Pharmacist - Cincinnati, OH - JM 26-13358

Job Title: Pharmacist
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Job Type: Contract
Duration: 13 Weeks
Shift & Schedule: Evening Shift | 4x10 or 5x8 Hours | 40 Hours/Week | Day Shift Training
Local Candidates Required: Yes
Traveler Candidates Required: Yes

Pay Rate
Local: $85 – $89/hr
Traveler: $86 – $93/hr

Note: This job doesn't offer any benefits.

Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced hospital Pharmacist to provide inpatient medication order verification, sterile product preparation, clinical pharmacy support, and medication safety services.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or PharmD required.

• Active Ohio Pharmacist License in hand.

• Minimum 3 years of hospital pharmacist experience.

• Large, academic hospital experience strongly preferred.

• Previous Epic experience required.

• Strong inpatient pharmacy practice skills.

• Experience with sterile compounding and sterile product verification.

• Experience with medication order verification and dose checking.

• Experience checking medications through Pyxis.

• Strong knowledge of IV room operations.

• ECMO and CRRT experience preferred.

• Antibiotic dosing and clinical consultation experience preferred.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Clinical / Technical Skills

• Epic medication order review and verification.

• Medication dosing and frequency verification.

• Drug allergy and drug-drug interaction review.

• Drug-disease interaction and incompatibility assessment.

• Sterile product verification and compounding.

• USP <797> and <800> compliance.

• Abacus software and Baxa pump.

• Pyxis.

• Antibiotic dosing.

• ECMO and CRRT.

• Clinical pharmacy consultations.

• Formulary management.

Responsibilities

• Review, verify, prioritize, and process inpatient medication orders using Epic.

• Review patient charts to ensure medications are prescribed at appropriate doses, frequencies, and administration times.

• Identify and prevent medication-related issues, including allergies, interactions, incompatibilities, and drug-disease concerns.

• Support and follow the hospital formulary.

• Dispense properly labeled medications while following required scanning processes.

• Follow USP <797> and <800> standards and applicable pharmacy regulations.

• Utilize Abacus software and Baxa pump as required.

• Compound and verify sterile products according to established procedures.

• Perform medication-dose checks and ensure safe and accurate medication preparation.

• Check medications and pharmacy-related activities involving Pyxis.

• Monitor and prioritize daily pharmacy operations within assigned areas.

• Coordinate workflow and support personnel activities to maintain uninterrupted patient-care services.

• Monitor medication inventory and initiate replenishment orders as needed.

• Inspect pharmacy and assigned department inventory and remove expired medications.

• Maintain accurate pharmacy records according to applicable state, federal, and pharmacy regulations.

• Follow requirements related to narcotics, dangerous drugs, and investigational drugs.

• Assist physicians, nurses, patients, and healthcare professionals with medication-related questions.

• Participate in problem-solving and quality-improvement activities.

• Promote safe, effective, and patient-centered medication therapy.

• Follow hospital and departmental safety policies and procedures.

• Supervise pharmacy support personnel in assigned areas as needed.