Pharmacist, Healthcare

POSITION SUMMARY

Pay range: $65.50/hr - $98.27/hr

Position Summary –

The pharmacist works independently to manage all aspects of the medication distribution process to ensure that inpatients and ambulatory patients receive accurate and appropriate drug therapy. The pharmacist manages the daily operations of the inpatient pharmacy including sterile compounding, drug delivery, clinical services, and provides drug information to the healthcare team.

Performed majority of the time:

• Verifies orders and maintains patient profiles
• Screens medication orders for clinical appropriateness, dosing, potential adverse events, drug interactions, and formulary appropriateness
• Performs critical dosing calculations for all patients of all age groups (neonate, infant, pediatric, adult, and geriatric)
• Appropriately documents in the patient chart decisions related to drug therapy
• Doses and monitors select medications, with appropriate documentation
• Provides drug information to other members of the healthcare team
• Provides education counseling to patients
• Participates in patient care rounds, as appropriate
• Attends departmental staff meetings and other educational seminars
• Supervises support personnel: educates and checks technician work ensuring accuracy and integrity of drug products
• Triages and prioritizes workload based on patient status
• Accurately dispenses medication in a timely fashion
• Follows all regulations and policies
• Responds and participates in emergency codes and rapid sequence intubation
• In collaboration with pharmacy management, responsible for daily pharmacy operations

Performed occasionally but critical to successful performance of the job:

• Participates and delivers hospital educational programs
• Performs additional duties in the absence of the pharmacy management
• Participates in medication utilization evaluations and quality improvement projects
• Maintains perpetual inventory for all controlled substances
• Fills prescriptions for patients being discharged
• Participates in extemporaneous compounding, including sterile medications and chemotherapy according to USP 797 and USP 800
• Orders medication and supplies from wholesaler
• Maintains adequate supply of pharmaceuticals and related materials
• Expectation to cover evening shift, night shift, weekends, and holidays per pharmacy procedure
• Ability to cover discharge, oncology, and ambulatory (anticoagulation) shifts after completing the appropriate competency training

Decision making and budget responsibilities (e.g. impact limited to the employee, entire unit or organization-wide):

• Impact limited to the employee and care of individual patients
• No budget responsibility

Assigned direct reports (not limited to the ones listed).

• N/A

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Education:

Required

• Licensed as a registered pharmacist in the State of Oregon

Preferred

• N/A

Experience:

Required

• One (1) year of experience as a pharmacist

Preferred

• Completion of a PGY-1 pharmacy practice residency or eligible to take the board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist (BCPS) examination
• Completion of a PGY-2 pharmacy residency or eligible to take a specialty board certification examination

Licenses, Certifications and/or Registrations:

Required

• Licensed as a registered pharmacist in the State of Oregon
• BLS required within 90-days of hire
• ACLS required within 90-days of hire

Preferred

• N/A

Job Related Skills, Abilities and Behaviors:

Required

• Excellent customer service skills
• Reads, writes and speaks conversational English
• Deals with multiple demands in a fast-paced pharmacy in an accurate efficient, calm, and pleasant manner
• Pharmacy computer skills desired, must be proficient at typing
• Presents a professional appearance and appropriate interpersonal skills
• Communicates effectively in verbal and written form with the healthcare team and with patients
• Functions as a cooperative, flexible team member in a positive manner
• Consistently utilizes problem-solving techniques to resolve complaints or concerns
• Demonstrates knowledge of sterile compounding technique
• Must be able to work independently with no direct supervision, set priorities, make critical decisions, respond quickly to needs, and adapt to changes in workload

Preferred

• Bilingual skills a plus
• Previous experience with the EPIC electronic medical record and Omnicell

Hillsboro Medical Center believes in providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified individuals. Recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, working conditions, training, and compensation will be based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, creed, national origin, marital status, family relationship, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law.

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