Pharmacist jobs in Yakima, WA

Description

Klickitat Valley Health is looking for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our great Pharmacy team. This position offers 40 hours a week. The Pharmacy is staffed Monday through Friday 9 am-7 pm and Saturday 9 am-2 pm.

Benefits include medical/vision/dental/RX, HSA/FSA, life insurance, long term disability, retirement and a generous amount of Paid Time Off.

Klickitat Valley Health is a rural, critical-access hospital located in scenic Goldendale, Washington only two hours from Portland along the breathtaking Columbia River Gorge. KVH offers emergency and acute inpatient care and a full scope of ancillary services including General Surgery, Diagnostic Imaging, Laboratory, Respiratory Therapy, PT / OT, Behavioral Health, Dental, Pain Management, Optometry and Hospice. The hospital also owns a busy, well-established primary clinic that is located on the hospital campus. Inpatient care is managed by 24/7 Hospitalist staff. KVH employs over 300 staff.

The Clinical Pharmacist plays a vital role in patient care treatment through drug therapy services provided at KVH. These services are age appropriate, for neonates, pediatric patients, adolescents, adults and geriatric patients, performed when needed through direct contact with the patient, and/or in-direct association with or in support of health care providers.

The Pharmacist Integrates the provision of pharmaceutical care with other elements of the patient care process to provide a collaborative, cooperative effort with other members of the health care team to assure optimal drug therapy outcomes. Performs all duties in a manner which align with the department and organizational mission, vision and values of Klickitat Valley Health.

Qualifications

Minimum Education, Training & Experience (includes licenses or certifications):

Education:

• Graduate of accredited School of Pharmacy.

Licenses/Certifications:

• Current registration and license from WA State Board of Pharmacy.
• BLS Certification.

Experience:

• Two (2) Years clinical pharmacy experience. Experience in a hospital setting is preferred.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS / RESPONSIBILITIES (but not limited to):

• Pharmacist will demonstrate clinical competence as required by program needs
• Therapeutic Drug monitoring:  Drug therapy monitoring includes an age appropriate assessment of:

• Therapeutic appropriateness.
• Therapeutic duplication.
• Appropriate route of administration.
• Patient compliance.
• Drug-drug, drug-food, drug-laboratory, or drug-disease interactions.
• Clinical and pharmacokinetic laboratory data to evaluate efficiency of drug therapy and anticipate side effects, toxicity, or adverse effects.
• Physical signs and symptoms relevant to the patients; drug therapy.

• Provides oral and written consultations on request with other health care practitioners regarding drug therapy selection and management.
• Provides age and educationally appropriate patient education and counseling on request regarding drug therapy and drug-related disease prevention
• Develops patient-specific, age appropriate, drug therapy management plans and therapy endpoints.
• Documents pharmaceutical care in patient’s medical record.
• Monitors, detects, documents, reports and manages adverse drug reactions.
• Educates health care practitioner regarding drug therapy.
• Participates in drug use evaluations, quality assurance and continuous quality improvement programs.
• Participates in formulary control and maintenance.
• Responsible for the filling of all patient medication orders during assigned shift.
• Responsible for completion of all assigned work procedures during the shift without interference to quality of work performed.
• Delegates other responsibilities in order to keep patient care the number one priority.
• Regularly assists other pharmacists and pharmacy technicians as time allows and as requested.
• Responds to changes in work load as necessary.  Uses time in productive manner-assists technicians & other pharmacists, restocks, cleans, orders, organizes, special projects, etc.
• Responsible for dispensing and oversight of dispensing functions.
• Responsible for accurate and efficient use of pharmacy computer systems.
• Maintains pharmacy patient profiles.
• Compounds and prepare ordered pharmaceutical as appropriate.
• IV admixtures
• Filling outpatient prescriptions as required.  Pharmacy out date checks.
• Working knowledge of pharmacy equipment.
• Maintains accurate inventory and records on narcotics as required by law.
• Maintains certification and demonstrates knowledge of required safety, security and emergency programs required by department or hospital.
• Maintains clean, safe and orderly environment.
• Consistently demonstrates a high degree of accuracy with minimal risk management incidents unrelated to system problems