Adverse Events, Clinical Practices/Protocols, Disease Prevention and Control, Documentation, Drug Interactions, Drug Therapy, Formulary, Hospital, Medications, Nursing, Patient Admissions, Patient Care, Pharmacy, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Record Keeping, Social Work, Training/Teaching, Utilization Management
Description: The Clinical Pharmacist-Psychiatry works closely with other clinicians to ensure quality multi-disciplinary patient care to patients presenting to the psychiatry emergency center and admitted to the inpatient psychiatry unit.
Typical Duties:
- Work collaboratively with inpatient psychiatry teaching teams to optimize therapy and ensure safe and effective medication regimens for patients.
- Actively participate in daily rounds and act as a drug information resource to prescribers.
- Perform drug utilization reviews, monitor for drug interactions, assist in maintaining formulary integrity, provide monitoring services of narrow therapeutic drugs, and evaluate potential adverse drug events.
- Provide education for medical, nursing, social work, pharmacy and other clinical staff as well as patients of JPS Health Network. Serves as a clinical preceptor for pharmacy students and residents.
- Provide pharmacotherapy education to psychiatry residents through informal teaching and formal lectures.
- Function as a clinical resource for the hospital staff..
- Represent the department in interdepartmental/district meetings as required.
- Participate in the development of medication use management programs within JPS Health Network including clinical guidelines, disease management and drug use programs.
- Ensure completion and accuracy of required documentation and record keeping.
- Performs all other related job duties as assigned.