Works with the multidisciplinary patient care team to provide optimal pharmaceutical care to Nationwide Children's Hospital patients in a focused practice area. Demonstrates competency across all areas of pediatric clinical pharmacy practice and provides age-appropriate care to patients from the age of birth through 21 years and select adult patient populations. Routinely participates in teaching, research, quality improvement endeavors, and scholarly activities. Participates in the clinical pharmacy on-call program, including weekend coverage.
Essential Functions:- Serves as a member of the patient care team as the pharmacotherapy expert, such as: rounds with the medical team to prospectively recommend and evaluate individualized drug therapy, makes recommendations to achieve best outcomes in an evidence-based and patient-specific manner while considering pharmacoeconomic principles, and prospectively identifies potential adverse drug reactions, drug-drug, drug-disease and drug-food interactions, and incompatibilities affecting patient outcomes.
- Documents direct patient care, clinical, operational, and financial outcomes and activities appropriately in the medical record.
- Provides appropriate handoff for pharmacists and other healthcare providers to follow up on anticipated pharmacotherapy needs, including medication changes. Collaborates with other members of the pharmacy team to assure continuity of care and consistency of practice.
- Determines appropriateness of medication orders and contacts prescribing practitioner if in doubt of appropriateness of order. Verifies medications orders to assure timely and accurate delivery in a form appropriate for the patient. Helps operationalize recommendations through order verification as appropriate and as determined by team leadership.
- Focuses on accurate maintenance of the ‘prior to admission’ medication list and ensures accurate and timely communication to multidisciplinary team, ambulatory pharmacy, and patient/family regarding discharge medication-related needs. Participates in the development and coordination of patient-specific teaching and transitional care services as part of medication reconciliation and discharge planning.
- Precepts PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residents, PGY1 Pharmacy Residents, and Doctor of Pharmacy students, and Pediatric Pharmacy Fellows.
- Provides team-based education and training to medical staff, fellows, residents, and students. Develops, provides, and participates in Pharmacy Department staff development activities.
- Participates in research and scholarly activities as an investigator or consultant to the pharmacy, medical, and nursing staff. Routine contribution and external scholarship are expected through publication of articles in peer-reviewed journals or conference abstracts. At least one abstract or publication biennially is expected.
- Participates on departmental and/or hospital committees as related to medication safety and/or quality improvement initiatives while demonstrating pharmacy practice leadership. Minimum involvement in one or more committee is expected in addition to routine medication safety contributions.
Education Requirement:Doctor of Pharmacy (preferred) or Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college of pharmacy.
Licensure Requirement:Licensure, or licensure-eligibility, to practice pharmacy in the state of Ohio.
Certifications:BPS Board Certification (or eligible for testing, with certification to be obtained within 24 months of hire).
Skills:(not specified)
Experience:PGY1 and PGY2 pharmacy residencies (or PGY1 residency and PGY2 fellowship) OR PGY1 residency with 3 years of hospital pharmacist practice experience (pediatrics preferred) with responsibility for direct clinical patient care similar to that provided through a PGY2 residency,
OR 5 years of hospital pharmacist practice experience (pediatrics preferred) with responsibility for direct clinical patient care similar to that provided through a PGY2 residency.
Physical Requirements:OCCASIONALLY: Biohazard waste, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Standing, Walking
FREQUENTLY: Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Interpreting Data, Sitting
CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Chemicals/Medications, Color vision, Computer skills, Decision Making, Depth perception, Flexing/extending of neck, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Repetitive hand/arm use, Seeing – Far/near
Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above:(not specified)
Accuracy and Attention to Detail - Working Knowledge (Meets Expectations), Clinical Skills - Extensive Experience (Meets Expectations), Communicating for Impact - Working Knowledge (Meets Expectations), Drug Distribution - Extensive Experience (Meets Expectations), Managing Multiple Priorities - Extensive Experience (Meets Expectations), NCH Core Values - Basic Understanding (Meets Expectations), Post Doctoral Degree, Problem Solving - Working Knowledge (Meets Expectations), RX106 Pharmacist - Ohio Licensing Center, RX108 Board of Pharmacy Specialties Certification (BPS) - Board of Pharmacy Specialties, Self-Directed Growth and Development - Extensive Experience (Meets Expectations), Tolerance for Ambiguity and Stress - Extensive Experience (Meets Expectations)
"The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet"