The Staff Pharmacist ensures the safe and effective use of medications by providing accurate dispensing, clinical support, and collaboration with healthcare professionals to enhance patient care. This role prioritizes medication safety, patient education, and adherence to regulatory standards while contributing to quality improvement initiatives.
Essential Functions
Accurately prepares, verifies, and dispenses medications in compliance with prescription orders, hospital protocols, and regulatory standards.
Reviews medication orders for appropriateness, assesses patient medication regimens, and provides recommendations to optimize therapy.
Counsels patients and their families on proper medication use, potential side effects, and adherence strategies to ensure safe and effective therapy.
Collaborates with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare team members to resolve medication-related issues and improve patient outcomes.
Participates in medication safety initiatives, quality improvement projects, and compliance audits to minimize errors and enhance care delivery.
Assists in managing pharmacy inventory, including monitoring stock levels, ensuring timely replenishment, and identifying cost-saving opportunities.
Documents medication dispensing, clinical interventions, and patient education in the electronic health record system with accuracy and completeness.
Maintains current knowledge of pharmacotherapy through continuing education and applies evidence-based practices to daily responsibilities.
Ensures compliance with federal, state, and hospital regulations, including handling controlled substances and adhering to infection control guidelines.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Complies with all policies and standards.
Qualifications
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy required
0-1 years of hospital or retail pharmacy experience required
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Strong understanding of pharmacology, drug interactions, and evidence-based therapeutic practices.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with patients, families, and healthcare professionals.
Attention to detail and organizational skills to ensure accurate medication dispensing and documentation.
Ability to multitask and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Proficiency in using pharmacy software systems and electronic health records.
Commitment to patient safety and continuous quality improvement.
Licenses and Certifications
PHARMD - Licensed Pharmacist required
BCLS - Basic Life Support required
Numbers & Facts
Location
Las Cruces, NM
Industry
Healthcare Services
Company Size
10,000 employees or more
Year Founded
1985
Website
http://www.chs.net/
About Company
Community Health Systems, Inc. is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) 330 HRSA Grantee with Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) status. Established from the roots of Inland Empire Community Health Center in Bloomington, CHSI has grown with community health centers in the counties of Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego. These centers have been developed in accordance with standards established for safety net providers by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), the Public Health Service (PHS), and the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC).
As such, services are offered to the neediest in each community - the un-insured and under-insured, the working poor, those with limited ability to pay, the homeless, and the indigent. Services are provided at discounted (sliding fee scale) rates for those who qualify based on gross annual income and family size.
Skills
Academic Interventionunmatched
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)unmatched
Basic Life Support (BLS)unmatched
Clinical Supportunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Cost Controlunmatched
Detail Orientedunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Drug Interactionsunmatched
Drug Therapyunmatched
Establish Prioritiesunmatched
Federal Laws and Regulationsunmatched
Health Educationunmatched
Healthcareunmatched
Hospitalunmatched
Infection Controlunmatched
Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
Inventory Managementunmatched
Maintain Complianceunmatched
Medical Record Systemunmatched
Medicationsunmatched
Multitaskingunmatched
Nursingunmatched
Organizational Skillsunmatched
Patient Assessmentunmatched
Patient Careunmatched
Patient Educationunmatched
Patient Safetyunmatched
Pharmacologyunmatched
Pharmacyunmatched
Prescription Drugsunmatched
Quality Assuranceunmatched
Quality Managementunmatched
Regulationsunmatched
Regulatory Complianceunmatched
Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
Side Effectsunmatched
State Laws and Regulationsunmatched
Time Managementunmatched
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