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St. Luke's Health System
Clinical Pharmacist MedSurge
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What they do
A Clinical Pharmacist provides medications to patients and educates patients and physicians on the proper use of medications. Works in a clinical setting, directly with physicians and other health professionals, often granted patient care privileges and responsibility of assisting in patient care management. Usually requires a Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
$126,668 / year median in Idaho
+5% projected growth
Job Description
Clinical Pharmacist
- Med/Surg St.
- Provide comprehensive medication management for adult Med/Surg and Hospital at Home patients.
- Manage complex therapies including antimicrobials, anticoagulation, renal dosing, parenteral nutrition, pain management, and electrolyte replacement.
- Identify and resolve medication safety concerns, interactions, dosing issues, and opportunities to improve therapy.
- Support medication reconciliation, transitions of care, and discharge planning.
- Respond to medication-related questions from providers and nurses.
- Precept pharmacy residents and students.
- Contribute to guidelines, protocols, medication-use evaluations, Epic optimization, and other quality-improvement projects.
- Work primarily day shifts in Med/Surg, with occasional rotation into centralized pharmacy staffing, evening, and night coverage as needed based on departmental staffing needs, including every other weekend coverage.
- May assist in the training of technicians, externs, interns, residents and other department staff.
- Serve as a role model and mentor to technicians, students, residents and new practitioners.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
- Work primarily day shifts in Med/Surg, with occasional rotation into centralized pharmacy staffing, evening, and night coverage as needed based on departmental staffing needs, including every other weekend coverage. What We're Looking For We're looking for a pharmacist who is:
- Comfortable working independently and has a strong clinical foundation.
- Collaborative and confident communicating with the care team.
- Able to manage a busy, varied acute-care workload.
- Curious, proactive, and willing to speak up when something can be improved.
- Interested in teaching, practice advancement, and continuous improvement. Qualifications
Education:
Degree from an accredited pharmacy programExperience:
0 years' experience
Licenses/Certifications:
Valid Pharmacist License in state of practice AND Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Certified through American Safety and Health Institute, American Heart Association, or American Red Cross. Preferred Qualifications PGY1 residency, BCPS or other relevant board certification, or previous inpatient hospital pharmacy experience, preferably in a Med/Surg setting At St. Luke's, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission- and this includes our own SLHS team.
- Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.
Benefits
- Other Retirement and Savings
- Health and Wellness Programs
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance