Clinical Pharmacist

Murrells Inlet, SC

Full time

JR105241

Employee Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Night - 12 hour shift (United States of America)

Join Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health!

Clinical Pharmacist

Are you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our Tidelands Health team. As our region's largest health care provider, we are also one of our area's largest employers. More than 2,500 team members at more than 70 Tidelands Health locations bring our healing mission to life each day.

A Brief Overview

Under general supervision, the Clinical Pharmacist oversees the supervisory, distributive, and clinical functions of the Pharmacy including the prompt and accurate reviewing, processing, checking, and monitoring of physician orders, patient medication profiles, completed prescriptions and conduct routine daily rounds on assigned nursing units. Accurate drug information, recommendations and interventions are promptly provided to physicians, all other health care professionals and patients. Assists the Director and Assistant Director of Pharmacy in their duties to maximize the performance of the department and to implement and improve services as the needs of the department, the hospital, and the community change. Conducts, performs and presents assigned projects to P&T and any other committee as deemed appropriate. Duties delegated by the Director or the Assistant Director of Pharmacy Services are accurately and promptly completed.

What you will do

• Provide drug education and counsels patients on appropriate drug use and recommend drug discontinuation when indicated

• Provide written education for patient drug education

• Provide education to pharmacy staff, students and other healthcare professionals

• Utilize pharmacokinetic and drug dosing protocols and provides pharmacokinetic consultation for agents requiring such monitoring

• Evaluate drug therapy orders for appropriateness of dosage, route, interval, schedule and duration throughout patient’s hospital course and provide drug therapy consultations

• Suggest appropriate therapeutic alternatives for non-formulary drugs

• Analyze patient parameters (weight, height, existing condition, and laboratory data) and recommends appropriate dosing

• Participate in patient care rounds to provide input into monitoring of drug therapy

• Report adverse drug reactions or medication errors

• Record recommendations, interventions or other appropriate activity in EPIC

Education Qualifications

• Doctoral Degree from a college of pharmacy. Required

Experience Qualifications

• Previous experience in hospital pharmacy Preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work under direct or minimal supervision and handle stress appropriately.

• Ability to work cooperatively with health-system and pharmacy staffs.

• Ability to handle frequent interruptions and adapt to changes in workload and work schedule.

• Ability to set priorities, makes decisions, and responds quickly to emergency requests.

• Ability to meet the pharmaceutical care needs of neonatal, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients.

• Communication, supervisory, organizational, learning and minimal teaching skills are essential to the proper performance of the duties assigned.

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Pharmacist - South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Required

Physical Demand

Light-Medium Physical Demand

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a contract for employment nor a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Tidelands Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Tidelands Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). Tidelands Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender, genetic information, familial status, or any other legally protected status.

At Tidelands Health, we are united by a single, shared mission: We help people live better lives through better health. It’s a commitment embodied in the extraordinary care we provide our patients and the award-winning workplace that welcomes our team every day.

A proud not-for-profit organization, we are the largest health care provider in our beautiful coastal region of South Carolina. Enjoy year-round access to the Myrtle Beach area’s warm, sunny climate and outstanding quality of life as you fulfill your professional dreams. Here, you’ll find a workplace culture built around a spirit of inclusion, teamwork, mutual respect and recognition for a job well done.

Discover what it’s like to work for an organization that values who you are as much as we appreciate what you do.