Clinical Pharmacist - Pharmacogenomics/Ambulatory Care (Full-Time, 8-Hour Day Shifts)

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

The pharmacogenomics (PGx) pharmacist will lead the clinical integration of PGx testing into patient care. They will interpret test results, provide patient consultation visits, tailor drug recommendations, and partner with care team to optimize efficacy and safety. Additional duties include developing PGx-guided care pathways and decision support, educating clinicians and patients, and contributing to program development, quality improvement, and research. Cross coverage in other clinical specialty clinics required.

Preferred qualifications: formal pharmacogenomics training or certification; experience applying CPIC guidelines and pharmacogenomics in a hospital or academic setting; proficiency with electronic health records and clinical decision support; and strong written and verbal communication and collaboration skills.

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview Provides the full range of distributive, clinical, consultative, research, investigational, and/or administrative pharmaceutical services. Incumbents select, compound, manufacture, purchase, dispense, and/or preserve drugs, medicines, and other therapeutic agents; serve as a member and consultant on treatment or diagnostic teams; disseminates drug information to members of the hospital staff and interested community groups; may participate in hospital research projects or perform pharmaceutical research.

Locations Stanford Health Care

What you will do • Clinical Pharmacy:

• Applies knowledge of solubility behavior of substances, stability of drugs, usages of drugs, and limitations on modes of administering drugs, and similarly applies knowledge of incompatibilities in evaluating dosages and permissible concentrations of drugs, and in anticipating, preventing, and treating undesirable chemical reactions.

• Applies knowledge of the physical and chemical properties and characteristics of computing dosages, weighing and measuring drugs, and mixing and compounding drugs and chemicals.

• Has legal responsibility for proper interpretation of prescriptions and the dispensing of prescribed products, and call to physician's attention any synergistic, antagonistic, and cumulative effects, as well as questionable overdoses or incompatibilities.

• Identifies fine differences between drugs as they relate to therapeutic efficacy of the products.

• Maintains continuous awareness f new developments in the fast-moving drug field and be aware of emerging patterns, systems, and techniques in pharmacy practice.

• Maintains records, documents patient data, prepares written reports, and provides oral reports concerning patient care.

• May contribute to the accredited teaching programs, indoctrination and refresher training courses.

• Specifies proper storage, protection, and preservation of therapeutic agents, in accordance with the standards of the United States Pharmacopoeia (U.S.P.) and the National Formulary (N.F.)

• Investigational Drug Service:

• Provides assistance in the coordination and maintenance of pharmacy services relating to research at SHC.

• Participates in sponsor site qualification and initiation visits.

• Supports practices relating to pharmacy dispensing based on IRB approved clinical trials.

• Provides guidance to investigational drug service pharmacy technicians.

• Upon request, attends various meetings to provide pharmacy input on drug protocols.

• Serves as the liaison between the study team, protocol sponsor, and nursing to coordinate drug therapy.

• Participates in audits from the sponsors, FDA, DEA, NIH and other regulatory agencies as needed.

Education Qualifications • Bachelor's in Pharmacy from an accredited college or university.

Experience Qualifications • Two (2) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience.

• One (1) year if completed a PGY1 residency.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities • Ability to apply judgment and make informed decisions.

• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

• Ability to foster effective working relationships and build consensus.

• Ability to precept students and residents.

• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize, work independently and meet deadlines.

• Knowledge of influence of patient's age, sex, concomitant disease states, concurrent drug therapy, foods and diagnostic procedures on drug activity and disposition.

• Knowledge of local, state and federal regulatory requirements related to areas of functional responsibility.

• Knowledge of Medical terminology and abbreviations; pharmacology and pharmacological nomenclature; medical therapeutics, pharmacokinetics, and disease states.

• Knowledge of methods and procedures involved in proper handling and storing of pharmaceutical supplies.

• Knowledge of physiology, anatomy, pathology, chemistry and mathematics as they relate to pharmacy practice.

• Knowledge of prescription and non-prescription drugs and drug products and their indications, efficacy, dosage, mechanisms of action; fate and disposition (if known), major contraindications and potential side effects.

Licenses and Certifications • CA Board of Pharmacy License - Registered Pharmacist required and

• BLS - Basic Life Support required within 30 Days or

• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support required within 30 Days

These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and

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