Job Title: Sr. Pharmacist
Profession: Pharmacy
Specialty: Sr. Pharmacist
Duration: 8 weeks
Shift: Day Shift
Hours per Shift: 36 or 48 hours, confirming hours
Experience:
Minimum two years of technical experience preferred
Minimum two years of experience as a clinical pharmacist specializing in a regulatory area preferred
Minimum one year of hospital pharmacy experience preferred
License:
Pharmacist license in the state of practice required
Certifications:
All licensures and certifications needed to fulfill the duties required of a Pharmacist at the state level required
Must-Have:
Current Epic experience required
Description:
Compounds, prepares, mixes, manufactures and dispenses medicines using a high level of technical and organizational skills.
Uses critical thinking abilities.
Oversees the proper handling, usage and storage of drugs in the pharmacy.
Maintains standards set by the department and translates policies and procedures into daily operations and clinical activities.
Supervises and trains assigned technical personnel and assumes responsibility for technical support activities within the pharmacy department.
Processes, enters, verifies and sends medication orders within the institution in a timely manner that complies with department and hospital policies, as well as regulatory guidelines.
Ensures medication therapy is efficacious, safe, convenient and cost effective.
Establishes the best therapeutic outcomes.
Assures that medication prescribing is optimal with respect to indication, dose, route, frequency, and history of allergy, and does not duplicate or interact with the effects of other drugs.
Conducts and manages daily reports on medication utilization based on daily rounds to identify, catalogue and analyze areas in which medication improvement is needed.
Performs quality assurance procedures in related work areas.
Participates in all pharmacy-related tasks and programs as directed.
Expedites changes needed to meet regulatory, accrediting, licensing and government agency standards and laws.
Participates in department cost savings.
Complies with drug formulary and appropriate documentation.
Collaborates with appropriate leadership and buyer to purchase, contract, and procure medications and related supplies, ensuring product and vendor selection is based upon the highest medication safety standards.
Assists in making recommendations on process improvement or development of new pharmacy services.
Individuals experiencing exposed rashes, sunburn, conjunctivitis, active respiratory infections or other communicable diseases, or those wearing cosmetics, nail polish, or artificial nails shall be excluded from compounding areas until their conditions are remedied.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Organizational Requirements:
All associates must receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable.
Medical and religious exemptions may apply.
Participation in E-Verify is required.