UPMC CHILDREN’S IS HIRING A FULL TIME CLINICAL PHARMACIST!

This Clinical Pharmacist position supports both clinical and operational components of the department. This position will primarily support the Critical Care Services of the hospital, with cross coverage of Acute Care Services when needed. This position will follow a rotating schedule of daylight and evenings with some nights. There is a holiday and weekend requirement.

• Leads assigned patient service lines, clinical areas, and therapeutic programs.
• Facilitates pharmaceutical care services, direct patient care programs, medication utilization systems within assigned services and care areas to assure drug utilization activities are aligned with patient care needs, evidence-based best practices, and regulatory standards.
• Designs and implements stewardship activities and restriction/surveillance programs.
• Tracks and evaluates assigned pharmacy programs for operational, quality, and financial efficiency and routinely benchmarks against local and national best practices.
• Actively identifies practice related issues which require evaluation and facilitate clinical research projects, quality improvement initiatives, or healthcare provider education as needed to advance practice.
• Develops and oversees policies and procedures for drug purchasing, drug usage, drug distribution, and drug control.
• Works as an active member of multidisciplinary team and collaborates with healthcare providers within decentralized patient care areas to provide patient-centered care o Identifies high-risk patients and implements interventions to improve quality and safety.
• Participates in the management of medical emergencies.
• Provides discharge medication review, reconciliation, and counseling as appropriate.
• Completes critical patient monitoring and reviews patient profile/chart to identify, prevent, or mitigate drug-related problems, improper drug or dose selection, sub therapeutic dosage, over dosage, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, failure to receive drugs, untreated indications, medication use without an indication, and treatment failures.
• Facilitates specialty medication procurement, ordering, and dispensing procedures including but not limited to chemotherapy, parenteral nutrition, controlled substances, etc.
• Oversees pharmacy operations and technician practice/activities. ?
• Facilitates experiential education and practice advancement.
• Maintains proficiency in preceptor roles and actively emulates education/mentorship skills.
• Develops student, resident, and staff training experiences/competencies and creates new relationships for teaching and training opportunities.
• Graduate of an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy
• B.S. degree in Pharmacy Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree; PharmD preferred.
• Current licensure as a Pharmacist in practicing state
• Completion of ASHP accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency or 3 years clinical pharmacy experience
• BPS Board Certification preferred.Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
• Pharmacist
• Act 31/33/34/73 child abuse clearances with renewal