Non Traditional Pharmacy Resident
Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Full Time
3 days ago
$40,000 - $150,000 USD
Key skills
RCommunicationDecision Making
About this role
Non Traditional Pharmacy Resident - (260000OQ)
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) Completion of a four year pharmacy program in an accredited college of pharmacy. (Required)
Minimum Work Experience
0 years At least 6 months of pharmacy experience within Children’s National (Required)
Required Licenses and Certifications
Pharmacist District of Columbia (Required)
Functional Accountabilities
Medication Processing
Organizational Accountabilities
Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)
Organizational Commitment/Identification
Teamwork/Communication
Performance Improvement/Problem-solving
Cost Management/Financial Responsibility
Safety
Description
The non-traditional pharmacy residency is a two year program that integrates the clinical pharmacist workflow with a PGY1 ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency. The resident will alternate every 5 weeks being on rotation versus working in the dispensing role. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: medication order processing within established policies, procedures and guidelines and providing drug information while applying a thorough understanding and knowledge of drug and medical therapy. As a resident this individual will serve as Shift Team Leader, be cross-trained in multiple areas, have longitudinal projects (MUE, DCR, research project), have an on-call component, rotate every other 5 weeks through clinical rotations, serve as primary preceptor for 1-2 APPE pharmacy students, and other requirements as indicated and required in the pharmacy resident manual. After completion of 2 year program, resident may re-enter as a Clinical Pharmacist I or be considered for Clinical Pharmacist II.Qualifications
Minimum EducationDoctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) Completion of a four year pharmacy program in an accredited college of pharmacy. (Required)
Minimum Work Experience
0 years At least 6 months of pharmacy experience within Children’s National (Required)
Required Licenses and Certifications
Pharmacist District of Columbia (Required)
Functional Accountabilities
Medication Processing
- Interpret medication orders, profile orders and oversee the packaging, labeling and distribution of medications
- Perform drug therapy monitoring and intervene as necessary on drug dosing, drug administration, drug interactions, side-effects and monitoring issues; complete therapeutic drug monitoring consults and adverse drug reaction reports as assigned. Document all interventions in intervention software and all notes in patient chart.
- Provide accurate and timely drug information to physicians, nurses and other health professionals.
- Provide education to all caregivers (physicians, nurses, ancillary staff, and pharmacy residents, students, and team members)
- Oversee the work of Pharmacy Technicians by directing and assisting as necessary to ensure rapid medication order turn-around time.
- Precept pharmacy students
- Become a trainer in at least one area of the department for onboarding of new employees
- Serve as Shift Team Lead while staffing
- Participate in cost-savings initiatives within the department
- Within residency program, complete MUE, DCR, and major project as well as a follow-up MUE
- Contribute to the development of order sets by helping devise, implement, and test electronic order set builds
- Research project
- Attend, present, and/or moderate at subject area conferences, as available
- Actively engage in preceptor development
- Participate in the PGY1 program
- Cross-train in at least one satellite pharmacy area
- Fulfill assigned tasks for scheduled role each day and be present for entire shift
Organizational Accountabilities
Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)
Organizational Commitment/Identification
- Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met
Teamwork/Communication
- Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
- Partner with all team members to achieve goals
- Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions
Performance Improvement/Problem-solving
- Contribute to a positive work environment
- Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
- Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
- Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment
Cost Management/Financial Responsibility
- Use resources efficiently
- Search for less costly ways of doing things
Safety
- Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
- Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
- Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
- Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
- Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
- Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance