Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Inpatient

Veterans Health Administration

Fresno, California$157k – $204k3d ago

About the role

The incumbent will carry a scope of practice and work directly with the acute care medical teams performing medication reconciliations, monitoring labs and pharmacokinetics, making therapeutic adjustments, providing discharge counseling, while also serving as a primary preceptor for our robust pharmacy education program, working with our interns and residents. Major duties include but not limited to: Provide direct patient care and will be qualified and authorized to provide services in inpatient clinical wards/units, Emergency department, long-term care and virtual care settings as outlined in the CPS scope of practice. Provide appropriate selection of drug therapy based upon the pharmaceutical principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics; monitoring for efficacy, side effects and clinical outcome; and advises prescribers as appropriate. Recognize physical signs and clinical symptoms relevant to the patient's drug therapy. Follow-up with providers and or other interdisciplinary

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