Staff Pharmacist, Pharmacy

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Hours:
Per Diem, 6:00am-2:30pm, 7:00am-3:30pm, 8:00am-4:30pm, 11:30am-8:00pm

$53.00 - $71.12

Disclaimer

We are committed to equitable and transparent compensation practices. The salary range for this position reflects our good-faith estimate of base pay at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. We regularly review our compensation structures to ensure fairness and consistency across our organization.

Job Summary:

The Staff Pharmacist prepares medications by reviewing an interpreting physician orders, detecting therapeutic incompatibilities. Complies with the State and Federal drug laws as regulated by the State Board of Pharmacy, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Department of Public Health. Provides pharmacologic information by answering questions and requests of health care health care professionals. Completes pharmacy operational requirements by organizing and directing technician’s workflow, verifying their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals, performing order entry, as well as charges and inspections.

Controls medications by monitoring drug therapies and advising interventions. Dispenses medications by compounding packaging and labeling pharmaceuticals. Prepares compounded sterile products and chemotherapy within a USP 797 compliant clean room.

• Conducts interactions with everyone in a friendly, courteous and respectful manner.
• Goes out of his/her way to offer assistance to others. If he/she cannot offer assistance, then finds someone who can
• Advocates to ensure privacy and confidentiality while helping others to maintain awareness.
• Maintains a clean and safe hospital.
• Responds appropriately and immediately in emergency situations.
• Maintains a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors, and/or staff to provide the highest level of physical comfort, and minimize risk and injury.
• Ensures compliance with regulations to maintain accreditation and licensure.
• Complies with the Hospital Attendance and Tardiness Policy
• Completed all Hospital and Department Specific Mandatory requirements in the prior calendar year.
• Reports Incidents in a timely and effective manner.
• All employees with direct patient contact are responsible for actively engaging in the practice of, monitoring and enforcing compliance to hand hygiene.
• Enters/verifies all medication orders correctly into patient medication profiles in compliance with hospital formulary. Interprets medication orders accurately Maintains accurate and complete patient medication profiles
• Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose
• Demonstrates knowledge of appropriate standards, policies, protocols, procedures and practices in a manner that demonstrates baseline knowledge
• Proficient in dosing/monitoring of medications with an established protocol . Provides double checks as needed on pharmacokinetics consults to detect calculation errors and assess outcome goals
• Documents interventions in the Pharmacy module that advocates for IV to PO conversions ,dose optimization , dose adjustments, therapeutic duplications, drug interactions, allergy conflicts and other intervention groups for antimicrobial, other medication therapies or therapeutic recommendations.
• Supervises the manufacture and distribution of medications and IV solutions by the Pharmacy Technicians to ensure medications are delivered to the patient care…