Uw Health

Clinical Staff Pharmacist

Uw Health • $100K — $120K *
Middleton, WI 53562In-Person
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Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • State of Wisconsin Professional licensure for Pharmacist required
  • Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or PharmD required
  • Completion of a PGY-1 hospital residency or 2 years of acute care experience preferred
  • Strong knowledge of intravenous admixture services and drug therapy preferred
  • Board certification in nutrition support required within one year of employment
  • CPR certification required for pharmacist vaccinators
  • Availability for weeknight and weekend on-call shifts

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate and facilitate patient infusion needs with prescribers and health system staff
  • Conduct clinical and legal reviews of new patient prescriptions
  • Develop patient-focused plans considering medication appropriateness and monitoring parameters
  • Provide medication consultations to patients and dispense medications and supplies
  • Check all medications and equipment prior to dispensing from the pharmacy
  • Document patient notes and charting in the organization's electronic health record
  • Manage patient care as delegated by a physician

Benefits

  • Access to ongoing education and training opportunities
  • Participation in professional seminars and conferences
  • Supportive work environment focused on safety and quality improvement
  • Engagement in infection control guidelines
  • Opportunity to enhance skills in a specialized area of home infusion therapy
Full Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY

Performs clinical and distributive pharmacy activities and related services as they pertain to providing safe and effective home infusion therapies.

ESSENTIAL JOB KNOWLEDGE
  • Coordinates and facilitates care of new and on service patients' infusion needs through collaboration with prescribers and health system staff along with Care Direct team members and operations.
  • Practices the pharmacists' patient care process in providing safe and effective drug therapy.
  • Provides clinical and legal review of all new patient prescriptions. Maintains pharmacy records in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
  • Collects and assesses relevant information to develop patient focused plan including medication appropriateness, medication reconciliation, and monitoring parameters including laboratory and clinical data. Provides recommendations to prescriber for plan alterations when appropriate to enhance outcomes associated with drug therapy.
  • Provides medication consultations to patients and dispenses all medications and related supplies and equipment in accordance with federal and state laws and standards of practice which govern the profession of pharmacy and sterile compounding.
  • Checks all medications, supplies, and equipment prior to dispensing from the pharmacy.
  • Completes thorough and timely documentation of patient notes and charting in the organization's electronic health record.
  • Manages patient care as delegated by a physician through any written delegation agreements.
  • Maintains clinical skills and knowledge of pharmacotherapy by reviewing the literature and attending in-services, seminars, and/or conferences.
  • Successfully completes initial and ongoing organizational and department education, training, and competency requirements.
  • Infection Control: Understands, demonstrates, and follows organizational infection control guidelines (CDIC).
  • Quality: Focuses on improving processes and champions efficiency in daily work activities.
  • Safety: Promotes a culture of safety by taking accountability for individual actions, including but not limited to, promptly reporting errors or near misses via the organization's occurrence reporting system and participating in developing improved safety processes, as appropriate. (ADM015, ADM016, OPS044, Mission Statement).
  • Performs other duties as assigned.


JOB REQUIREMENTS

Licenses:
  • State of Wisconsin Professional licensure for Pharmacist

Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in: Pharmacy
  • PharmD

Experience:
  • Completion of a PGY-1 hospital residency or minimum of 2 years of recent experience in an acute care setting or one year of recent experience in home infusion therapy preferred.
  • Experience and strong knowledge base in intravenous admixture services and intravenous drug therapy preferred.

Miscellaneous:
  • Individuals who are pharmacist vaccinators are required to be CPR certified.
  • Board certification in nutrition support required within the first year of employment.
  • Participation in weeknight and weekend on call shifts is required.

About Uw Health

UW Health University Hospital is a 515-bed academic regional referral center with 127 outpatient clinics, located on the western edge of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's campus in Madison, Wisconsin. It is an American College of Surgeons designated Level I adult and pediatric trauma center, one of only two in Wisconsin. UW Health University Hospital has seven intensive care units, pediatric, neonatal, cardiac, cardiothoracic, burn, neurosurgery). UW Health University Hospital was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the 16th best hospital in the United States and the #1 hospital in Wisconsin in the publication's 2021-2022 Best Hospitals Honor Roll, earning national rankings in 10 adult and 6 pediatric specialties. Additionally, UW Health University Hospital was ranked as the 22nd best hospital in the United States and #84th Best Hospitals in the world by Newsweek in 2022. UW Health describes itself as "the integrated health system of the University of Wisconsin–Madison." It is the primary teaching affiliate of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. It is also the primary teaching affiliate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's School of Nursing and School of Pharmacy, and is a teaching affiliate of Edgewood College's Henry Predolin School of Nursing. UW Health University Hospital is home to the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, one of 40 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. UW Health also operates the American Family Children's Hospital, a 110-bed pediatric hospital located adjacent to University Hospital, as well as UW Health at the American Center, a 59-bed hospital and emergency room located on the Northeast Side of Madison. Additionally, UW Health operates a network of outpatient clinics at over 80 sites throughout southern and central Wisconsin and northern Illinois, and has partnerships with UnityPoint Meriter Hospital in Madison, Beloit Hospital in Beloit, Wisconsin, and Swedish American Hospital in Rockford, Illinois. UW Health also has an affiliated insurance company, Quartz Health Solutions, Inc., operated in partnership with UnityPoint Health and Gundersen Health System.
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