Pharmacist

Built-in 1973, Dignity Health Methodist Hospital of Sacramento is committed to providing daily excellence in health care for residents of Sacramento’s southern suburbs, including the Elk Grove, Wilton, and Galt communities. Methodist Hospital is home to a 158 acute-care bed facility with 1,120 employees, 283 medical staff, and 29 Emergency Department beds. Methodist Hospital also owns and operates Bruceville Terrace – a 171-bed, sub-acute skilled nursing long-term care facility adjacent to the hospital that provides care for the elderly, as well as those requiring extended recoveries. Methodist Hospital is home to the Family Medicine Residency Program, an accredited and nationally recognized program which provides resident physicians with specialty training in primary care family medicine. Together, the hospital and residency program implemented a ground-breaking curriculum addressing the identification, treatment, and assistance of human trafficking victims and created a one-of-a-kind health clinic for victims, the Human Trafficking Medical Home.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Job Details: 

The incumbent provides timely, accurate, and complete pharmaceutical care which includes reviewing medication orders, performing appropriate clinical interventions with prescribers, and providing drug information. Demonstrates competency in patient care for patient population served. The incumbent will also effectively maintain control of daily pharmacy operations and supervise personnel.

Job Duties:

• Investigates and completes Medication Event Report. Full Time: Exceeds (3): greater than 2 per month. Meets (2): 1-2 per month. Does not meet (1): less than 1 per month. Part time and per diem will be pro-rated.
• Follows High Risk Medication policies & procedures including appropriate documentation. Exceeds (3): procedure is followed, physician is contacted if patient does not meet criteria and documentation is completed. Does not meet (1): procedure is not followed and/or documentation is not completed.
• Effectively maintains control of daily pharmacy operations and supervises personnel. Exceeds (3): consistently aware of the needs of the department and takes specific action to direct staff to meet those needs. Meets (2): directs staff based on daily work flow. Does Not Meet (1): does not consistently provide direction to staff to meet the daily work flow.
• Number of orders verified compared against like shifts: Exceeds (3): top quartile. Does Not Meet (1): bottom quartile.
• Number of clinical interventions compared against like shifts. Exceeds (3): top quartile. Does Not Meet (1): bottom quartile.
• Contributes to the department or hospital achieving contract compliance as determined each year. Exceeds (3): greater than or equal to 90% or green. Meets (2): 80 - 89% or yellow. Does not meet (1): less than 80% or red.
• Achieves annual performance goals. Exceeds (3) Achieved greater than or equal to 90% of goals. Does Not Meet (1) less than 80% of goals.
• Keeps informed of departmental process changes through documentation of reading minutes, huddles, emails and other communication within one month of information posting or due date assigned. Exceeds (3) greater than or equal to 90% documentation. Does Not Meet (1) less than 80% documentation.
• Completes Quality Assurance logs as required. Exceeds (3): greater than or equal to 90% documentation. Does Not Meet (1) less than 80% documentation.

Minimum Qualification:

Education and Experience:

• Acute care in-patient hospital experience preferred.

Licensure: 

• Current California pharmacist license.

Special Skills:

• Demonstrated knowledge of pharmaco- therapeutics, therapeutic drug monitoring and therapeutic interventions, pharmaceutical supplies, drugs, chemicals and biologicals, federal and state regulations relating to pharmaceutical transactions, pharmacokinetics, supply management and inventory control.

Training:

• Demonstrated ability to enforce formulary decisions of the medical staff, maintain accurate and complete records, provide
  instruction and preceptorship on the subject of pharmacotherapeutics, its use and application. Effectively communicate, both written and verbal.