Clinical Critical Care Pharmacy Supervisor

Flushing Hospital Medical Center is seeking qualified Clinical Pharmacy Supervisors

Duties include:

Responsibilities:

• Practice with other members of the in our clinical team and focus on the needs of critically ill patients.
• Regularly makes rounds as a member of the multidisciplinary team to provide pharmacotherapeutic management for all our patients.
• Participates in reporting ADEs to institutional committees
• Documents clinical activities that include, but not limited to, disease state management, general pharmacotherapeutic monitoring, pharmacokinetic monitoring, ADEs, education, and other patient care activities
• Provides didactic lectures to health professional residents and students in critical care pharmacology and therapeutics, where applicable.
• Acts as a liaison between pharmacy, nursing, and the medical staff to educate health professionals regarding current drug-related procedures, policies, guidelines, and pathways.
• Participates in training pharmacy students and residents through experiential critical care rotations, where applicable.
• Contributes to the hospital newsletters and drug monographs on issues related to drug.
• Implements and maintains departmental policies and procedures related to safe and effective use of drugs.
• Collaborates with nursing, medical staff, and hospital administration to prepare the staff for The Joint Commission survey and responds to any deficiencies identified.
• Provides consultation to hospital committees, such as Pharmacy Therapeutics and Nutrition, when critical care pharmacotherapy issues are discussed.
• Identifies how drug costs may be minimized through appropriate use of drugs and through implementation of cost-containment measures.
• Participates in quality assurance programs to enhance pharmaceutical care.