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• Full time position supporting Oncology departments at our Mercy Coon Rapids location (in person) as well as our Buffalo and Cambridge locations (remotely).
• Benefit eligible position

Job Description:

• Coordinates improvement and quality opportunities.
  • Recognizes and addresses opportunities for improvement, using best practices information.
  • Uses quality improvement tools and techniques to make process improvements.
  • Participates in research studies, contributes to addition of practice body of knowledge, and presents findings at local, state and national meetings and through publication.
  • Works with leaders to optimize departmental financial performance.
  • Conducts audits on service quality and compliance when needed.
  • May lead development and implementation of new clinical practices, guidelines, policies.
• Mentors and promotes the role of staff pharmacists.
  • Develops and maintains programs designed to improve the skills of pharmacists.
  • Participates in the education of physicians, nurses and other health care providers.
  • Participates in development of and training/orientation for new clinical services.
  • Assists in guiding, motivating, and holding people accountable for their practice.
  • Provides feedback and coaching on an ongoing basis.
  • Contributes feedback to managers to assist with the provision of performance evaluations.
• Evaluates medication use.
  • Conducts medication use evaluations to identify opportunities to improve the use of medications.
  • Successfully collaborates with other health care professionals to accomplish improvements.
  • Participates in drug formulary reviews.
  • Submits articles to the Medical Staff Newsletter.
• Coordinates resident and student education.
  • Maintains primary preceptorship of pharmacy residents.
  • Mentors staff pharmacist preceptorship of pharmacy residents in specialty rotations.
  • Directs student pharmacist programs in conjunction with staff pharmacists and department leaders.
• Monitors patient and employee safety.
  • Provides patient education.
  • Identifies and addresses patient safety issues.
  • Participates in root cause analysis for medication error occurrences.
  • Participates in review of adverse drug events and identifies and executes plans to reduce the likelihood in the future.
• May lead specialty practice areas.
  • Provides expert clinical consultation services in the areas of pharmacology, immunotherapy, immunology, transplantation, infections disease, oncology/investigational drug, pain management and palliative care, critical care, cardiovascular care and ambulatory care.
  • Provides leadership in the collection, analysis and communication of patient outcomes data.
  • Serves as a resource to department and hospital staff through education programs and materials.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy required or
• Doctoral/Ph.D. level advanced degree in Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) required
• Postgraduate year 2 residency experience or similar experience required
• Licensed Pharmacist - MN Board of Pharmacy required upon hire and
• Licensed Pharmacist - WI Dept of Safety & Professional Services required upon hire and
• Board certification in pharmacotherapy or specialty area upon hire preferred