Position Summary

The clinical faculty/clinical pharmacists are integral members of the Surgical multidisciplinary teams. Clinical Faculty will be assigned to the Surgery team to provide comprehensive medication therapy management; provided didactic lectures; precepting of pharmacy students/ residents; and scholarly activities. Clinical duties include attending daily rounds; medication profile review; identifying medication related problems; providing evidence-based medication and dosing recommendations; therapeutic drug monitoring; provision of drug information; patient education; attending rapid response team calls; nurse, physician, and pharmacy staff development; coordinating and conducting quality initiative projects; and developing collaborative treatment and research protocols.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Participate in the education of all members of the healthcare team by designing, evaluating and providing inservices, continuing education programs and by serving as a preceptor and role model.

• Participate in the education of PharmD. students, PGY1 and PGY2 residents, fellows, international scholars, and other pharmacy staff by serving as a preceptor and role model and as defined by the guidelines and requirements of the Departmental of Pharmacy Practice.

• Provide didactic teaching at the College by serving as recitation facilitator, lecturer, and/or course coordinator.

• Attend and actively participate in service and/or attending rounds or other services related functions

• Accurately and completely monitor therapeutic regimens.

• Perform those duties necessary to facilitate therapeutic decisions including the location, retrieval, interpretation, summarization, and dissemination of current literature concerning a patient's drug therapy.

• Document in the electronic health record or other appropriate place, patient care activities including but not limited to: pharmacokinetic consultations, medication teaching notes, medication histories, pharmacotherapeutic interventions, adverse drug reactions and other significant recommendations or activities.

• Evaluate all non-formulary drug requests originating in the assigned patient care area; document approval or suggestion of formulary alternatives as appropriate. Participate in departmental cost containment programs by aggressively identifying and intervening on high cost/target drugs.

• Provides pharmacokinetic dosing assessment and recommendations for appropriate drugs or in appropriate patients, and documents in patient’s electronic health record (EHR).

• Assist in providing accurate, efficient and appropriate drug distribution services when needed.

• Facilitate communication and cooperation between all individuals involved in the drug use process to assure the accurate and timely provision of drug products.

• Respond and participate in CPR, RRT, and stroke emergencies by carrying the Adult CPR, Peds CPR and RRT pager as assigned.

• Review, evaluate and help revise Hospital and Departmental policy and procedures as appropriate; and assure that such policy and procedures are being met.

• Actively participate in Departmental quality assurance programs, including: reporting of adverse drug reactions and medication errors.

• Work with the leadership on development of drug use guidelines and protocols.

• Work with Clinical Teams as assigned to initiate global patient care changes and arrange adequate clinical coverage. Serve as Team Leader as prior experiences or interests command.

• Facilitate the advancement of knowledge in health care by participating in research and scholarly activities by continually participating in at least one service related project and publish at least annually.