Health System Pharmacist - Level 3 (Surgical ICU)
Apply NowCompany: NYC Health + Hospitals
Location: New York, NY 10025
Description:
NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America's oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue's clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children's Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.
At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.
Job Description
A. Direct Patient Care
Participate in patient care rounds in assigned Surgical ICU
Comprehensive acute management of adult patients in the Surgical ICU
Review of medication profiles to assure optimal pharmaceutical care for all co-morbid conditions
Optimizing medication therapies to prevent and reduce medication errors
Therapeutic drug monitoring for appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, and drug interactions
Provide pharmacokinetic consultations when requested
Provide patients with discharge counseling as applicable
Provide medication information to interdisciplinary Surgical ICU team
Develop medication guidelines, order sets, and protocols in collaboration with clinical staff
Pursue opportunities for optimization of Electronic Medical Record related to care of ICU patients
Document pharmacotherapy interventions within the Electronic Medical Record
B. Education responsibilities:
Provide patient specific education to patients as requested by medical staff or nursing personnel
Facilitate, develop, and implement lectures to pharmacy staff in critical care related topics
Provide in-services to medical staff on pharmacological topics
Provide in-services to nursing staff on pertinent pharmacy-nursing related topics
Development of guidelines and protocols related to medicine and critical care.
C. Departmental responsibilities
Ensure safe, appropriate, cost effective medication therapies for patients according to established policies, procedures, and protocols
Facilitate the development and implementation of treatment guidelines, protocols, formulary changes as approved by appropriate committees. Ensure guidelines & protocols match national
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standards and include clinically appropriate treatment standards, while respecting the cost structure of the institution
Coordinate the selection and safe use of alternative medication in response to medication shortages
Provide clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners
Support the pharmacy department's clinical endeavors
Review the use of targeted medication for compliance with pharmacoeconomic programs
Suggest appropriate, cost effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff
Monitor drug therapy regimens for allergies, contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, drug-laboratory test interactions, adverse drug reactions, appropriateness of drug and dose, and therapeutic duplication
Help reduce or limit cost of medications utilized in the treatment of critical care patients through review of each specific patient medication regimen
Monitor cost of medication therapy for ICU patients and report to Section Chief and Pharmacy Leadership
Provide accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to professional staff
Contribute to the publishing of pharmacy newsletter
Supervise and conduct continued education to the pharmacists and pharmacy students
Prepare and review drug use evaluation criteria, adverse drug reaction reports, and pharmacy interventions summary to various committees
Participate in hospital education programs
Coordinate policies and procedures for clinical activities (i.e. therapeutic interchange, unacceptable abbreviations, look alike-sound alike drugs, medication events reporting etc.)
Participate in quality improvement activities of the department
Collect, analyze, and maintain data for all documented interventions
Establish productive, collaborative relationships among the multidisciplinary healthcare team
Sustain professional competence and promote development through participation in in-services, workshops, seminars, and professional organizations
Precept and mentor pharmacy students for local Colleges of Pharmacy
Train pharmacists and pharmacy students to participate in drug use evaluation
Facilitate discharge/transfer planning and transitions of care related to medication use
Complete special projects as assigned by Pharmacy Leadership
Participate in Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee through facilitation of drug formulary additions
Minimum Qualifications
For Level I:
1. Possession of a valid NY State license to practice pharmacy.
For Level II: In addition to meeting the qualification requirements of the lower level:
1. Two years of post licensure experience; or
2. Completion of a post graduate specialty residency or fellowship program; or
3. Current Pharmacy Board Certification.
For Level III: In addition to meeting the qualification requirements of the lower levels, an additional:
1. One year of post licensure supervisory experience or specialty clinical experience.
If you wish to apply for this position, please apply online by clicking the "Apply for Job" button.
NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.
Job Description
A. Direct Patient Care
Participate in patient care rounds in assigned Surgical ICU
Comprehensive acute management of adult patients in the Surgical ICU
Review of medication profiles to assure optimal pharmaceutical care for all co-morbid conditions
Optimizing medication therapies to prevent and reduce medication errors
Therapeutic drug monitoring for appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, and drug interactions
Provide pharmacokinetic consultations when requested
Provide patients with discharge counseling as applicable
Provide medication information to interdisciplinary Surgical ICU team
Develop medication guidelines, order sets, and protocols in collaboration with clinical staff
Pursue opportunities for optimization of Electronic Medical Record related to care of ICU patients
Document pharmacotherapy interventions within the Electronic Medical Record
B. Education responsibilities:
Provide patient specific education to patients as requested by medical staff or nursing personnel
Facilitate, develop, and implement lectures to pharmacy staff in critical care related topics
Provide in-services to medical staff on pharmacological topics
Provide in-services to nursing staff on pertinent pharmacy-nursing related topics
Development of guidelines and protocols related to medicine and critical care.
C. Departmental responsibilities
Ensure safe, appropriate, cost effective medication therapies for patients according to established policies, procedures, and protocols
Facilitate the development and implementation of treatment guidelines, protocols, formulary changes as approved by appropriate committees. Ensure guidelines & protocols match national
2
standards and include clinically appropriate treatment standards, while respecting the cost structure of the institution
Coordinate the selection and safe use of alternative medication in response to medication shortages
Provide clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners
Support the pharmacy department's clinical endeavors
Review the use of targeted medication for compliance with pharmacoeconomic programs
Suggest appropriate, cost effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff
Monitor drug therapy regimens for allergies, contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, drug-laboratory test interactions, adverse drug reactions, appropriateness of drug and dose, and therapeutic duplication
Help reduce or limit cost of medications utilized in the treatment of critical care patients through review of each specific patient medication regimen
Monitor cost of medication therapy for ICU patients and report to Section Chief and Pharmacy Leadership
Provide accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to professional staff
Contribute to the publishing of pharmacy newsletter
Supervise and conduct continued education to the pharmacists and pharmacy students
Prepare and review drug use evaluation criteria, adverse drug reaction reports, and pharmacy interventions summary to various committees
Participate in hospital education programs
Coordinate policies and procedures for clinical activities (i.e. therapeutic interchange, unacceptable abbreviations, look alike-sound alike drugs, medication events reporting etc.)
Participate in quality improvement activities of the department
Collect, analyze, and maintain data for all documented interventions
Establish productive, collaborative relationships among the multidisciplinary healthcare team
Sustain professional competence and promote development through participation in in-services, workshops, seminars, and professional organizations
Precept and mentor pharmacy students for local Colleges of Pharmacy
Train pharmacists and pharmacy students to participate in drug use evaluation
Facilitate discharge/transfer planning and transitions of care related to medication use
Complete special projects as assigned by Pharmacy Leadership
Participate in Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee through facilitation of drug formulary additions
Minimum Qualifications
For Level I:
1. Possession of a valid NY State license to practice pharmacy.
For Level II: In addition to meeting the qualification requirements of the lower level:
1. Two years of post licensure experience; or
2. Completion of a post graduate specialty residency or fellowship program; or
3. Current Pharmacy Board Certification.
For Level III: In addition to meeting the qualification requirements of the lower levels, an additional:
1. One year of post licensure supervisory experience or specialty clinical experience.
If you wish to apply for this position, please apply online by clicking the "Apply for Job" button.
NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
- Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
- Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
- Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
- Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
- College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
- Multiple employee discounts programs