The Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care to patients within intensive care units.  Serves as an integral member of a multi-disciplinary, patient care team for cardiac, medical, neuro, surgical or traumatic critical care. Clinical Pharmacists monitor therapies for each patient on their teams/units and collaborate with other healthcare providers to promote and improve the use of safe, effective and evidence based medications through evaluation of all aspects of patient care. Embodies the Memorial Health Values of Safety, Integrity, Quality, and Stewardship that support our mission and vision.

Schedule

Full Time, Day/Evening Shift

$15,000 Sign-on Bonus!

Education:

• Graduate of an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy required
• Doctor of Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D.) required
  • Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy with 5 years hospital based, patient care experience, considered in lieu of Pharm.D.
• Advanced Pharmacy Residency Training (PGY1) highly preferred
• Advanced Pharmacy Residency Training (PGY2) in critical care preferred

Licensure/Certification/Registry:

• Licensed pharmacist in the State of Illinois required
• Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy (BCPS) required
• Board Certification in Critical Care (BCCCP) preferred
  • BCCCP certification negates requirement for BCPS.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) required
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (ACLS) required
• Emergency Neurological Life Support Certification (ENLS) preferred

Experience:

• Minimum of five years relevant hospital based, patient care experience required
  • Completion of a PGY-1 pharmacy residency program in addition to two years hospital based, patient care experience will satisfy this requirement
  • Completion of a PGY-2 pharmacy residency program will satisfy this requirement

Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Collaboration: Ability to work cooperatively and inclusively with other individuals and/or teams not formally lead; working together as opposed to working separately or competitively.
• Communication: Ability to use written and spoken communication in formal and informal situations to convey meaning, build shared understanding, and productively move agendas forward.
• Intellectual Curiosity: Underlying curiosity and desire to know more about things, people, and issues, including the desire for knowledge and staying current with health, organizational, industry, and professional trends and developments. It includes pressing for more precise information; resolving discrepancies by asking a series of questions; and scanning for potential opportunities or information that may be of future use, as well as staying current and seeking best practices for adoption.
• Initiative: Ability to identify a problem, obstacle or opportunity and then take action in light of identification to address current or future problems or opportunities. Initiative emphasizes proactively doing things and not simply thinking about future actions.
• Innovation: Ability to approach one’s work and the organization in new and breakthrough ways, including applying complex concepts, developing creative new solutions, or adapting previous solutions in promising ways.
• Organization Awareness: Ability to understand and learn the formal and informal decision making structures and power relationships in an organization or industry, including the ability to identify who the real decision makers are and the individuals who can influence them, and to predict how new events will affect individuals and groups within the organization.  
• Professional and Social Responsibility: Demonstration of ethics, sound professional practices, social accountability, and community stewardship. Acting in ways that are consistent with one’s values and what one says is important.
• Self-Awareness: Ability to have an accurate view of one’s own strengths and development needs, including the impact that one has on others; willingness to address development needs through reflective, self-directed learning, and by trying new approaches.

1. Work collaboratively with physicians, residents and other healthcare providers to promote and improve safe medication use

• Consult with physicians and other health care providers to develop and implement a medication plan that meets the overall goals of patient care established by the health care team
• Participates in interdisciplinary critical care patient care rounds
• Represents pharmacy at various interdepartmental meetings (i.e. Unit Based Council, Stroke Committee, Critical Care Committee, etc.)

2. Promotes and demonstrates rational, cost effective drug therapy through effective, criteria based management of medications within the Intensive Care Units

3. Guides practice for specific critical care patient populations based on experience and additional clinical training/certifications/knowledge. Serves as a lead Critical Care pharmacist in Neuro/Trauma, Medical/Surgical and/or Cardiac critical care 

4. Ensures appropriateness, effectiveness, and safety of each patient’s medication regimen in order to manage all aspects of medication use for patients on the critical care units

5. Documents all recommendations and interventions in the electronic medical chart

6. Prevent, detect, monitor, and report adverse events (medication errors and adverse reactions).

7. Promotes evidence based, medication related care especially in the areas of Heart Failure, Stroke, AMI, Pneumonia, Sepsis and antimicrobial stewardship.

8. Serves as an educational resource for patients, pharmacy colleagues, students, residents, physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals.

9. Serves as a preceptor for PGY-1 pharmacy residents in critical care areas.

10. Assists in the development of critical care related orders sets, pathways and measures

11. Performs order entry, order verification or clinical order review

12. Serves as a pharmacy representative to various Hospital committees or project work groups as they relate to critical care clinical pharmacy practice

• Provides Pharmacy & Therapeutic Committee support through presentations for formulary management or quality improvement

13. Actively participates in the professional development of pharmacy students and pharmacy residents

14. Ensures compliance with all local, state and national regulatory requirements and practices within Springfield Memorial Hospital’s policies and procedures.

15. Participate in or lead at least 1 quality improvement initiative on an annual basis

16. Maintains professional growth and development through continuing education, seminars, workshops and professional affiliations.

17. Provide formal medication related consultations (i.e. Pharmacokinetic consultations) as required

18. Performs other related work as required or requested.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job.  Incumbents may be requested to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.