Clinical Hospital Pharmacist - Pediatric, Full Time, 8am - 4:30am

Clinical Hospital Pharmacist - Pediatric, Full Time, 8am - 4:30am

Jackson Memorial Hospital1611 N.W. 12th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33136

Why Jackson:

Jackson Memorial Hospital is the flagship hospital for Jackson Health System and has been a beacon of medical excellence and community care for more than a century. Throughout its rich and storied history, Jackson Memorial - located in the heart of the City of Miami - has been ground zero for some of the worlds greatest medical breakthroughs and important moments in South Florida. Weve grown into one of the nations largest public hospitals, and one of the few that is also a world-class academic medical center with a proud mission and proven success. Jackson Memorial is an accredited, tertiary teaching hospital with 1,500 licensed beds, where nearly every medical specialty is provided by some of the worlds most skilled and highly regarded multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.

Summary:

As a Clinical Hospital Pharmacist, you will be responsible for:

• Evaluating medication therapy for appropriateness, taking into account patient conditions, safety, efficacy, formulary status, and potential concerns related to drug-drug or drug-food interactions.
• Providing therapeutic drug level monitoring when appropriate.
• Effectively communicating with nurse/prescriber when errors are detected or to optimize therapy.
• Consulting with other practitioners as appropriate.
• Identifying trends during routine provision of pharmaceutical care, collecting data supporting concern, and formulating practice recommendations that improve outcomes or reduce cost.

Responsibilities:

• MS:
• Demonstrates accuracy when dispensing or preparing or mixing or labeling product or when filling automated dispensing machines or with computer data entry.
• Completes tasks with appropriate speed yet not sacrificing accuracy.
• Demonstrates reliability.
• Performs tasks in a conscientious, thorough and complete manner.
• Demonstrates a needs no reminder attitude after directions have been explained and carries out work assignments promptly.
• ES:
• Identifies ways to decrease the possibility of medication dispensing errors.
• Is so efficient in completing required tasks that is able to accomplish additional ones upon request.
• Identifies opportunities to improve on the quality of the outcome of the task or work assignment.
• Demonstrates flexibility.
• Adapts to modifications of work assignments with enthusiasm and takes initiative to offer adjustments in personal schedule or to assist others to complete work for the benefit of patient care or departmental needs.

Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrates effective time-management skills.
• Coordinates tasks carefully and avoids non-essential interruptions.
• Completes priorities first.
• Meets deadlines.
• Demonstrates good communication skills.
• Communicates inability to complete tasks to supervisors in a timely manner.
• Appropriately communicates tasks/issues that require follow-up to co-workers or supervisor.
• Seeks timely clarification or guidance as appropriate.
• Takes the initiative on improving communication between staff without specific request from the supervisor or manager.
• Demonstrates problem-solving skills.
• Performs routine duties without direct supervision.
• Brings concerns to appropriate superior and offers solutions.
• Demonstrates good judgment in handling situations not covered by policies and procedures.

Education and Experience:

• Generally requires 5 to 7 years of related experience.
• Pharm.D. degree and residency training or equivalent proven experience is required.

Requirements:

• Possession of or eligible for Florida pharmacist license is required.
• Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work accurately while meeting multiple deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
• Ability to handle difficult and stressful situations with professional composure.
• Ability to understand and follow instructions.
• Ability to exercise sound and independent judgment.
• Knowledge and skill in use of job appropriate technology and software applications.
• Ability to demonstrate literacy in using computerized information systems.

Jackson Health System:

Jackson Health System is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.