Company Overview
At OHSU, we are dedicated to advancing health through innovation. We believe that better health begins with groundbreaking discoveries in research, education, patient care, and community outreach.
From cancer and Alzheimer’s to cardiovascular care, our teams work collaboratively to develop new insights into disease, improve treatment approaches, and educate the next generation of scientists and healthcare professionals.
Responsibilities
- Identify, resolve, and document complex therapeutic issues, demonstrating advanced expertise in a specialized patient population.
- Interpret and assess prescriber orders for accuracy, completeness, and appropriateness, documenting clinical decisions and medication distribution issues that require follow-up or ongoing evaluation.
- Verify the accuracy and appropriateness of medications prepared and dispensed from the pharmacy.
- Assist with medication reconciliation, educate patients on their home medication regimens, and coordinate discharge medication plans with the interdisciplinary care team. Document these activities in the patient’s medical record.
- Monitor therapeutic responses and potential adverse effects of medications to guide drug therapy, consulting with providers as necessary and documenting interventions in the patient’s medical record.
- Appropriately report adverse drug reactions, medication errors, and drug defects.
- Provide accurate drug information to prescribers, nurses, patients, and their families, independently reviewing and interpreting medical literature to apply findings to specific patient care situations.
Required Qualifications
- Current Pharmacist license issued by the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy.
- Completion of a Pharmacy Residency or equivalent experience, or Specialist Certification (BCPS, BCOPS, etc.).
- Experience in inpatient hospital pharmacy practice, with the ability to meet pharmaceutical care needs in various patient care settings, including acute care, psychiatry, rehabilitation, skilled nursing, long-term care, obstetrics, oncology, chemical dependency, HIV, home care, and hospice.
- Demonstrated ability to:
- Apply pharmaceutical care principles safely and accurately.
- Modify drug therapy based on age and disease-related factors.
- Evaluate medical literature effectively.
- Work independently with minimal supervision.
- Manage multiple tasks and frequent interruptions.
- Communicate effectively both formally and informally, including delivering presentations.
- Lead projects and collaborate professionally within a healthcare team.
- Prioritize tasks and respond quickly to emergent situations.
- Maintain attention to detail and exercise sound professional judgment.
- Utilize key computer-related skills, including electronic medical records (EMR), word processing, spreadsheets, medical literature, and medication databases.
Preferred Qualifications
- PGY-2 Specialty Residency.
- BLS/ACLS certification.
- Vaccination certification.
- Teaching Certificate.
- Experience in inpatient or outpatient oncology pharmacy practice.
- Oncology-related drug therapy management experience, including chemotherapy and adjunctive medications.
- Board Certifications (BCPS, BCOPS, etc.).
- State of Oregon Pharmacy Preceptor licensure.
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