Description

Description:

Job Summary:

Provides pharmaceutical care by performing various patient focused clinical, educational, informative, and distributive functions in inpatient and/or home infusion as interdisciplinary team member in support of patients, providers, and ancillary staff. Ensures appropriate, cost-effective drug utilization while maintaining and enhancing patient care.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Prepares and dispenses medications using appropriate techniques and applicable policies and procedures. Researches and organizes patient-specific information. Documents patient medication histories. Recommends or reviews laboratory tests. Identifies medication therapy problems as appropriate. Analyzes requestors drug information need. Formulates response. Follows up consistently on drug information recommendations and assesses effectiveness. Participates in monitoring and improving relevant outcome measures and/or quality improvement indicators.
• Designs and recommends pharmacotherapeutic regimens and corresponding monitoring plans. Utilizes patient interview/assessment skills, current literature-supported evidence and practices, drug initiative information, established protocols and integrates patient-specific disease and drug information, current practice standards, ethical issues, and quality-of-life issues, and pharmacoeconomic principles. Monitors data and modifies pharmacotherapeutic plans as necessary. Documents pharmaceutical care activities in patients medical records or clinical information system.
• Designs effective medication-use education for patients and caregivers. Provides one-on-one counseling to patients and caregivers. Provides patient-specific verbal or written consultations, including pharmacotherapy and pharmacokinetic, to healthcare practitioners. May perform limited physical examinations (ie. blood pressure and glucose measurement).
• Balances cost and quality issues. Participates in Regional medication management and formulary education programs to promote appropriate, cost-effective prescribing. Participates in task forces, lecture programs and skills certification. Participates in didactic or clerkship education of pharmacy students.
• Participates, as appropriate, in development and/or implementation of regional drug initiatives or other formulary management activities. Participates in establishing disease state management protocols. Collaborates with inpatient/outpatient pharmacist or established Regional disease management programs for follow-up with high-risk discharges. Participates in designing, reviewing, monitoring, or researching clinical drug trials as needed.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• N/A

Education

• Graduate from an accredited pharmacy college recognized by the American Council of Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE).
• Completion of an emergency contraception training course approved by the American Council of Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE), curriculum-based programs from an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy, applicable state or local health department programs, or programs recognized by the board of pharmacy upon hire.

License, Certification, Registration

• CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers OR Basic Life Support

• Pharmacist License (Hawaii)
  

Additional Requirements:

• Demonstrated ability to safely handle and/or prepare various pharmaceutical compounds (e.g., chemotherapeutic agents, biologicals).
• Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet and database PC applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS).
• Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from a school recognized by the American Council of Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE).
• Completion of a general residency program.

Primary Location: Hawaii,Wailuku,Maui Memorial - Wailuku Tower
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 1
Shift: Variable
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Working Hours Start: 12:01 AM
Working Hours End: 11:59 PM
Job Schedule: Call-in/On-Call
Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-MHS-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER - Inpatient Pharmacy-1 - 3601
Pay Range: $68.33 - $85.39 / hour Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location. Travel: No On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital). Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.
Requisition #: 1345087

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