Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacist

4 x 10 hour days with rotating weekend and holiday coverage. Typically 6a-4p.

Currently, transplant pharmacists rotate monthly through kidney, liver, heart, and outpatient clinic services. This role will help support the tremendous growth seen across all transplant programs as well as expanded transplant clinic services.

Pay Range

Major Responsibilities:

• Oversees pharmaceutical care, including retrieving and evaluating biomedical literature and designing medication therapy regimens 
• Uses effective patient education techniques to provide counseling to patients and caregivers, including information on medication therapy,
• adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, handling, and medication administration  
• Designs, recommends, monitors, and evaluates patient specific pharmacotherapeutic regimens based on relevant biomedical literature.
• Implements recommendations effectively and utilizes policies and procedures and documents in the appropriate format.   
• Reviews and accurately interprets medication orders and prescriptions  
• Participates in the management of medical emergencies when applicable
• Actively supports department medication safety and quality improvement activities, including the reporting of events through appropriate
• channels 
• Performs quality assurance and performance improvement of the medication use system as appropriate  
• Collaborates with the healthcare team to manage formulary adherence and the medication-use process. Assists in the acquisition of nonformulary, compassionate use, and investigational medications.   
• Practices in compliance with organization’s policies and procedures, as well as local, state, and federal regulations   
• Prepares, dispenses, and oversees the proper storage and handling of medications in accordance with best practice, policies and state and
• federal regulations
   

Job Description

• Serves as preceptor for pharmacy students, residents, and healthcare learners as assigned    
• Mentors, orients, trains, and assists with the performance evaluation of pharmacy teammates, residents, and students as assigned 
• Directs and checks the accuracy of the work of pharmacy support team members in accordance with the organization’s policies and
• procedures to ensure safe and efficient workflows, service standards, and regulatory compliance 
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must
• demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of
• the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific
• needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed
• further in the departmental job standards.
   

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:
Licensed in the state(s) of practice or eligible for reciprocity required 
Immunization and non-vaccine injectable certification required based on area of practice 
Credentialing and privileging required based on area of practice 
 

Education Required:
Bachelor’s or Doctorate degree in pharmacy from an ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy required, or an FPGEC certificate from NABP 
 

Experience Required:
No experience required. For Transplant Pharmacy, the preferred candidates will possess relevant solid organ transplant experience in a hospital or outpatient clinic. PharmD candidates must have either a completed PGY2 or possess relevant solid organ transplant experience in a hospital or outpatient clinic,

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
Maintains skills in area of practice 
Strong computer skills 
Excellent communication and organization skills 
Excellent presentation, facilitation, and training development skills 
Demonstrates decision making, team building, customer service, and conflict resolution skills 
Life support training courses may be required dependent on department discretion 
 

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Requires considerable walking, standing, pushing mobile cart of 50 pounds maximum and lifting 35 pounds of material without assistance 
• Exposed to various conditions throughout the workday such as walking on hard surfaces, climbing stairs and changes in temperature and
• humidity 
• May be required to frequently stretch, bend, squat, or kneel to perform job 
• Utilizes appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to minimize exposure to hazardous agents  
• Takes necessary precautions to avoid inadvertent needle sticks, minor cuts or bruises 
• Must be able to perform manipulative skills such as writing, typing, and data entry into the computer and automated dispensing machines  
• Must have use of both hands, be able to see clearly and read small font such as that on unit-dose medication packages and syringes 
• Must have functional speech, vision, and hearing 
• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job 
• Exposed to normal office environment 

DISCLAIMER

All responsibilities and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only responsibilities to be performed by an employee occupying this job or position.  Employees must follow any other job-related instructions and perform any other job-related duties requested by their leaders.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job

• Incentive pay for select positions

• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs

• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability

• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.