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Exemption Status:

Exempt

Schedule Details:

Holidays - No More Than Every Third Holiday, Monday through Friday, On Call - Required, Weekends (Saturday and Sunday), Weekends - Every Other Weekend

Scheduled Hours:

Variable

Shift:

1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

40

Cost Center:

24050 - 3850 Pharmacy Residency Program

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

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At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

The PGY1 pharmacist residency is a structured, 1-year postgraduate educational and training experience that fosters the development of advanced knowledge and skill in the delivery of pharmaceutical services within a community hospital setting.

Major Responsibilities:

The following key areas (Clinical, Operations/Distribution, Financial, Safety and Regulatory, Research and Education) are performed by the Pharmacy Resident (PGY1) through the completion of rotations under the supervision of preceptors in each specialty which includes, but is not limited to, anticoagulation, antimicrobial stewardship, critical care, family medicine, internal medicine, oncology, medication safety, practice management, transitions of care, and staffing and operations.

Clinical Performance:
Provides medication management services for all assigned patients in a collaborative manner that consist of the following:

• Review patient medication history, educate patients on drug therapy, establish desired outcomes, develop/modify therapeutic plans, determine alternatives for achieving outcomes, develop drug monitoring plans, monitor patient outcomes, document medication related issues in electronic health record, interpret laboratory data, review patient medication profiles, monitor pharmacokinetics of drug therapy, monitoring for potential adverse drug – drug, drug-lab, drug-disease state, and drug - food interactions.
• Maintains and updates a patient profile with demographics (e.g. height and weight), diagnosis, allergies, and current medications.
• Monitors drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interaction.
• Provides drug information to health care professionals and to patients.
• Documents clinical interventions.
• Counsels patients on discharge medications as appropriate.
• Performs clinical review and verification of medication orders.
• Performs medication order entry when needed.
• Discusses medication order clarifications with the prescriber, documents interventions, and communicates medication order changes as needed.
• Facilitates medication discharge planning and smooth transition to alternate sites of care and access to an ambulatory pharmacy.

Operations/Distribution Performance:

• Reviews and/or verifies medication orders for accuracy and appropriateness.
• Ensures the timely and accurate dispensing of medications from the pharmacy area.
• Ensures proper technique and accurate preparation of all pharmaceutical products, including oral, non-sterile and sterile compounding, chemotherapeutic, hazardous, and investigational agents.
• Responsible for the accurate filling and dispensing of medications from the pharmacy area.
• Ensures regulatory compliance of controlled substance distribution and monitoring.
• Supervises work of pharmacy technicians.

Financial Performance:

• Promotes the use of formulary drugs by converting non-formulary orders to formulary drugs when possible according to P&T protocol.  Coordinates procurement of non-formulary drugs when necessary.
• Conducts targeted drug program and drug usage evaluations as assigned and reports results to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
• Identifies and acts upon cost avoidance in drug therapy by promoting cost effective regimens, drugs, and by reducing waste.
• Facilitates cost saving programs such as IV to PO and therapeutic substitution.
• Manages medication inventory, expiring products, and recalls.

Safety and Regulatory Performance:

• Detects, monitors, documents, and reports adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
• Utilizes drug use reports to identify adverse drug events. 
• Participates in Joint Commission and other accreditation and regulatory activities such as National Patient Safety Goals and Department of Pharmacy Quality Improvement Plan.

Research and Education Performance:

• Co-precepts Intermediate Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) rotation students, and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) rotation students consistent with academic credentials and clinical experience.
• Participates in continuing education programs, meetings, training programs and related activities as assigned.
• With guidance from the residency program director and residency preceptors, designs and completes a research project suitable for publication and presentation at the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Meeting and the Eastern States Residency Conference.
• Attends all assigned conferences potentially including ASHP Mid-year Clinical Meeting, MSHP Annual Meeting, and the Eastern States Residency Conference.
• Prepares and provides effective in-service presentations on a variety of disease state, medication, and practice-related topics to pharmacy staff, other hospital staff members, pharmacy students, patients, and caregivers as determined by the residency program director.

Resident Specific Responsibilities:

• Abides by ASHP residency accreditation standards and achieves residency goals and objectives as outlined in the Residency Manual, Requirements for Completion of Residency. 
• Maintains a professional portfolio of work completed throughout the residency year. 
• The Resident must participate in the recruitment efforts of the Residency program.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:

• Complies with established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives.
• Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
• Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
• Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
• Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
• Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
• Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:

• Doctor of Pharmacy graduate candidate from an ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy (or one in process of pursuing accreditation) or have a Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Committee (FPGEC) certificate from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
• Licensed Pharmacist in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

OR

• Registered Pharmacy Intern in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and must obtain a Massachusetts pharmacist licensure by October 31st.    

Experience/Skills:

Required:

• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as working with others in a team environment.
• Proficient with office systems and computers including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

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