Pharmacist Senior NICU

Job Overview:

This is a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit NICU Clinical Specialist Pharmacist role based within the Pharmacy for Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center,

Qualifications:

Required:

• Registration in New Jersey as a pharmacist; current New Jersey licensure required

• Completion of course at an accredited School of Pharmacy, with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or PharmD

• PGY1 residency program completion or equivalent experience

• Pharmacotherapy Specialty Certification BCPS within one year of employment

• BLS and ACLS required within six months of employment

Preferred:

• PGY2 residency in Pediatrics, Critical Care, or equivalent experience preferred

• Registration in New Jersey as a licensed pharmacist immunizer

Scheduling Requirements:

• FT
• Days

Essential Functions:

• Provides focused pharmaceutical care through inpatient rounding and assumes role of drug information provider to the NICU service

• Provides occasional cross coverage, patient counseling, and assumes role of drug information provider for other clinical pharmacy specialty services, including but not limited to: Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit, Pediatrics

• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, workshops, in-service meetings, etc,

• Monitors specific medication prescribing in accordance with established drug usage criteria, prior to dispensing, as defined by the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee,

• Provides educational rotation for both PGY1 and PGY2 residents

• Facilitates PGY1 and PGY2 resident research projects

• Provides consults and educates patients regarding their medications for acute disease state management and chronic conditions

• Utilizes the medication screening process to ensure medication orders are complete, appropriate, within legal parameters and prioritized

• Documents and provides analytical support for all clinical activities, interventions, medication errors, adverse drug reactions according to criteria set forth by the Department of Pharmacy

• Participates in Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center NICU Medication Safety Committee

• Participates in the RWJBarnabas Health Pediatrics Corporate Collaborative