Pharmacist - Per Diem - Hackettstown Medical Center

Job Description

Responsible for dispensing/compounding of prescribed medications, drugs, and other pharmaceuticals for patient care, according to professional standards and State and Federal legal requirements.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Reviews prescriptions issued by physician, or other authorized prescriber; assures accuracy and determines formulas and ingredients needed.
• Directs pharmacy workers engaged in mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals.
• Answers questions and provides information to pharmacy customers on drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and storage of pharmaceuticals.
• Maintains established procedures concerning quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and disposal of hazardous waste drugs.
• Enters data, such as patient name, prescribed medication, and cost, to maintain pharmacy files, charge system, and inventory.
• May assay medications to determine identity, purity, and strength.
• May instruct interns and other medical personnel on matters pertaining to pharmacy or teach in college of pharmacy.
• Other relevant duties as assigned.

• Graduation from an accredited School of Pharmacy with Pharm
  
  D required.
• Current active registration and licensure with the State of New Jersey Board of Pharmacy required.
• Previous hospital pharmacy experience (2+ years) preferred.

Atlantic Health System, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran status.