Inpatient Pharmacist

Gundersen Health System•Hillsboro, WI

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Love + medicine is who we are, it's what we do, it's why people want to work here. If you’re looking for a job to love, apply today. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 St. Joseph’s Health Services, Inc. seeks a Pharmacist for its location in Hillsboro, Wisconsin. We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values — belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility — our pillars set our foundation and our future. Gundersen Health System offers a proud, local history spanning more than 100 years. Our personalized patient care model is only the beginning of what you will experience as we foster population health transformation and innovation to serve our communities and you. We've made it a priority to enrich the lives of our employees as they find a career they love. Using each employee’s unique talents and passions, Gundersen is committed to delivering exceptional patient and family-centered care to the communities we serve. You can be part of an exciting, highly adaptable and mission-driven organization with a work environment that supports you personally and professionally and a work culture where you are valued and appreciated offering an employee-first culture, work-life balance, and career advancement & growth opportunities. This culture allows our organization to attract elite talent, like yourself! Empowerment to shape your work environment, encouragement to improve processes and create efficiencies, and support when seeking opportunities for growth Culture that encourages self-care and provides you with opportunities to be your best self at work and at home Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages, as applicable, ensuring your comfort and well-being as a valuable team member Support for your career growth through Professional Development Opportunities, our Tuition Investment Program, Career Development Center, and online continuing education courses Inside our walls and our neighborhoods, we deliver world-class medical care and the right amount of love. We call it LOVE + MEDICINE and it’s more than our practice. It is who we are. Gundersen Health System, based in La Crosse, WI, is the leading provider of primary and specialized care in western Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota, and northeast Iowa; serving more than 500,000 residents throughout 22 counties. Our physician-led, not-for-profit healthcare system includes a 325-bed teaching hospital, tertiary referral center, and Level II Trauma Center; community clinics; 6 affiliate critical access hospitals; nursing homes; behavioral health services; vision centers; pharmacies; and air and ground ambulance services. Together, we inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning, and innovating. We deliver Love + Medicine every day to change lives in our communities and enrich the lives of our employees.

Requirements

Doctor of Pharmacy or Pharm.D. degree in pharmacy (foreign equivalent degree accepted)
License to practice pharmacy in the state of Wisconsin

Responsibilities

Provide specialized pharmaceutical services to improve drug usage and therapeutic outcomes, including, but not limited to advising physicians on issues concerning drug therapy, the inherent toxicity of drugs and their side effects, as well as assisting in the prescription of appropriate doses for appropriate indications
Individualize medication regimes using sound principles, accounting for pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic variations in drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination with responsibility for establishing and continually improving the delivery of pharmaceutical care to patients
Prepare and/or oversee the preparation and dispensing of prescription medications to patients and making decisions regarding generic/therapeutic substitutions
Oversee and be responsible for acquisition, storage and distribution of pharmaceuticals throughout the organization
Provide additional support and vision when developing and implementing long-term pharmaceutical goals, the purchase of equipment, and the provision of pharmacy services
Maintain appropriate records as required by law or by the organization
Monitor and report on the use of pharmaceuticals within the institution; this includes, but is not limited to medication errors, adverse reactions, drug use, evaluations, and special requests via the pharmacy director
Investigate and take appropriate actions to resolve pharmaceutical issues throughout the hospital, nursing home, and clinics
Maintain knowledge of current Infection Control Issues and practice
Maintain technician supervision and coordination in the absence of the pharmacy manager
Adhere to regular and predictable attendance
Personally interact, engage with, and care for patients
Ensure patient safety
Serve as an information resource for affiliated and non-affiliated entities in an effort to provide comprehensive patient care
Contribute to the professional attitude and appearance of the pharmacy by consistently maintaining a patient-safety-focused environment
Perform other duties as necessary or as assigned