About Us
McLaren Health Care is a fully integrated health network committed to quality, evidence-based patient care with locations in Michigan and Indiana. The McLaren system includes 13 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of only 53 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S.
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - KSP Specialty Pharmacy, Troy
- Encourage multidisciplinary collaboration to ensure the appropriate therapeutic use of clinical drugs resulting in optimal patient outcomes.
- Proper clinical documentation to maintain patient care and accreditation standards.
- Monitors drug interactions and problems, ensuring safety of patients.
- Prepares medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders; detecting therapeutic incompatibilities.
- Dispenses medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals.
- Provides pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals counseling patients on drug therapies.
- Develops staff's pharmacological knowledge by participating in clinical programs; training pharmacy staff, students, interns, externs, and health care professionals.
- Complies with state and federal drug laws as regulated by the state board of pharmacy, the drug enforcement administration, and the food and drug administration by maintaining records for controlled substances; removing outdated and damaged drugs from the pharmacy inventory; supervising the work results of support personnel; maintaining current registration; studying existing and new legislation; anticipating legislation; advising management on needed actions.
- Protects patients and technicians by adhering to infection-control protocols and related procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Maintains pharmacological knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
- Performs all functions as a specialty staff pharmacist as required.
- Acts as team lead to pharmacy technicians.
- Develops and implements pharmaceutical care plans, which address high-risk side effects of medications.
- Monitors drug interactions, therapeutic incompatibilities, and problems, ensuring safety of patients by documenting interventions.
- Documents patient interactions in appropriate electronic medical record.
- Protects patients and technicians by adhering to infection-control / hazardous medication protocols and related procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Performs other related duties as required and directed.
Required:
- PharmD degree
- Completion of pharmacy internship and licensure in the State of Michigan.
- One year of hospital/retail/specialty pharmacy experience preferred.
Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
Equal Opportunity Employer
McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.
