Inpatient Pharmacist - Stanford Healthcare

Job Description:

Provides the full range of distributive, clinical, consultative, research, investigational, and/or administrative pharmaceutical services. Incumbents select, compound, manufacture, purchase, dispense, and/or preserve drugs, medicines, and other therapeutic agents; serve as a member and consultant on treatment or diagnostic teams; disseminates drug information to members of the hospital staff and interested community groups; may participate in hospital research projects or perform pharmaceutical research.

Contract: This is starting out as a contract assignment through Actalent services. This department has seen heavy growth in the past few months and Stanford will be looking to grow there team from employees on this assignment pending good job performance.

Day to Day:

Applies knowledge of solubility behavior of substances, stability of drugs, usages of drugs, and limitations on modes of administering drugs, and similarly applies knowledge of incompatibilities in evaluating dosages and permissible concentrations of drugs, and in anticipating, preventing, and treating undesirable chemical reactions.Applies knowledge of the physical and chemical properties and characteristics of computing dosages, weighing and measuring drugs, and mixing and compounding drugs and chemicals.Has legal responsibility for proper interpretation of prescriptions and the dispensing of prescribed products, and call to physician's attention any synergistic, antagonistic, and cumulative effects, as well as questionable overdoses or incompatibilities.Identifies fine differences between drugs as they relate to therapeutic efficacy of the products.Maintains continuous awareness f new developments in the fast-moving drug field and be aware of emerging patterns, systems, and techniques in pharmacy practice.Maintains records, documents patient data, prepares written reports, and provides oral reports concerning patient care.May contribute to the accredited teaching programs, indoctrination and refresher training courses.Specifies proper storage, protection, and preservation of therapeutic agents, in accordance with the standards of the United States Pharmacopoeia (U.S.P.) and the National Formulary (N.F.)Investigational Drug Service:Provides assistance in the coordination and maintenance of pharmacy services relating to research at SHC.Participates in sponsor site qualification and initiation visits.Supports practices relating to pharmacy dispensing based on IRB approved clinical trials.Provides guidance to investigational drug service pharmacy technicians.Upon request, attends various meetings to provide pharmacy input on drug protocols.Serves as the liaison between the study team, protocol sponsor, and nursing to coordinate drug therapy.Participates in audits from the sponsors, FDA, DEA, NIH and other regulatory agencies as needed.

Requirements:

Licensed Pharmacist in the State of CA1 year (minimum) of inpatient pharmacist experience - ideally trained on IV mixing and compoundingCurrent BLS

Schedule: 5x8 Monday - Friday primarily. Will be required to work 1 or 2 weekend days a month. Wont be consistent. Candidate must have availability for the 1st and 2nd shift. first shift starts at 8am. second shifts starts at 3pm.

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