Pharmacist - Hospital Pharmacy

Overview

Job title:

Staff Pharmacist - Hospital Pharmacy

Schedule:

Full-time, 80 hours per pay period;
Monday-Friday, scheduled between 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Weekend rotation:
Every 4th weekend; 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Holiday rotation:
Every 4th holiday

The Staff Pharmacist performs clinical and professional pharmaceutical work in the compounding and dispensing of drugs and IV supplies.

• Interpret physician's order from direct copy or via electronic provider order entry.
• Coordinate proper scheduling of the administration of medication with nursing service.
• Provide clinical drug information to medical and nursing staff.
• Maintain patient profiles and monitor patient medications.
• Make decisions in selection of drugs and use of drugs including use of formulary and formulary substitutions.
• Participate in inservice activities (teaching).
• Compound prescriptions and IV admixtures. Supervises supportive personnel.
• Dispense prescriptions using acceptable and good pharmaceutical technique.
• Responsible for following departmental policies and procedures.
• Supervises interns, externs, pharmacy technicians, and other support personnel in the absence of or as designated by the director.
• Actively participate in the Antibiotics Stewardship program
• Maintains a working knowledge of the MBMC antibiogram.
• Maintains a working knowledge of the spectrum of activity of formulary antibiotics.
• Work to affirm the appropriate use of antibiotics in all situations.
• Manage antibiotic de-escalation - IV to PO, C&S response, etc.
• Lead the antibiotic pause.
• Lead efforts to reach goals of therapy for each patient we work with.
• Performs other related duties as required including computer database maintenance for pharmacy systems and automated dispensing units, pump library maintenance and records of activities.
• Actively provides clinical pharmacy services to the patients of Mile Bluff Medical Center
• Renal dosing services.
• Pharmacokinetic services.
• Monitoring of the effect of medications including reviewing and responding to affected lab values, reviewing and managing ADR's, etc.
• Provides medication reconciliation at the time of admission, transfer, and discharge as appropriate for each patient.
• Provides medication education to patients, caregivers, and professional staff.
• Participates in the department's DUE activities with data collection when needed.
• Coordinates the Formulary file updating in the pharmacy computer system and the facility's drug database on an ongoing basis.
• Supervises and trains intern-pharmacists.
• Participates in in-service training.

• Professional Pharmacy degree required. Doctorate preferred.
• Must hold and maintain current Wisconsin Pharmacist license.
• BLS certification required.
• 1+ years related work experience required.
• Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail required.

• Intermediate to expert proficiency with computers is required.
• Requires assessment, evaluation, and decision-making skills.
• Must possess exceptional clinical skills.
• Strong quantitative and analytical competency.
• Familiarity with pharmacy law.
• Self-starter with excellent interpersonal communication, oral and written communication, and problem-solving skills.

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