PHARMACIST - DECENTRALIZED - EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT at Aultman Health Foundation – CANTON, Ohio

Decentralized Pharmacist Responsibilities:

• Reviews, interprets, and verifies all physician orders for processing.
• Provides safe, efficient, patient-centered, evidence-based clinical pharmacy services including pharmacokinetic consultation, drug therapy monitoring, healthcare staff in-services, patient-specific consultations.
• Provides cost-effective, evidence-based drug information to providers and nursing staff.
• Performs final check/verification of all processed orders and approves for delivery and release.
• Clarifies medications, doses, routes of administration and other related information with the physician as indicated.
• Knowledgeable of age specific doses and routes of administration.
• Knowledgeable of drug/drug interaction, food/drug interaction, renal clearance dosing and adjustments, indications and contraindications, compatibility, and stability of intravenous medications. That includes chemotherapy medications and Total Parenteral Nutrition.
• Prepares and/or supervises the preparation of extemporaneously compounded medications, including sterile products.
• Inputs patient and medication order information accurately into hospital computer system via direct order entry or CPOE verification to facilitate medication dispensing.
• Provides concise drug information to physicians, nurses, patients, and other allied health professionals.
• Knowledgeable of different drug information references and sources including websites.
• Maintains control and security of all medications and reports all potential diversion to the Director of Pharmacy.
• Supervises the activities of pharmacy support personnel related to the preparation and processing of orders and their performance.
• Communicates with physicians, nurses, patients, and other allied health professionals in a courteous, professional and customer friendly manner.
• Performs correct calculations of doses and infusion rates.
• Participates in clinical activities including vancomycin dosing, anticoagulation monitoring, and any other clinical programs assigned by the department.
• Completes licensure continuing education requirements and work-related competencies in a timely manner.
• Understands regulatory requirements and standards affecting his/her scope of practice.

· Follows medication use policies and complies with drug formulary policies and procedures, including enforcement of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee approved therapeutic interchanges and non-formulary requests.

· Provides education to providers when they have problems/issues entering medication orders into the Cerner Millennium information system.

· Enters medication variances in Midas & enters clinical interventions identified in Sentri7 and by self into Quantifi software (or other current intervention tracking software used by Aultman Pharmacy.)

· Assists in the training and development of new pharmacy employees.

· Assists in the training and education of pharmacy students and pharmacy residents.

• Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.