Clinical Pharmacist - Per Diem - Alice Peck Day Health System

• POSITION STANDARDS
  • Licensed or license eligible as Registered Pharmacist in State of New Hampshire.
  • PharmD or equivalent clinical experience preferred
• POSITION PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
  • Anything listed here requires a pre-employment physical by Employee Health to determine if the employee is capable of meeting the requirements.
    • Physical Activity:
    • Upper Extremity:
    • Push/Pull/Lift/Carry:
• PART TWO: FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

  • Position Objective

    • Clinical pharmacists are practitioners who provide comprehensive medication management and related care for patients. They are licensed pharmacists possess the clinical competencies necessary to practice in team-based, direct patient care environments.

  • Performance Expectation

    • Assess the status of the patient’s health problems and determine whether the prescribed medications are optimally meeting the patient’s needs and goals of care.
    • Evaluate the appropriateness and effectiveness of the patient’s medications.
    • Recognize untreated health problems that could be improved or resolved with appropriate medication therapy.
    • Follow the patient’s progress to determine the effects of the patient’s medications on his or her health.
    • Consult with the patient’s physicians and other health care providers in selecting the medication therapy that best meets the patient’s needs and contributes effectively to the overall therapy goals.
    • Advise the patient on how to best take his or her medications.
    • Support the health care team’s efforts to educate the patient on other important steps to improve or maintain health, such as exercise, diet, and preventive steps like immunization.
    • Refer the patient to his or her physician or other health professionals to address specific health, wellness, or social services concerns as they arise.
    • Maintain competence in clinical problem-solving, judgment, and decision-making; communication and education; medical information evaluation and management; management of patient populations; and a broad range of therapeutic knowledge domains
    • Support/fill role of Staff R.Ph. as needed
    • Attends to duties of the Manager, Pharmacy in his/her absence when so assigned.

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