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.
Responsible for designing and brainstorming new educational programs and activities to help pharmaceutical employees expand their knowledge of clinical drugs. May be responsible for educating other health professionals, such as doctors, nurses, and health care providers about the clinical uses of a variety of medications. May also function as a Pharmacist, providing prescribed medications and pharmaceutical products for adequate patient care according to professional standards and practices.
Responsibilities:
1. Encourage multidisciplinary collaboration to ensure the appropriate therapeutic use of clinical drugs resulting in optimal patient outcomes. 2. Work within appropriate committees to ensure that drugs available are appropriate for the patient populations served. 3. Monitors drug interactions and problems, ensuring safety of patients. 4. Prepares medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders; detecting therapeutic incompatibilities. 5. Dispenses medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals.
Qualifications:
Pharm D Completion of pharmacy internship and licensure in the State of Michigan. One year of hospital pharmacy experience.
Additional Information Schedule:
Full-time Requisition ID:
26004594
Daily Work Times:
8am-4:30pm
Hours Per Pay Period:
80
On Call:
Yes Weekends:
No About Us McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan's largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
