The purpose of this position is to provide the services of a licensed pharmacist which includes the responsibility for the safe and proper distribution and use of medications in inpatients and outpatients who range in age from neonates, infants less than one year of age, children and adolescents ages 10-18, adults ages 19-65 and the elderly over age 65.
This position is to function at higher decision making and accountability levels regarding medication therapy, proactively affecting medication use by making recommendations at the time prescribing decisions are being made or, in some cases, making independent decisions about medication therapy in cooperation with other healthcare team members. Additional services provided include facilitatation of medication reconciliation, discharge counseling, and medication delivery through coordination of care from admission to discharge. The pharmacist must possess strong communication skills for patient education and work collaboratively with inpatient and outpatient interdisciplinary teams including but not limited to providers, nurses, case workers, pharmacists, and technicians, as well as, the teaching and precepting component of students, interns and/or residents.
This is a flexible model where the coordination during transitions of care and medication use system for patients are integrated with traditionally centralized functions, such as order entry/verifications and will continue to evolve as part of integrated decentralized patient care practice.
Required Qualifications A current Pharmacist’s license issued by the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy.Inpatient hospital pharmacy practice: Ability to meet the pharmaceutical care needs of the following patient care types: Acute care, psychiatric, rehabilitiaion, skilled nursing, long-term care, obstetric, oncology, chemically dependent, HIV, home care, hospice. Demonstrates the ability to:Enforce pharmaceutical care principles safely and accuratelyMake age-related modification of drug therapyMake disease-related modification of drug therapyEvaluate medical literature Work independently without minimal direct supervisionHandle multiple tasks and frequent interruptionsCommunicate effectively both formally and infomrally, including presentationsProject manageWork with a team professionally and collaborativelySet priorities to respond quickly to emergent situations/requestsWork cooperatively with health-system and pharmacy staffCommunicate effectively and professionally (orally and in writing)Perform work accurately with attention to detailExercise sound professional judgementPerform systematic problem solvingEnforce practice guidelines,standards, and medication related policiesMake critical decisionsPerform key computuer related skills including use of the EMR, common word processing, spreadsheet, medical literature and medicatioin databases Preferred Qualifications PGY-2 Specialty Residency BLS/ACLS certification Vaccination certification Teaching CertificateExperience in Outpatient pharmacy clerical rotation, Transitions of Care, Discharge Medication Education, Surgical or Internal Medicine Services, Pain Management, and Medication Reconciliation
Specialist Certifications (BCPS, BCOPS, etc) All are welcome Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.