What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Faculty (Open Rank)/ Clinical Pharmacist, Solid Organ Transplant position at University of Illinois Hospital?
Position Summary The Clinical Faculty (Open Rank) / Clinical Pharmacist serves on the solid organ transplant interdisciplinary care team and/or as a primary health care provider responsible for assuring and promoting the safe, rational, efficacious, and cost-effective use of drug therapy with the ultimate goal of achieving positive clinical outcomes and improving a patient's quality of life. To serve as an educator of pharmacy students, pharmacy residents, international scholars, and other members of the healthcare team through providing lectures and inservices, and precepting experiential education rotations. To facilitate the advancement of knowledge in health care by participating in research and scholarly activities. Duties & Responsibilities
• Participate in the education of nursing staff, medical staff, pharmacy staff, and all members of the healthcare team by designing, evaluating and providing inservices, continuing education programs and by serving as a preceptor and role model.
• Participate in the education of PharmD. students, PGY1 and PGY2 residents, fellows, international scholars, and other pharmacy staff by serving as a preceptor and role model and as defined by the guidelines and requirements of the Departmental of Pharmacy Practice.
• Provide didactic teaching at the College by serving as recitation facilitator, lecturer, and/or course coordinator.
• Attend and actively participate in service and/or attending rounds or other services related functions
• Accurately and completely monitor therapeutic regimens.
• Perform those duties necessary to facilitate therapeutic decisions including the location, retrieval, interpretation, summarization, and dissemination of current literature concerning a patient's drug therapy.
• Document in the electronic health record or other appropriate place, patient care activities including but not limited to: pharmacokinetic consultations, medication teaching notes, medication histories, pharmacotherapeutic interventions, adverse drug reactions and other significant recommendations or activities.
• Evaluate all non-formulary drug requests originating in the assigned patient care area; document approval or suggestion of formulary alternatives as appropriate. Participate in departmental cost containment programs by aggressively identifying and intervening on high cost/target drugs.
• Provides pharmacokinetic dosing assessment and recommendations for appropriate drugs or in appropriate patients, and documents in patient’s electronic health record (EHR).
• Assist in providing accurate, efficient and appropriate drug distribution services when needed.
• Facilitate communication and cooperation between all individuals involved in the drug use process to assure the accurate and timely provision of drug products.
• Respond and participate in CPR, RRT, and stroke emergencies by carrying the Adult CPR, Peds CPR and RRT pager as assigned.
• Review, evaluate and help revise Hospital and Departmental policy and procedures as appropriate; and assure that such policy and procedures are being met.
• Actively participate in Departmental quality assurance programs, including: reporting of adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
• Work with the leadership on development of drug use guidelines and protocols.
• Work with Clinical Teams as assigned to initiate global patient care changes and arrange adequate clinical coverage. Serve as Team Leader as prior experiences or interests command.
• Facilitate the advancement of knowledge in health care by participating in research and scholarly activities by continually participating in at least one service related project and publish at least annually.
• Attend and actively participate in Departmental, College and Team meetings.
• Represent the Department at University and Medical Center committees as assigned.
• Participate in public service events (e.g. Brown Bags, community edu
