Pharmacist – Rotating Shifts – Pharmacy Department

Pharmacist – Rotating Shifts – Pharmacy Department

Requirements

• Graduation from an ACPE accredited pharmacy school, with PharmD degree; alternatively, Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy with acute hospital/clinical experience, required.
• Strongly Preferred: Minimum one year of hospital pharmacy practice
• Considered: Recent graduate w/ minimum 2 years hospital pharmacy technician/intern experience; or non-hospital pharmacist experience, with counseling and medication therapy management
• Supervisory/management experience not required but welcome

Responsibilities

• Maintain excellent working knowledge of pharmacy practice and the Electronic Health Record.
• Verify and enter orders accurately, to ensure barcode scanning, timely accessibility of drugs, formulary maintenance, adherence to policy, and overall patient safety.
• Engage all members of the healthcare team, including patients and families to design, recommend, and monitor patient-specific pharmacotherapy, participate in multidisciplinary rounds, provide patient counseling and other follow up; respond to code emergencies.
• Accurately and safely prepare, label, check, and dispense all medication.
• Communicate with team members regarding patient and department needs directly and utilizing shift reports and daily huddles, including information for Pharmacy Leaders, Clinicians, Technicians, Procurement and 340B, Information Technology, and others.
• Practice pharmacy stewardship through approved clinical protocols, medication dosing, therapeutic substitution, antibiotic stewardship, communicating with the healthcare team.
• Maintain and supervise a working knowledge of Pharmacy Technician workflow, duties and skill sets to ensure smooth department function and throughput.
• Participate in team meetings and others as assigned.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum one year of hospital pharmacy practice
• Supervisory/management experience not required but welcome