Clinical Pharmacist II - South Meadows

Position Purpose

Purpose Text

The Clinical Pharmacist II is responsible for delivering comprehensive pharmaceutical care across Renown Health acute care services. This includes preparation, distribution, and safe handling of medications, clinical monitoring, and collaboration with healthcare professionals within established guidelines and statutory requirements. Additionally, this position is responsible for attending multidisciplinary meetings, serving as a formal preceptor, or providing departmental staff development opportunities.

Nature and Scope

Nature and Scope Text

The Clinical Pharmacist II plays a critical role in delivering comprehensive pharmaceutical care within Renown Health. This position is responsible for both distributive and clinical functions, requiring a balanced approach to medication preparation, dispensing, and therapeutic oversight. The pharmacist ensures medications are handled safely, accurately, and cost-effectively, while also providing expert guidance on drug administration, therapy monitoring, and formulary management.

The scope of this role includes interpreting and verifying medication orders for appropriateness, identifying and resolving potential drug-related issues, and maintaining compliance with all applicable State and Federal regulations and hospital policy. The pharmacist maintains accurate patient medication profiles and documentation, oversees controlled substance records, and ensures timely processing of patient charges.

Clinically, the pharmacist monitors drug therapy, including but not limited to, parenteral nutrition, pharmacokinetics, renal dosing, and IV-to-enteral conversions. They collaborate with providers and nursing staff to recommend appropriate therapies and initiate corrective actions when necessary. Effective communication and documentation of clinical interventions are essential components of this role.

The position also includes leadership responsibilities such as supervising pharmacy technicians and support staff, training interns and students, and contributing to departmental quality initiatives. Additionally, the pharmacist is responsible for providing hands on training to pharmacist trainees regarding daily shift responsibilities and best practices.

As a key member of the healthcare team, the Clinical Pharmacist serves as a resource to management, supports inventory control, participates in incident reporting, and actively engages in continuous improvement efforts. This position directly contributes to patient care and is integral to ensuring safe and effective medication use throughout the health system.

Clinical Pharmacist II is responsible for providing development opportunities for pharmacy staff, serving as a formally appointed preceptor to a pharmacy resident or student learning experience, or serving as a pharmacy representative in a multidisciplinary meeting.

The pharmacist is expected to demonstrate flexibility, reliability, and initiative, including the ability to work across multiple clinical areas and shifts in a 24/7 operational environment. Overtime may be required.

The pharmacist is expected to regularly attend staff, workgroup, and educational meetings .

The incumbent may perform other duties as assigned.

This position does provide patient care

Disclaimer

The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.

Minimum Qualifications

Requirements - Required and/or Preferred

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