Pharmacist

AvaMed Workforce is a Healthcare Staffing Agency that staffs all of California State Correctional Facilities. At the moment we are in URGENT need of a Pharmacist to take on a Full-Time assignment at the correctional facility located in Sacramento, CA

Position Details:
40 Hours per week
Location: Sacramento, CA
Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm
Rate: $65/hr 

Must have active License from the State of California Board of Pharmacy 

Job Description:

Under the direction of the Pharmacist-in-Charge and/or the Institution’s Chief Executive Officer/Chief Medical Executive (CEO/CME) or designee, the Temporary/Relief PHARM shall provide services as permitted within the scope of practice. The PHARM duties shall include, but are not limited to the following requirements:

a. Review and verify prescription/medication order(s) from the Pharmacist-in-Charge, CEO/CME, or other authorized CDCR prescribers for completeness, correctness, authenticity and legality;

b. Assess prescription/medication order(s) against patient's/youth's medical profile for improper drug selection, under-dosage, dosage, over-dosage, drug interactions, dosage form and delivery system;

c. Assess prescription against Formulary for compliance, and refer non-formulary requests as required for approval when necessary;

d. Manage or directly prepare, manufacture, compound and dispense drugs and pharmaceutical preparations;

e. Manage or directly perform computer order entry and type prescription labels;

f. Manage or directly fill prescription/medication orders and prepare or check l.V. Admixtures as required;

g. Provide consultations to medical staff and the Medical Authorization Review Committee and provide discharge consultations as required;

h. Supervise and directly maintain records of drugs, poisons, and narcotics as required by Federal and State Laws;

i. Supervise and directly maintain records of drugs, poisons, and chemicals received, on hand and dispensed;

j. Implement and/or maintain medication delivery systems in accordance with directives from the System wide P&T Committee;

k. As required by the Pharmacist-in-Charge, assist in the preparation of estimates for the requisition of drugs required;

l. Monitor and instruct Pharmacy Technicians in standard and routine phases of the work, as appropriate; and

m. Perform other duties as assigned.

If you are interested, please submit a copy of your resume and we will reach out to you ASAP.

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