Clinical Specialty Pharmacist PRNBolingbrook, IL

Pharmacist

UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook has been providing faith-based care in the Adventist tradition to Chicago's western and southwestern suburbs since 2008. The 138-bed medical center features an award-winning Level II trauma center and offers the latest advancements in medical technologies and care with private, family-friendly patient rooms and access to top doctors.

Every day, our fellow team members show up to work, unified by one shared mission: Extending the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. As a faith-based health care organization, our story is one of hope as we strive to heal and restore the body, mind and spirit. Though our facilities are spread across the country, this unwavering belief binds us together. Across every office, exam and patient room, we're committed to providing individualized, holistic care. This is our Christian mission, and it inspires us to help make communities healthier and happier.

Schedule: As needed for coverage / PRN

Shifts when scheduled will be during the week Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm, no weekends, no holidays

Location: 500 Remington Boulevard, Bolingbrook, IL 60440

The community you'll be caring for: UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook

The role you'll contribute:

Responsible for providing integrated clinical and distributive pharmacy services, decentralized inter-professional pharmacy practice, and direct patient care programs. This position leads general and specialty direct patient care programs, advanced drug management services, and medication use systems throughout the institution. This role completes medication order scrutiny, drug profile review, patient monitoring, and participates in medication safety systems, regulatory compliance initiatives, patient quality services, and disease outcomes programs. Other responsibilities include delivering medication therapy management consult services and disease state management services as needed.

The value you'll bring to the team:

• Performs all pharmacist functions, actively participating in established standard work parameters and providing coverage of all pharmacy areas.
• Oversees and ensures appropriate utilization of medication automation, technology, and computer systems.
• Accurately manages medication inventories, and prepares and dispenses patient-specific medication doses.
• Supervises technician and intern practice, prioritizes and organizes workflow, and checks accuracy of pharmacy technician activities.
• Completes critical medication order scrutiny, drug profile review, and patient monitoring to identify, prevent, or mitigate medication-related problems.
• Verifies and enters medication orders, proactively communicating with medical staff to resolve problems.
• Provides accurate, safe, and timely medication therapy, and promotes cost-effective drug therapy.
• Initiates and facilitates appropriate drug dosing and manages medication-related pharmacist consults.
• Identifies, mitigates, and reports potential and actual adverse drug events, adverse drug reactions, and medication errors.
• Leads and facilitates pharmacy practice programs, direct patient care services, and medication systems.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

The expertise and experience you'll need to succeed:

• Bachelor's in Pharmacy Minimum Required
• Five or more years of Work Experience Required
• Strong verbal and written communication, organizational, problem-solving, and customer service skills
• Flexibility and willingness to adapt to changes as necessary
• Ability to work well without supervision and to supervise personnel
• Ability to interact constructively with supervisors, peers, and support personnel
• Ability to analyze data and follow up and resolve discrepancies
• Ability to keep accurate and complete records
• Ability to teach, precept, and facilitate experiential training
• Initiative to keep abreast of developments in the provision of pharmacy services
• Initiative to keep abreast of new information/products/developments in the field of pharmacy
• Proficiency in general hospital pharmacy operations and regulatory compliance
• Proficiency with hospital computer systems, pharmacy technology, and pharmacy automation
• Proficiency in hospital pharmacy practice, patient-centered care, advanced pharmacy practice, medication therapy management, and evidence-based medicine
• Working knowledge of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Accreditation Standards for Pharmacy Residency Programs
• Ability to coordinate and lead small groups of people in determining policy, implementing procedures and demonstrating progress
• Leadership qualities essential to operate effectively within the institution and advance the practice of pharmacy
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and have good comprehension of conversational English
• Basic computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Ability to define operational or program problems/needs and solutions
• Ability to integrate clinical and distributive pharmacy services with quality improvement, teaching, research, and professional development activities
• Expertise using Cerner pharmacy solutions and services
• Expertise using Pyxis automated dispensing technology
• Working analytical and data management skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Working knowledge of the accreditation requirements of Det Norske Veritas and International Organization for Standardization quality management systems
• Working knowledge of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists National Practice Standards
• Licensed Pharmacist (RPH) Required

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.

Category: Pharmacy

Organization: UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook

Schedule: Per Diem

Shift: 1 - Day

Req ID: 25037341

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or disability/handicap with respect to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.