Clinical Pharmacist - Inpatient

Join our team at Nellis Air Force Base as an Inpatient Pharmacist to provide quality care to our military members and their families!

The Mike O’Callaghan Medical Center - 99th Medical Group is comprised of approximately 1,400 personnel who are dedicated to providing preventive, emergency and acute care services for approximately 22,000 active duty personnel and their dependents. 

Job Summary

The Clinical Pharmacist – Inpatient ensures prescription directions for use, dose, medication interactions, therapeutic duplications, allergy information, age specific dosage, and other pertinent data are appropriate for individual patients (intervention with providers shall be made for noted discrepancy of above listed items).

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintaining controlled substance prescription requirements and dispensing procedures for inpatient orders, discharge prescription orders, and after-hour prescriptions.
• Assessing metabolic needs, ordering, and preparing therapeutic enteral or parenteral nutrition products in the inpatient settings.
• Conducting patient discharge interviews with appropriate medication counseling including storage, side effects, dose, administration, indication, drug-drug and drug-food interactions.
• Identifying and monitoring appropriate clinical and laboratory endpoints to determine the effectiveness and safety of prescribed medications.
• Responding to Cardiac Arrest and ‘Code Blue’ life support situations in an urgent manner.
• Maintaining all documentation for controlled substance inventory, usage, returns and wastage on appropriate Air Force forms.
• Properly signing out controlled substances for PCA pumps or controlled substance IV infusions.
• Ensuring accuracy of all pharmaceutical products prepared or processed by technical staff including chemotherapy agents.
• Attending medical rounds and intervening on pharmaceutical issues with medical staff.
• Documenting significant pharmacy interventions and pharmacy interactions with prescribers.
• Monitoring and managing pharmacotherapy requiring periodic adjustment due to pharmacokinetic characteristics (e.g., aminoglycosides, phenytoin, antithrombotics, vancomycin, warfarin).
• Working closely with clinical staff in developing patient wellness programs to include but not limited to warfarin education and antibiotic stewardship programs.
• Compounding medications as required using sterile techniques.
• Conducting and coordinating clinical investigations and research approved by a local or regional Investigational Review Board (IRB) and participating in outcome studies generated by the department of pharmacy and approved by the P&T Committee.
• Participating in pharmacy student education including preceptorship and completing peer reviews.
• Attending and participating in meetings during normal duty hours, professional staff conferences and other appropriate professional activities such as, but not limited to the following: quality improvement meetings, professional staff meetings, commander's staff meetings, pharmacy flight meetings, and other meetings required by applicable regulations, MTF guidance, or as directed by the pharmacy flight commander or his/her designated representative and enforcing Joint Commission Medication Management standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Doctoral degree in Pharmacy from a college of pharmacy accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE).
• A current, valid, unrestricted license to practice Pharmacy in any one of the fifty States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Must have a minimum of 1 year of experience as an inpatient pharmacist. Experience working in a military treatment facility is preferred.
• Must be board certified in one or more of the pharmacy specialties recognized by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties, or completion of a clinical pharmacy residency or fellowship accredited by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists or American College of Clinical Pharmacy, or documentation of appropriate education, training, and/or CME in the practice of clinical pharmacy.
• Must have a current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications.
• This position is based at a military facility. Must be a U.S. citizen.

Work Schedule

• The inpatient pharmacy provides 24/7 services.  Pharmacist can be regularly scheduled for 8- to 12-hour shifts from Sunday to Saturday to include day, evening and night shifts.
• Overage hours may be required and are based on pharmacy needs (i.e. coverage for absences).

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