PHARMACY COORDINATOR - Sinai Chicago

GENERAL SUMMARY/BASIC PURPOSE OF JOB: The Pharmacy Coordinator provides clinical and quality leadership support to the Pharmacy Department, addressing quality, service, operational, clinical and cost initiatives. Development and implementation of clinical programs. Maintain department quality assurance programs and Medication Safety programs. Provides drug information and education for medical and nursing staff, patients, students, and pharmacy staff. Recommends innovations in the practice and function of the hospital pharmacy to the Department administration and carries out mutually agreed-upon programs. This position is the designated position for responsibilities related to USP 797&800. Position is responsible for specific clinical unit rounding.

The Pharmacy Coordinator will assist with inpatient daily operations and projects that involve implementation and maintenance of technology. The coordinator will assist with departmental schedules. The Pharmacy Coordinator will analyze drug shortages and coordinate with the pharmacy buyer to acquire critical inventory. The Pharmacy Coordinator will also be a liaison with area pharmacy schools and maintain the IPPE/APPE programs within Sinai Health System acute care hospitals. The Pharmacy Coordinator will assist in aligning health system initiatives with outpatient pharmacy services. This will include but not limited to the development policies and procedures, review of third-party contracts, and providing administrative assistance. This coordinator is also responsible for staffing and rounding as a clinical pharmacist.

. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES 1. Assure accuracy in implementation of clinical programs. 2. Demonstrate professional, courteous, effective written and verbal communication skills. 3. Demonstrate excellent working relationship with all existing and prospective client contacts, administration, physicians, nurses, and ancillary hospital department personnel 4. Supervise all pharmacy staff including pharmacists and technicians and assist in managing departmental staffing. 5. Responsibility for overseeing activities related to hazardous and nonhazardous compounding. Develops, maintains and implements policies and procedures; overseeing compliance with 797 and 800 regulations; ensures competency of personnel and ensures environmental control of the facilities used for storing and compounding. 6. Accountable for maintaining and improving own job knowledge, skills and competence. 7. Maintains all skills as listed in the Clinical Staff Pharmacist responsibilities and duties 8. Develops and maintains pharmacy department quality dashboard for review and trend medication variances/incident reports, clinical interventions, adverse drug reactions (ADR) reports, patient education and counseling, antimicrobial and opioid stewardship 9. Quarterly/as needed Drug Utilization Evaluation (DUE) monitoring and reporting 10. Provides staff training and assists with departmental schedules. 11. Development and implementation of protocols and clinical programs including drug therapy monitoring, pharmacokinetics and drug utilization review, including coordination of the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee. 12. Provides drug therapy dosing, drug information, and clinical reports 13. Drafts and implementing inpatient and outpatient pharmacy department policies and procedures 14. Oversees pharmacy student rotations – IPPE & APPE 15. On call as needed including but not limited to staffing as clinical staff pharmacist or clinical specialist as needed, responding to off hours requests via phone/email, and/or other on-call circumstances as determined by Pharmacy or system leadership. 16. Assists with aligning health system initiatives with outpatient pharmacy services 17. Provides administrative support to outpatient pharmacy department. 18. Performs other related duties as required/assigned.

MINIMUM Education:

• Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy. Pharm D or equivalent degree required

MINIMUM WORK EXPERIENCE:

• PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Required
• 3 years pharmacy experience or PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration residency completion preferred
• Experience as a preceptor and program coordinator preferred
• 340B experience preferred

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

• Ability to work independently and handle stress appropriately
• Ability to work cooperatively with other members of hospital and pharmacy staff
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changes in workloads and schedules
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbal communications
• Demonstrates excellent customer service skills

REQUIRED LICENSES, Certificates, Registrations:

• State of Illinois Pharmacist license required
• BCPS preferred

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