CLINICAL PHARMACIST - SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANT (100% FTE, ROTATING/VARIABLE SHIFTS)

The UW MEDICAL CENTER - MONTLAKE PHARMACY DEPARTMENT is seeking a highly-motivated FULL-TIME CLINICAL PHARMACIST - SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANT (Rotating/Variable shifts) to provide pharmaceutical care for our SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANT services. Our Clinical Pharmacists are a vital part of the multidisciplinary patient care team. In addition to direct patient care responsibilities, our pharmacists provide drug therapy consults, participate in treatment protocol development, provide patient/family/staff education, facilitate transitions of care, precept pharmacy students and residents, and perform duties of a Pharmacist 2. The Clinical Pharmacist, Solid Organ Transplant will provide clinical services in both the inpatient and ambulatory clinic settings.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Ensure appropriate drug therapy and nutrition, including indication, dose, drug interactions, and drug allergies.

Evaluate pharmacotherapeutic regimens for effectiveness and adverse drug events, and intervene as needed.

Utilize the medical record and other appropriate documentation systems to communicate with healthcare professionals and to document specific pharmacotherapeutic recommendations.

Provide drug information and education to medical teams, nursing, and dietitian staff.

Provide patient/family counseling and education. Update patient medication lists and reconcile medication orders upon hospital admission and discharge, as well as during clinic visits.

Perform comprehensive medication therapy review and other activities as necessary to ensure safe transitions of care between the inpatient and ambulatory settings.

Monitor and modify patient medication therapy in collaboration with the medical team to achieve desired therapeutic outcomes in the ambulatory setting

Provide primary preceptorship of pharmacy residents and student pharmacists.

Strong candidates will have prior experience in SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANT and/or PGY2 residency in this area.
REQUIREMENTS:
Two years of experience in pharmacy practice. Months spent in the completion of an American Society of Health System Pharmacists accredited residency training program may substitute month-for-month for the experience.
LEGAL REQUIREMENT: State of Washington Pharmacist License.
UW Medicine is committed to being a drug-free workplace. We require a pre-employment drug screen.
ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-MONTLAKE
UW Medical Center is an acute care academic medical center located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in seven specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.
The UW Medical Center-Montlake campus is located on the edge of the beautiful UW campus which includes many amenities available to our staff as well as very convenient public transit options including the Sound Transit’s light rail station across the street.
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UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.
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