PRN Hospital Staff Pharmacist

Cardinal Health • Corinth, MS

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About The Position

Cardinal Health Innovative Delivery Solutions is recruiting a PRN Hospital Staff Pharmacist to work at Magnolia Regional Health Center as needed, covering PTO, vacation, and sick time. The facility operates 24/7. The pharmacist provides pharmaceutical care to hospital patients, including oversight, monitoring, preparation, dispensing, and documentation of medication therapy, as well as drug and patient information and oversight of information and dispensing systems. The role helps ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations and proper pharmaceutical storage and documentation.

The pharmacist works across clinical and operational pharmacy activities, including order interpretation, medication-profile maintenance, compounding and dispensing, drug-therapy monitoring, clinical consultation, quality improvement, and staff education. The position is expected to apply working knowledge to varied tasks and projects of moderate scope and complexity, identify and address technical problems, use judgment within defined parameters, and produce work reviewed for sound reasoning and accuracy.

Requirements

• Be a pharmacist licensed in good standing in Mississippi, or be willing to become licensed in Mississippi.
• Be flexible to work various shifts.
• Be able to hear, write, and speak clearly to communicate with customers and health care professionals.
• Have strong customer service skills.
• Have manual dexterity for occasional reaching, lifting, and holding of small objects.
• Be computer-savvy and able to learn and successfully operate multiple pharmacy information systems.

Nice To Haves

• In-patient hospital pharmacy experience.
• IV experience.

Responsibilities

• Interpret verbal and written medical orders and accurately transcribe them to computerized patient medication profiles.
• Maintain accurate and complete patient medication profiles.
• Accurately compound and dispense pharmaceuticals, including sterile, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition products.
• Issue controlled substances to patient care areas and maintain records as required by law.
• Monitor drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug and drug-food interactions, allergies, and appropriateness of drug and dose.
• Assist with pharmacokinetics consult services and drug dosing under organizational protocols.
• Review and interpret culture and susceptibility data for antibiotic appropriateness and recommend changes as needed.
• Detect and report suspected adverse drug reactions accurately and promptly.
• Support the formulary by minimizing nonformulary procurement, using therapeutic substitution protocols, and promoting rational drug selection.
• Provide clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners.
• Suggest appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff as needed.
• Accurately and completely document clinical activities and interventions.
• Participate in departmental quality improvement and medication-use review activities.
• Collect data; conduct quality monitors and inspections; and maintain assigned logs, records, and other documentation.
• Participate in developing and presenting orientation, education, and training programs for pharmacy, medical, nursing, and other staff.

Benefits

• Paid time off in compliance with applicable laws.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed