Inpatient Pediatric Acute Care Clinical & Central Operations Pharmacist at Portland, OR (Marquam Hill) – Portland, Oregon

• Identifies, resolves and documents complex therapeutic problems, demonstrating advanced knowledge and application of this knowledge to a specific patient population.

• Responds accurately to requests for drug information from physicians, nurses, patients and patient's families; independently reviews and interprets the literature and applies this information to specific patient care situations.

• Monitors therapeutic response and adverse effects of medications to guide drug therapy. Consults with provider when questions or problems are identified and documents activities in the patient medical record. Appropriately reports all adverse drug reactions, drug defects, and medication errors.

• Supervise the activities and assume responsibility for all duties being performed by technicians, students, interns, and residents and monitor and evaluate their performance.

• Influences standards of therapy by forming peer level relationships with attending medical staff members; is recognized as a drug authority in their practice area by physicians, nurses and pharmacists.

• Assists in the development of treatment guidelines to be used in patients with specific diagnosis. Documents activities in the patient medical record, pharmacy monitoring profile, drug use evaluation data collection or adverse drug reaction reporting program.

• Interprets and evaluates physician's orders and prescriptions for accuracy, completeness and appropriateness. Documents activities of clinical decision or medication distribution issues that are not in line with the standard of practice, require follow-up, or continued monitoring/evaluation. Verify the accuracy and appropriateness of medications prepared and dispensed from the central pharmacy.

• Participates in both intra and interdepartmental education programs; participates in the development of peers.

• Assists in the reconciliation of medications, education of patients regarding their home medication regimens, and coordination of the discharge medication plan with the interdisciplinary team. Documents activities in the patient medical record.

Job Related Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Competencies):

• Enforce pharmaceutical care principles safely and accurately
• Make age-related modification of drug therapy
• Make disease-related modification of drug therapy
• Evaluate medical literature
• Set priorities to respond quickly to emergent situations/requests
• Enforce practice guidelines, standards, and medication related policies
• Perform key computer related skills including use of the EMR, common word processing, spreadsheet, medical literature and medication databases

• PGY2 Residency in applicable area of specialty practice
• Specialist Certifications (BCPS, BCOPS, etc.)