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| n | 1 | Job Description: | n | 1 | The Department of Pharmaceutical Services provides a full range of services for patients cared for b |
| > | y the Medical Center at UCSF and its providers and payors. These services include, but are not limit | ||||
| > | ed to: drug procurement, storage, and security; safe, accurate and timely preparation and distributi | ||||
| > | on of drugs; clinical pharmacy services for patients; development of drug use policies within the Me | ||||
| > | dical Center; drug information services for clinicians and patients; and participation in technology | ||||
| > | assessment and quality assurance programs. The Department of Pharmaceutical Services is affiliated | ||||
| > | with the UCSF Department of Clinical Pharmacy, an academic department within the School of Pharmacy, | ||||
| > | which has primary responsibility for teaching professional courses in the Pharm.D. curriculum, clin | ||||
| > | ical research, and public and clinical service. | ||||
| 2 | The Department of Pharmaceutical Services provides a full range of services for patients cared for b | ||||
| > | y the Medical Center at UCSF and its providers and payors. These services include, but are not limit | ||||
| > | ed to: drug procurement, storage, and security; safe, accurate and timely preparation and distributi | ||||
| > | on of drugs; clinical pharmacy services for patients; development of drug use policies within the Me | ||||
| > | dical Center; drug information services for clinicians and patients; and participation in technology | ||||
| > | assessment and quality assurance programs. The Department of Pharmaceutical Services is affiliated | ||||
| > | with the UCSF Department of Clinical Pharmacy, an academic department within the School of Pharmacy, | ||||
| > | which has primary responsibility for teaching professional courses in the Pharm.D. curriculum, clin | ||||
| > | ical research, and public and clinical service. Under the Department of Pharmaceutical Services, the | ||||
| > | Inpatient/Acute Care Services Per Diem Pharmacist provides pharmaceutical care to patients at all a | ||||
| > | cute care pharmacy locations within the UCSF Health System. They may also be asked to participate in | ||||
| > | pharmaceutical care in other sectors of the Department of Pharmaceutical Services as needed. The In | ||||
| > | patient/Acute Care Services Per Diem Pharmacist performs a wide range of pharmaceutical care functio | ||||
| > | ns to assure that drugs prescribed for and used by patients are safe and effective. These include, f | ||||
| > | or example, obtaining medication histories, reviewing, and assessing medication profiles, providing | ||||
| > | drug information to patients and health care providers, collaborating with clinicians on drugs of ch | ||||
| > | oice and therapeutic plans, ensuring access to medications, educating patients on the proper use of | ||||
| > | medications, and ensuring that patients understand cautions, adverse reactions, and interactions rel | ||||
| > | ated to their therapy. Additionally, under supervision, Inpatient/Acute Care Services Per Diem Pharm | ||||
| > | acists are engaged in many duties required to maintain an efficient and secure pharmacy distribution | ||||
| > | system. These duties include purchasing, storing, securing, evaluating quality of dispensing, compo | ||||
| > | unding, and furnishing medications and devices in various settings. Inpatient/Acute Care Services Pe | ||||
| > | r Diem Pharmacists may also assist in the oversight of pharmacy technicians, pharmacy student intern | ||||
| > | s, pharmacy residents, and colleagues in their daily responsibilities. However, Inpatient/Acute Care | ||||
| > | Services Per Diem Pharmacists do not have formal supervisory responsibilities, nor do they have pri | ||||
| > | mary or consistent responsibility for pharmacy students in clerkships. They have no overall manageme | ||||
| > | nt responsibility for specific organized pharmacy programs but may have designated responsibility fo | ||||
| > | r limited components of the drug-use control operation. Incumbents spend the majority of annualized | ||||
| > | work time in functions related to basic drug-use control and pharmaceutical care. This position requ | ||||
| > | ires flexibility to orient and work at all UCSF Health locations depending on operational needs, as | ||||
| > | applicable. | ||||
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| t | 4 | Qualifications: | t | 3 | Under the Department of Pharmaceutical Services, the Inpatient/Acute Care Services Per Diem Pharmac |
| > | ist provides pharmaceutical care to patients at all acute care pharmacy locations within the UCSF He | ||||
| > | alth System. They may also be asked to participate in pharmaceutical care in other sectors of the De | ||||
| > | partment of Pharmaceutical Services as needed. The Inpatient/Acute Care Services Per Diem Pharmacist | ||||
| > | performs a wide range of pharmaceutical care functions to assure that drugs prescribed for and used | ||||
| > | by patients are safe and effective. These include, for example, obtaining medication histories, rev | ||||
| > | iewing, and assessing medication profiles, providing drug information to patients and health care pr | ||||
| > | oviders, collaborating with clinicians on drugs of choice and therapeutic plans, ensuring access to | ||||
| > | medications, educating patients on the proper use of medications, and ensuring that patients underst | ||||
| > | and cautions, adverse reactions, and interactions related to their therapy. | ||||
| 5 | REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS - Must have graduated from an accredited school of pharmacy and possess a Do | 4 | |||
| > | ctor of Pharmacy degree (PharmD) or equivalent degree as determined by the National Board of Pharmac | ||||
| > | y. For graduates in a non-US country or jurisdiction, pharmacists must have earned a Foreign Pharmac | ||||
| > | y Graduate Examination Committee (FPGEC) Certification as determined by the National Board of Pharma | ||||
| > | cy. PREFERRED QUALIFICATION - Doctor of Pharmacy Degree (PharmD). - Completion of an ASHP-accredited | ||||
| > | PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, or at least 3 years of inpatient/acute care services pharmacy experience. | ||||
| > | - Hold an advanced practice board certification (e.g., Board of Pharmacy Specialty certificates, AAH | ||||
| > | IVP, etc.) - Experience participating in pediatric and adult emergency situations. REQUIRED LICENSES | ||||
| > | /CERTIFICATIONS - Must possess a current license in good standing to practice pharmacy in the State | ||||
| > | of California. - Current certification for Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Associat | ||||
| > | ion. | ||||
| 5 | Additionally, under supervision, Inpatient/Acute Care Services Per Diem Pharmacists are engaged in | ||||
| > | many duties required to maintain an efficient and secure pharmacy distribution system. These duties | ||||
| > | include purchasing, storing, securing, evaluating quality of dispensing, compounding, and furnishing | ||||
| > | medications and devices in various settings. Inpatient/Acute Care Services Per Diem Pharmacists may | ||||
| > | also assist in the oversight of pharmacy technicians, pharmacy student interns, pharmacy residents, | ||||
| > | and colleagues in their daily responsibilities. | ||||
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| 7 | However, Inpatient/Acute Care Services Per Diem Pharmacists do not have formal supervisory responsi | ||||
| > | bilities, nor do they have primary or consistent responsibility for pharmacy students in clerkships. | ||||
| > | They have no overall management responsibility for specific organized pharmacy programs but may hav | ||||
| > | e designated responsibility for limited components of the drug-use control operation. Incumbents spe | ||||
| > | nd the majority of annualized work time in functions related to basic drug-use control and pharmaceu | ||||
| > | tical care. | ||||
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| 9 | This position requires flexibility to orient and work at all UCSF Health locations depending on ope | ||||
| > | rational needs, as applicable. | ||||