Pharmacist, Per Diem, Day Shift

Job Summary

Verify and fill orders for medications, monitor patient medication therapies, provide drug information, identify and troubleshoot potential medication safety hazards, document all interactions for medical review, and supervise and direct support personnel.

Education and

Work Experience:

• Graduate of school of pharmacy:
  Required
• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree:
  Preferred
• One year’s technical experience:
  Preferred
• Inpatient clinical pharmacy experience:
  Preferred

• Pharmacist license in the state of practice:
  Required
• All licensures and certifications needed to fulfill the duties required of a Pharmacist at the state level:
  Required

• Process, enter, verify, and distribute medication orders within the institution in a timely manner and in compliance with department and hospital policies, as well as Joint Commission and other regulatory guidelines. Actively ensure that medication therapy is efficacious, safe, cost effective, and achieves the best therapeutic outcomes. Assure that medication prescribing is optimal with respect to indication, dose, route, frequency, history of allergy, and does not duplicate or negatively interact with other drugs.
• Conduct and manage daily reports on medication utilization based upon daily rounds to identify, catalogue, and subsequently analyze areas in which medication improvement is needed. Consistently perform quality assurance procedures in related work areas.
• Participate in all pharmacy-related tasks and programs such as clinical rounds, unit-based and/or population-based medication management activities, remote order verification, and all other areas as directed/necessitated. Expedite changes needed to meet regulatory, accrediting, licensing, and government agency standards and laws.
• Participate in department cost savings. Comply with drug formulary and appropriate documentation. Collaborate with appropriate leadership and buyer to purchase, contract, and procure medications and related supplies to ensure that product and vendor selection is based upon the highest medication safety standards.
• Assist in making recommendations on process improvement or development of new pharmacy services.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.

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