PEDIATRIC CLINICAL PHARMACIST

General Purpose of Job:

Responsible for the maintenance, development, and implementation of current and future clinical pharmacy programs and services. Provide clinical pharmacy services, assist in the department's Caregiver development programs, and fulfill preceptor responsibilities for pharmacy residents, pharmacy students and medical students.

Essential Duties:

This job description is intended to cover the minimum essential duties assigned on a regular basis. Caregivers may be asked to perform additional duties as assigned by their leader. Leadership has the right to alter or modify the duties of the position.

• Perform clinical pharmacokinetic dosing service in a timely and accurate manner.
• Provide drug information services.
• Regularly interface with individual medical services and improve the quality of pharmacy services to those patients.
• Participate in Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee activities.
• Participate in research and professional communications.
• Assist in the department's caregiver development programs by presenting and coordinating Pharmacy seminars, educating and training pharmacy residents and pharmacists in clinical programs, and serve as a resource on pharmacotherapy.
• Write clear objectives for program development with target dates outlined and attend clinical staff meetings.
• Audit and assure pharmacy residents and quality of existing clinical programs.
• Assist in the clerkship training, instruction, supervision, and evaluation of students assigned to this site, and participate in department orientation.
• Perform duties of a staff pharmacist on assigned schedule.
• Compounding and supervising the compounding of Non-sterile medications up to and including Moderate Compounding as defined by USP<795> and Sterile medications up to and including Medium Risk as defined by USP <797>
• Handle, dispense, verify, and manipulate hazardous medications as defined by USP<800> to meet patient care needs.
• Compounding caregivers adhere to the prescription or medical order for the strength, quality and purity of compounding preparations. Compounded products are packaged, labeled and dispensed according to current laws and regulations.