Job Description

As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA

This position for use in Health Plans Departments only. Clinical Pharmacists ensure that safe, effective, and cost-efficient medication therapy is implemented for all patients in their care and monitor said care appropriately. This includes monitoring and coordinating drug therapy, providing drug information to patients and providers, providing clinical pharmacy services, solving medication related problems for individual patients as well as in the medication use process, and workflow to accomplish daily tasks allotted to the pharmacist. Clinical pharmacists participate in quality improvement projects to improve clinical care or pharmacy operations. Clinical pharmacists must work effectively as a team member, communicate clearly, assertively, and professionally, to all providers, health plan members and their families, and other staff members, and provide superior customer service when interacting with providers, patient and their family members, co-workers, and vendors. Clinical pharmacists must be willing to work with trainees in the department (e.g. students, interns, residents or new staff).

Corporate Overview: University of Utah Health is an integrated academic healthcare system with five hospitals including a level 1 trauma center, eleven community health centers, over 1,600 providers, and a health plan serving over 200,000 members. University of Utah Health is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. In addition to our clinical delivery system, we have a School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, and College of Health providing education and training for over 1,250 providers annually. We have over 2 million patient visits annually and research grants exceeding $350 million. University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics represents our clinical operations for the larger health system.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Solves problems in the medication use process for patients and the organization.
• Identifies, engages, in organizational and department quality improvement activities to improve patient care, medication use process, and pharmacy operations.
• Educates and trains residents, students, interns, colleagues and other health care professionals.
• Assesses appropriate drug information and literature resources, and provides effective information to varied audiences including patients, other health care professions, and peers.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

• Ability and willingness to train department trainees (e.g. students, residents, new staff).

• Ability to assess data regarding the patient's status and provide care as described in the department's policies and procedures manual.

• Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit.

• Demonstrated knowledge of the principles of life span growth and development and the ability to assess data regarding the patient's status and provide care as described in the department's policies and procedures manual.

• Ability to work effectively as a team member.

• Ability to communicate clearly, assertively, and professionally, to all providers, Health Plan members and their families and other staff members.

• Ability to provide superior customer service when interacting with providers, patients and their family members, co-workers, and vendors.

• Ability to work with trainees in the department. (e.g. students, interns, residents, or new staff).

• Demonstrated human relations, effective communication, service orientation, organizational, and computer literacy skills.

Qualifications

Required

• Doctorate of Pharmacy, or equivalent clinical practice experience.
• Additional qualifications may be required depending on area the pharmacist is primarily assigned to work. Examples of additional qualifications could include basic or advanced life-support training, residency training, or certifications.

Licenses Required

• Current licensure to dispense controlled substances in the State of Utah.

• Current Pharmacist license in the State of Utah.

* Additional license requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Qualifications (Preferred)

Preferred

• Residency training.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.

• This position involves light work that may exert up to 20 pounds and may consistently require light work involving lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling or otherwise moving objects. This position involves standing for extended periods of time and is not exposed to adverse environmental conditions.

Physical Requirements

Carrying, Color Determination, Far Vision, Lifting, Listening, Manual Dexterity, Near Vision, Pulling and/or Pushing, Reaching, Sitting, Speaking, Standing, Walking