All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Career Development
• Whole Person Wellbeing Resources
• Mental Health Resources and Support

Our promise to you:

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.

Full Time Days

Location: 9100 W 74th Street, Merriam, KS 66204

The community you’ll be caring for:

At AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, formerly Shawnee Mission Medical Center, you're more than just a number on a chart. You're a whole person, who functions best when physically, emotionally, and spiritually fit. Find whole-person care, dedicated teams and staff, and a wide variety of medical services, all at our hospital in Shawnee Mission, Kansas.

The role you’ll contribute:

The pharmacy practice resident’s primary role is to accelerate their growth beyond entry-level professional competence in patient-centered care and in pharmacy operational services, and to further the development of leadership skills that can be applied in any position and in any practice setting. The resident will be held responsible and accountable for acquiring these outcome competencies: managing and improving the medication-use process; providing evidence-based, patient-centered medication therapy management with interdisciplinary teams; exercising leadership and practice management; demonstrating project management skills; providing medication and practice-related education/training; and utilizing medical informatics, conduct pharmacy practice research, exercise added leadership and practice management skills, demonstrate knowledge and skills particular to generalist practice in the home care practice environment, demonstrate knowledge and skills particular to generalist practice in the managed care practice environment, participate in the management of medical emergencies, contribute to formulary decisions, provide drug information to health care professionals and/or the public, demonstrate additional competencies that contribute to working successfully in the health care environment.

The value you’ll bring to the team:

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrate willingness to take on additional responsibility with training of pharmacy students

• Participate in meetings and presentations involving pharmacy students and other staff members

• Provide patient education commiserate with patients’ learning assessment level

• Appropriately answer routine drug information questions that are received. Taken into consideration the requestor’s educational and professional background when formulating a response

• Conducts self in a manner that consistently displays politeness, attentiveness and professionalism

• Provide sufficient information and documentation to colleagues about specific patient care issues

• Display courtesy and respect by checking into the central pharmacy before reporting to assigned unit

• Demonstrate and convey a favorable image of the Medical Center

• Adhere to the hospitals absenteeism and tardiness guidelines. Report to work on time so that others are not unnecessarily burdened

• Consistently report errors or deviations from the patients plan of medical care using the hospitals’ electronic reporting program

• Assure that complete review of patient specific parameters is conducted prior to initiating a new medication

• Incorporate patient, physician and nursing needs and concerns into decision making and organization action

• Maintain a broad knowledge base of operational functions, including basic trouble shooting of the Pyxis® and Cerner® information systems

• Appropriately prioritize work so that STAT and urgent orders are handled before routine orders, and unnecessary delays do not occur

• Willingly incorporate the checking of STAT doses into work routine

• Demonstrate a commitment to the profession and to the quality of care provided by the department by participating in professional organizations and/or seminars

• Routinely participate in various care committees and share pharmaceutical knowledge base

• Participate in a broad array of hospital committees in order to gain experience in meeting facilitation

• Actively participate in Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee

• Demonstrate efficient use of time by minimizing the amount of orders put on hold and delegating tasks to students and technicians whenever possible and appropriate

• Adhere to the hospital formulary intervening with the prescriber when necessary