Travel Pharmacist - $3,420 per week in Alexandria, LA

Job Title: Pharmacist Profession: Pharmacy Specialty: Pharmacy Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Varying shift Hours per Shift: 8 hours Experience: Client experience preferred License: State licensure required Certifications: BLS or ACLS Must-Have: Graduate of an ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree (preferred) or BS Pharmacy degree (accepted) Pharmacy registration in the State of practice Description: All pharmacists fill orders for drugs, monitor patient drug therapies, and provide drug information. Pharmacists provide pharmacy services with compassion, excellence, and efficiency. Prepares and dispenses drug orders per physician request according to established policies, procedures, and protocols. Interprets drug orders (verbal and written) and transcribes/verifies into computerized patient medication record accurately. Maintains an accurate and complete patient drug record. Compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals, including non-sterile and sterile products, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition products accurately. Issues controlled substances to patient care areas and maintains records as required by law and institutional policies. Provides services efficiently and in a timely fashion. Maintains competency required for current job title/position. Maintains current pharmacist license. Ensures applicable continuing education records and licensure are maintained in departmental files. Attends staff meetings. Completes all competency/skills assessment requirements. Supervises and directs pharmacy support personnel. Verifies the daily activities of pharmacy technicians. Provides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services utilizing approved protocols and/or collaborative agreements with other providers. Manages patient drug therapy, anticoagulation management, providing patient education, and preparing and/or overseeing the preparation and dispensing of medications. Performs duties in the clinical areas assigned such as but not limited to anticoagulation clinics, intensive medical home, and discharge medication reconciliation. Ensures safe, appropriate, cost-effective drug therapies for patients according to established policies, procedures, and protocols. Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies, and appropriateness of drug and dose. Assists with pharmacokinetics consult service and renal drug dosing per hospital protocol. Reads, extracts, and interprets information in patient medical records accurately. Detects and reports suspected adverse drug reactions accurately and in a timely manner. Sustains the hospital drug formulary, minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols, and promoting rational drug therapy selection. Provides clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners as appropriate. Provides accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to the professional staff. Provides drug education to patients and their families per institutional protocol. Participates in quality improvement and medication use review activities of the department. Collects data, conducts monitors and inspections, and maintains logs, records, and other documentation as assigned. Conducts designated interventions as defined in departmental clinical intervention activities. Participates in antibiotic stewardship, opioid stewardship, and shortage management activities as assigned. Attends interdisciplinary rounds when assigned. Provides services efficiently and in a timely fashion.