Pharmacist 5

Job Family	Clinical Professional Services
Job Function	Pharmacy
Job Category	Represented
Job Summary	Involves all aspects of the medication use process, including procurement, prescribing, compounding, dispensing, storage of medications, administration and monitoring. Partners with physicians and other clinicians to provide treatments and advice to patients, records patient history relating to medication use and ensures the safe and secure storage of medications and related supplies. Advises physicians in determining the best possible treatments for specific diseases, stays current on pharmacy regulations, treatments and developments in research and design. Pharmacists are the experts on drug therapy and the primary health professionals who optimize use of medication for the benefit of the patients. Meets educational needs of patients, healthcare team, students and residents. Ensures adherence to regulatory and fiscal requirements.
Job Title	Pharmacist 5 HX
Job Code	4855
Bargaining Unit	HX
FLSA	Exempt
Generic Scope	Recognized organization-wide expert. Has significant impact and influence on organizational policy and program development. Regularly leads projects of critical importance to the organization; these projects carry substantial consequences of success or failure. Directs programs with organization-wide impact (or may have impact beyond the University) that include formulating strategies and administering policies, processes, and resources. Significant barriers to entry exist at this level.
Custom Scope	Recognized professional authority in drug therapy of a complex subject area, such as critical care, infectious disease or other disease management, or administrative program, such as, medication safety. Requires the application of advanced intensive knowledge of the specialty, characteristically gained through education or specific training in the area of specialization. Normally, you would use the bargaining unit job code for work covered by the title.  If this is a position that is not covered by the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act (HEERA), because they are: 1) Confidential – meaning employee’s duties normally require access to confidential information which contributes significantly to the development of management’s positions in bargaining or grievances; or 2) the employee is employed outside of California at a location with 100 or fewer employees or 3) Supervisory – supervises employee as regular part of the job duties, then you would be the generic title without the HX ending.
Key Responsibilities	Serves as a member of an interdisciplinary patient treatment team, service or program for the most difficult or unusual cases in area of specialty. Identifies drug therapy strategies for patients, reconciling individual patient’s parameters, medicinal history, and advanced knowledge in specialty area to recommend the best option. Provides authoritative professional guidance to doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals on complex subject area. Advises on appropriateness of medications, dosage, dangers, and side effects. Ensures the safe, effective and economic delivery of drug treatment in specialty area. Evaluates prescribed drug therapy in relation to the patient’s condition through the entire medication use process and identifies innovative solutions to maximize the benefits. Develops and conducts specialized education / public information classes in area of specialty. Performs clinical investigations of new drugs in area of specialty. Develops and conducts specialized educational in-services for the pharmacy and facility’s staff in area of specialty. Designs lectures for public information classes in area of specialty. Leads the clinical investigation of new drugs in the specialty. Serves on specialty drug therapeutic committees, applying expertise to consult on overall policy in relation to drug usage, new products, clinical trials, infection control, etc. Advises on clinical budgeting through serving on finance committees or advising management on effective, economic drug therapy. Serves as the pharmacist lead and manages a limited number of professionals for a specialty service and / or manages an organizational program.
Education	Doctor of Pharmacy degree (Pharm D) or equivalent training. Post graduate year 1 [PGY1] In Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience Post graduate year 2 [PGY2] in area of specialty practice or equivalent experience in specialty area required.
License	Registered Pharmacist in the State of California.
Certification	Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy and / or Board Certification in Specialty Practice [if available] required.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities	Intensive knowledge and expertise of pharmaceutical theory in a specialty theory. Knowledge of developments in research and design in area of specialization including new or reformulated products being developed by medical and pharmaceutical researchers. Stays updated on industry trends and best practices in optimizing the use of medication to treat patients. Knowledge of relevant Pharmacy Department, medical center, and UC policies and protocols including medicine storage, safety, and patient privacy and treatment. Deep knowledge of all relevant pharmacy federal and state laws and regulations. Advanced technical skills to compound, prepare, mix, and manufacture sophisticated or rare medicines in specialty area. Ability to work carefully, methodically and accurately. Highly developed project management skills to manage multiple priorities, lead research projects from inception to completion on schedule, and deliver responsive customer service to patients. Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility, anticipates and effectively handles change. Sharp analytical skills and scientific aptitude. Critical thinking skills to challenge conventional practices and apply knowledge to recommend innovative, industry leading improvements. Interpersonal skills to maintain relationships with healthcare professionals on patient care team, researchers, and pharmacy department and develop relationships with industry leaders. Interpersonal skills to address sensitive patient situations with a caring and sympathetic manner. Highly skilled critical thinker with strong analytical abilities to identify problems before they arise and solve complex, wide reaching problems when no precedent exists. Demonstrated ability to collaborate with patient treatment team. Advanced verbal and written communication skills. Knowledge of relevant information systems
Environment	Health care (hospital, clinical, classroom setting or similar environment as the role requires).
Career Path	Pharmacy Manager 1 Pharmacy Manager 2