Relief Clinical Pharmacist I

Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox Relief Clinical Pharmacist IPart-timeEmployee Referral Amount: Not ApplicableEmployee Group: NE - Non-Exempt/Non-RepresentedFixed Term Employment Duration: NoneJob Family: LP PharmacyDepartment: Inpatient PharmacyRemote Eligible: NoBenefits Eligible: NoScheduled Weekly Hours: 0Work Shift: Rotating - 08 HourCompany DescriptionAt Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, we know world-renowned care begins with world-class caring. That's why we combine advanced technologies and breakthrough discoveries with family-centered care. It's why we provide our caregivers with continuing education and state-of-the-art facilities, like the newly remodeled Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. And it's why we need caring, committed people on our team - like you. Join us on our mission to heal humanity, one child and family at a time. Job ID: P143572-2649Job DescriptionJOB SUMMARYThis paragraph summarizes the general nature, level and purpose of the job.As a member of a multidisciplinary health care team, the clinical pharmacist provides clinical, consultative, research, and/or administrative pharmaceutical services for NICU, Obstetrics, Acute Care, OR, and SSU. Clinical Pharmacists I select, compound, dispense, drugs, medicines, and other therapeutic agents; consult with nursing staff and physicians regarding medication orders; disseminate drug information to members of the hospital staff and interested community groups; may provide recommendations to pharmacy leadership regarding new drug requests and non-formulary applications.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONSThe essential functions listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.Employees must abide by all Joint Commission Requirements including but not limited to sensitivity to cultural diversity, patient care, patient rights and ethical treatment, safety and security of physical environments, emergency management, teamwork, respect for others, participation in ongoing education and training, communication and adherence to safety and quality programs, sustaining compliance with National Patient Safety Goals, and licensure and health screenings.Must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the hospital's policies and procedures, including its Service Standards and its Code of Conduct. * Identifies differences between drugs as they relate to therapeutic efficacy of the products. * Applies knowledge of the physical and chemical properties and characteristics of computing dosages, weighing and measuring drugs, and mixing and compounding drugs and chemicals. * Applies knowledge of solubility behavior of substances, stability of drugs, usages of drugs, and limitations on modes of administering drugs, and similarly applies knowledge of incompatibilities in evaluating dosages and permissible concentrations of drugs, and in anticipating, preventing, and treating undesirable chemical reactions. * Have legal responsibility for proper interpretation of prescriptions and the dispensing of prescribed products, and call to physician's attention any synergistic, antagonistic, and cumulative effects, as well as questionable overdoses or incompatibilities. * Specify proper storage, protection, of therapeutic agents, in accordance with the standards of the United States Pharmacopoeia (U.S.P.) and the manufacturer package insert. * Keep continually abreast of new developments in the fast-moving drug field and be aware of emerging patterns, systems, and techniques in pharmacy practice. * Participates in the training or preceptorship and education of pharmacists, residents, interns, technicians and pharmacy students. * Maintains records, documents patient data, prepares written reports, and...