Orlando Regional Medical Center, an 808-bed tertiary care teaching facility, seeks a highly qualified clinical pharmacist to participate in direct patient care activities in Internal Medicine and to support the delivery and development of pharmacotherapy programs.
Organization, Facility, and Department Overview
Orlando Regional Medical Center is the flagship hospital of Orlando Health, one of Florida’s most comprehensive not-for-profit Health Systems that includes 15 wholly owned hospitals.
Central Florida’s only Level I Trauma Center with over 4,000 trauma patients per year
More than 350 Medical Residents and Fellows and 10 Pharmacy Residents (PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents (4), PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residents (2), PGY-2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Resident (1) , PGY-2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residents (2), PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident (1)
115 Team Member Pharmacy Department providing service 24 hours/ 7 days per week
A team of 17 PGY-2 or equivalent trained Clinical Pharmacy Specialists focusing on Internal Medicine, Medical Critical Care, Surgical Critical Care, Neurocritical Care, Surgery/Trauma, Nutrition Support, Emergency Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, and Infectious Diseases.
Majority of Clinical Staff Pharmacists are PGY-1 Residency trained
Decentralized and Satellite services specializing in Critical Care, Burn/Trauma, Intermediate Critical Care, Cardiology, Orthopedics, Surgery, Medicine, Oncology, and the Operating Room.
CPOE / EPIC, Alaris Smart IV Pumps, SwissLog BoxPicker, Omnicell
Available resources: Drug Information Center, Medical library with librarian support, Drug information databases, Pharmacy Intranet Resources.
Extensive committee involvement, including but not limited to, Pharmacotherapy, Medication Use Subcommittee, Bioethics, Geriatric Quality Improvement, Antimicrobial Stewardship Team, Pain Management Subcommittee, Diabetes Safe Team, and Heart Failure Taskforce.
Extensive New Hire Orientation and Ongoing Staff Education Programs
Excellent Benefits plus Competitive Salary
Position Overview
This position functions as part of a new transitions of care team comprised of pharmacists and technicians. The position offers an excellent opportunity to directly impact patient care, medication safety, and decrease readmissions.
Facilitate the transitions of care program by participating and coordinating the review of patients’ readiness for discharge, discharge medication reconciliation, and discharge education.
Assist with outcome tracking and analysis for key performance indicators within the pharmacist led transitions of care program and hospital readmission rates.
Serve as a drug information specialist for decentralized clinical pharmacy staff involved in the transitions of care program
Provide support for the Internal Medicine Hospitalist Group and Medical Teaching Service
Offer continuous quality improvement through creation and revision of order sets, protocols, guidelines and policies.
Assist in the enhancement of our computerized medical record to optimize the care of our internal medicine patients, throughout our organization and facility. This includes, but is not limited to, contributing to the development of reports, alerts, and clinical content.
Collaborate on various multidisciplinary and corporate committees
Participate in multi-disciplinary clinical translational research projects.
Precept PGY-1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students for rotations, research projects, seminars, MUEs and drug monographs.
Participate in quality management initiatives such as, but not limited to: medication use evaluations, adverse drug reaction and medication error reporting, and guideline development and assessment.
Doctor of Pharmacy degree combined with PGY-1 residency. PGY-2 residency experience in internal medicine, pharmacotherapy, or equivalent experience preferred. Florida pharmacy licensure eligibility required.
About Orlando Health, Orlando Regional Medical Center
Orlando Health's award-winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities offer a myriad of career choices. And with a footprint of care that spans from Florida's east to west coasts — and into Puerto Rico — you can find a great opportunity near you.
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