days schedule with limited on call weekend and weeknight commitments at our Southlake campus in Lenexa, Kansas.

The Home Infusion Pharmacist provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care for patients. This consists of ensuring drug therapy that results in safe, effective, and cost conscious use of pharmaceuticals. Must demonstrate excellent interdisciplinary communication and exhibit strong educational and precepting abilities.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions
  • Actively participates in organizational and departmental performance improvement efforts to strengthen existing systems, processes, policies and procedures by introducing new ideas that lead to improved pharmaceutical care in clinical areas and in the pharmacy department as a whole.
  • Actively participates on the multidisciplinary team by consistently attending patient care rounds and providing patient - focused pharmaceutical care by assessing and monitoring drug therapy to ensure safe and cost - conscious treatment regimens.
  • Actively supports department staffing needs by flexing to other areas or alternative scheduling in order to assist in coverage of supplemental shifts when primary team is in need.
  • Assures timely medication order processing by participating in order entry, order verification and reviewing medication orders for timely resolution of problem orders.
  • Completes patient-specific medication profile reviews resulting in execution of protocol based drug therapy including, but not limited to pharmacokinetic dosing and IV to PO conversions with appropriate documentation. Adjusts doses as appropriate for patient specific parameters such as renal or hepatic dysfunction.
  • Continually reports medication incidents and adverse drug reactions in Patient Safety Net (PSN) and participates in medication incident review, peer review, or other activities to establish safe medication systems.
  • Participates in medication reconciliation at the time of admission, transfer, and/or discharge and provides patient education when appropriate.
  • Shares pharmaceutical expertise by coordinating and providing educational presentations or in-services for pharmacy and non-pharmacy staff.
  • Supports pharmacy residency programs, clerkship students and interns by precepting organized rotations, providing timely and constructive feedback, participating in training and orientation, providing mentorship, and collaborating on presentations and projects.
  • Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
  • These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.


Required Education and Experience
  • Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college or university.


Preferred Education and Experience
  • Completion of an accredited pharmacy post graduate training program (PGY-1 and/or PGY-2 residency program).


Required Licensure and Certification
  • Licensed Pharmacist - State Board of Pharmacy in state of primary practice site.
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) certification as necessary.
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and/or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification as necessary.
  • Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA)


Preferred Licensure and Certification
  • Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties certification in chosen area of specialty.


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Job Requisition ID:
R-54717

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