Pharmacist - FLOAT

About the Organization

At Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, we honor all members of our community and acknowledge the dignity of each person we serve. Our purpose is to provide high‑quality, comprehensive primary health care to the communities of Washington and Yamhill counties with a special emphasis on migrant and seasonal farm workers and a view to removing barriers to health care. We strive to provide an environment that welcomes and values the people we employ and serve.

If you are unsure whether you meet all the required qualifications for this role but are interested and passionate about this potential position, we encourage you to apply.

Pharmacist

FLSA: Salaried "Exempt"

Representation: Represented

Department: Pharmacy

Reports to: Pharmacy Manager

The role of the Pharmacist will be to deliver quality pharmacy services, collaborating with primary care physicians and staff to improve the health of Virginia Garcia patients. Pharmacy services will include assisting medical personnel and patients with drug information and identification, developing and sustaining productive patient relationships, evaluating and resolving potential drug therapy problems identified through any and all available sources, patient counseling, prescription verification, adherence to state and federal pharmacy laws, precepting students and interns, assisting with supervision of technical staff, pharmacy cashier and support staff, and participation in projects assigned by Pharmacy Director.

• Review and enter prescription on computer software, fill and label prescriptions, or supervise technical staff as they become capable of taking over these functions.
• Resolve clinical questions regarding patient prescription with provider staff; answer clinical questions from provider staff, researching when necessary.
• Counsel patients on all new prescriptions, utilizing assistance from bilingual staff; willing to acquire Spanish skills to counsel patients solo, over time.
• Medication Therapy Management (MTM) involving assessing the patient, screening for drug interactions and adverse effects, providing disease / medication education and exploring opportunities to simplify and / or decrease the cost of the medication regimen.
• Supervise performance and accuracy of technical staff as required by Oregon Law, offering guidance and troubleshooting errors as they occur. Supervise pharmacy cashier and support staff, to ensure quality customer service, observance of HIPAA requirements regarding patient confidentiality, and the highest regard for patients of Virginia Garcia.
• May include precepting pharmacy students; from various pharmacy schools and pharmacy tech schools, attending or presenting in‑services in conjunction with medical staff; participation in clinic committees; assisting with training pharmacy technicians; medication reviews, (MTM) and other pharmacy services.
• Projects assigned appropriately based on professional skill areas, experience and interest.
• Supervise relief pharmacist(s) if needed during Director's absence.
• Responsible for day‑to‑day operation of the pharmacy either as PIC or in lieu of PIC when the Director is unavailable.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Handle protected health information (PHI) in a manner consistent with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

The pharmacist will have access to PHI in the course of carrying out their duties. The pharmacist will use PHI to provide medications to patients, to evaluate medication profiles for quality of care and safety, and to consult with providers regarding patients' medications. The pharmacist will also be involved in overall quality of care discussions with the other health care providers at the Center.

Applying the minimum necessary standard of HIPAA, the designated record sets to which this employee will have access include: the full medical record, the pharmacy patient chart, the demographic and scheduling information of the practice management systems and all information in the pharmacy management computer system including billing and…