Clinical Pharmacist

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This is an invitation to join a family of dedicated professionals at the forefront of medical innovation, united by the power of humankindness.

As our Clinical Pharmacist, you’ll help our doctors and nurses safely prescribe and dispense medications to help our patients feel better and recover from their illness or injury.

Every day, you’ll build trust in these interactions by reviewing every prescription in your queue. We never rely entirely on the computer to check for safety; we always use an expert for the final check. That’s you. You’ll review prescriptions for potential drug interactions, correct dosing, patient allergies or anything that looks unusual in your opinion.

To excel in this role, you must enjoy learning new concepts and researching information in real-time to provide solutions for our patients. You should also continually look for ways to go above and beyond for your patients, delivering an exceptional experience along with exceptional care.

• Demonstrates ability to document clinical activities and interventions such as consults, patient teachings and other patient specific information as defined by policy and procedure.
• Interprets medication orders and/or prescriptions for drug interactions, appropriate drug selection and appropriateness. Accurately enters / verifies the order or prescription into the computer system, labels, and dispenses medications in a timely manner.
• Verifies and checks medications prepared by other pharmacy personnel.
• Communicates drug information to patients and health professionals. Resolves drug related problems by consulting with other health care professionals to achieve appropriate patient outcomes. Unclear orders written by a licensed provider are clarified with the licensed provider. Assists the licensed provider in appropriate drug selection and therapeutic regimens.
• Achieves and maintains an adequate basic knowledge base to provide clinical services for all age groups served. Provides basic clinical services as required by policy and procedure.
• Maintains a working knowledge of automated systems

Employer: Dignity Health
Position Location: Phoenix, AZ
Position: Clinical Pharmacist

Job Duties:
1. Ensure safe compounding and dispensing of chemotherapy infusions and nonhazardous medications.
2. Review and verify medication orders for appropriateness, safety, efficacy, and considering patient-
specific data like age, weight, diagnosis, allergies, and lab values.
3. Monitor patient-specific pharmacotherapeutic regimens, identifying potential and actual drug-
related problems, and making recommendations or adjustments to therapy in collaboration with
physicians and the healthcare team.
4. Provide accurate drug information to healthcare professionals and patients
5. Maintain accurate and complete documentation of patient assessments and clinical interventions
with the use of Cerner systems for electronic health records.
6. VARIOUS WORKSITES – Regular travel for clinical coverage within Phoenix to other Dignity locations,
including Dignity Health Cancer Institute at St. Joseph’s, as determined by business needs.

Job Requirements:
Education Requirements:
Doctor of Pharmacy or closely related.

Experience Requirements:

36 months in job offered, or closely related.

Special skills requirements:
1. Ability to provide patient counseling regarding prescription and over the counter (OTC) medications.
2. Ability to provide oversight regarding pharmacy operations and assist with triaging issues within the
department.
3. Experience with therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacokinetic dosing for vancomycin,
aminoglycosides and anticoagulants for optimized medication management and therapy for patients.
4. Knowledge of sterile compounding practices and IV admixture oversight of chemotherapy, biologics,
and nonhazardous medications.
5. Knowledge of oncology treatment protocols such as NCCN guidelines, in tandem with the ability to
recommend chemotherapy orders with accuracy, safety, and appropriateness.
6. Experience receiving and transcribing prescription data into computer systems including Epic to
maintain electronic health records for patients.
7. Must have an Arizona Pharmacist License from the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy.
8. Must have or be able to obtain a Basic Life Support Certification from an accredited American Heart
Association.