Clinical Staff Pharmacist

BHS•Paducah, KY

12d

About The Position

Clinical Staff Pharmacists are responsible and accountable for the provision of safe, effective, and prompt medication therapy. Through various assignments within the department, they provide support of centralized and decentralized medication use systems as well as deliver optimal medication therapy to patients with a broad range of disease states. All pharmacists are responsible for drug preparation and distribution for medications; evaluating, inputting and verification of medication orders; assisting providers and other health care professionals by serving as a drug information resource; monitoring and managing medication regimens per protocol or per consult; and managing pharmacy inventory. Pharmacy Operations and Activities Has a working knowledge of pharmacy operations including pharmacy operating system, use of patient records, purchasing, inventory and formulary management, automation, packaging, USP 797, USP 795, USP 800, and pharmaceutical waste. Clinical and patient care services, serves as a drug information expert and resource regarding medication management Medication Management and review Interprets and reviews medication orders for correct drug, dosage, route, frequency, allergies, therapeutic duplication, interactions, contraindications, and potential adverse events for all ages served Supervisory and production duties including technician oversight and assumes the role of supervisor in routine daily activities. Compliance and regulation of local, state, and federal regulations regarding pharmacy practice along with accrediting bodies medication management standards. If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

Requirements

BS degree graduate of accredited College of Pharmacy
Kentucky Board of Pharmacy license in good standing as applicable to practice site
ACLS (if required to attend codes) within 6 months

Nice To Haves

Preferred hospital experience
Doctorate degree preferred

Responsibilities

Drug preparation and distribution for medications
Evaluating, inputting and verification of medication orders
Assisting providers and other health care professionals by serving as a drug information resource
Monitoring and managing medication regimens per protocol or per consult
Managing pharmacy inventory
Has a working knowledge of pharmacy operations including pharmacy operating system, use of patient records, purchasing, inventory and formulary management, automation, packaging, USP 797, USP 795, USP 800, and pharmaceutical waste
Serves as a drug information expert and resource regarding medication management
Interprets and reviews medication orders for correct drug, dosage, route, frequency, allergies, therapeutic duplication, interactions, contraindications, and potential adverse events for all ages served
Supervisory and production duties including technician oversight and assumes the role of supervisor in routine daily activities
Compliance and regulation of local, state, and federal regulations regarding pharmacy practice along with accrediting bodies medication management standards