Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.
Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?
Summary:
- Provides direct patient care activities by designing, recommending, monitoring, and evaluating patient-specific pharmacotherapy. Serves as the clinical pharmacy expert for a particular service line and is responsible for the training and education of pharmacists/technicians in clinical activities, competency assessment, development and implementation of clinical programs, P&T activities, formulary management, etc.
Responsibilities:
- Participates in rounds with assigned medical, surgical or critical care team. Provide verbal and written consultations concerning drug therapy evaluations as requested. Active participation in Care Management Teams.
- Document drug use patterns, detect and evaluate adverse drug effects, evaluate drug efficacy, therapeutic goals and indications, review for contraindications/precautions,the patient’s current status of health, and review drug profiles and the patient’s medical record for drug-drug, drug-food, drug-laboratory, and drug-disease state(s) potentials.
- Provide individualized patient education/evaluation regarding drug therapy as requested or identified need.
- Evaluate appropriate laboratory tests necessary to monitor and support the patient’s drug therapy program.
- Document assessment, observations, impressions, recommendations, plan, significant findings, interventions and services rendered as appropriate.
- Coordinate activities as required with the pharmacy staff to effect a smooth exchange of activities and ideas regarding new and ongoing programs.
- Provide accurate, unbiased, timely, and cost-effective drug information to medical, pharmacy, nursing, and other allied health professionals.
- Serve as a resource and mentor for the Pharmacists and Clinical Pharmacists.
Credentials:
- Pharmacist (Required)
- Must have an active Pharmacist license in the state of practice in Pennsylvania and/or New Jersey.
Education or Equivalent Experience:
We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.
Live Your Life's Work
We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.
