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Exemption Status:
Exempt
Hiring Range:
$96,220.80 - $173,180.80
Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a
candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity
considerations.
Schedule Details:
Holidays - One Major Summer Holiday, Holidays - One Major Winter Holiday, Monday
through Friday, Weekends (Saturday and Sunday)
Scheduled Hours:
40hr, Evening Shift 2p-10:30p
Shift:
2 - Evening Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)
Hours:
40
Cost Center:
10020 - 3840 Pharmacy Pavilion
This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment
Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.
EVERYONE IS A CAREGIVER
At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or
responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge
research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts,
and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than
20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit
of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their
own unique way, plays an important part, every day.
The clinical pharmacist provides comprehensive medication management services
that integrate clinical services, order management, patient/staff education and
research. Clinical pharmacists are responsible for improving the patient’s
experience, safety, and achieving positive clinical and financial outcomes. This
position is responsible to an immediate supervisor/manager.
Major Responsibilities:
The following key performance areas (Clinical, Operations/Distribution,
Financial, Safety and Regulatory, Research and Education) are performed by the
clinical pharmacist:
Clinical Performance
Provides medication management services in a collaborative manner that consist
of the following:
* Review patient medication history, educate patients on drug therapy,
establish desired outcomes, develop/modify therapeutic plans, determine
alternatives for achieving outcomes, develop drug monitoring plans, monitor
patient outcomes, document medication related issues in electronic health
record, interpret laboratory data, review patient medication profiles,
monitor pharmacokinetics of drug therapy, monitoring for potential adverse
drug – drug, drug-lab, drug-disease state, and drug - food interactions.
* Maintains and updates a patient profile with demographics (e.g. height and
weight), diagnosis, allergies, and current medications.
* Monitors drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form,
regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interaction.
* Provides drug information to health care professionals and to patients.
* Documents clinical interventions.
* Counsels patients on discharge medications as appropriate.
* Performs clinical review and verification of medication orders.
* Performs medication order entry when needed.
* Discusses medication order clarifications with the prescriber, documents
interventions, and communicates medication order changes as needed.
* Facilitates medication discharge planning and smooth transition to alternate
sites of care and access to an ambulatory pharmacy.
Operations/Distribution Performance
* Ensures the timely and accurate dispensing of medications from the pharmacy
area.
* Ensures proper technique and accurate preparation of all pharmaceutical
products, including oral, non-sterile and sterile compounding,
chemotherapeutic, hazardous, and investigational agents.
* Responsible for the accurate filling and dispensing of medications from the
pharmacy area.
* Cross-covers in a variety of practice areas within the pharmacy as requested
by supervisor.
* Ensures regulatory compliance of controlled substance distribution and
monitoring.
* Supervise work of pharmacy technicians.
* Provide feedback to maintain and optimize pharmacy technology.
Financial Performance
* Promotes the use of formulary drugs by converting non-formulary orders to
formulary drugs when possible according to P&T protocol. Coordinates
procurement of non-formulary drugs when necessary.
* Conducts targeted drug program and drug usage evaluations as needed and
reports results to Department Managers/ Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
* Identifies and acts upon cost avoidance in drug therapy by promoting cost
effective regimens, drugs, and by reducing waste.
* Facilitates cost saving programs such as IV to PO and therapeutic
substitution.
* Manages medication inventory, expiring products, and recalls.
Safety and Regulatory Performance
* Detects, monitors, documents, and reports adverse drug reactions and
medication errors.
* Utilizes drug use reports to identify adverse drug events.
* Participates in Joint Commission and other accreditation and regulatory
activities such as National Patient Safety Goals and Department of Pharmacy
Quality Improvement Plan.
Research and Education Performance
* Precepts Intermediate Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) rotation students,
and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) rotation students, and
pharmacy residents consistent with academic credentials and clinical
experience.
* Participates in continuing education programs, meetings, training programs
and related activities.
* Prepares educational materials and participates in information sharing
activities for the health care community and general public.
Position Qualifications:
License/Certification/Education:
Required:
* Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) degree; OR Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy
(BSPharm) degree with 3 years hospital experience.
* Licensure with the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy.
Preferred:
* ASHP Accredited Residency in Pharmacy Practice (PGY1) is recommended.
* Pharm.D. degree with minimum of 1 year of hospital experience.
Evening Shift 2p-10:30p
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without
regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial
Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of
Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player
and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our
team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.
As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health
recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from
individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,
color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability,
gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status
protected by law.
If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive
technology or a disability, please contact us at
talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to
your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.