Midnight Staff Pharmacist - Pharmacy - Salary

MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM • Marietta, OH

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Midnight Staff Pharmacist works in an environment of continuous quality improvement and is responsible for complying with applicable hospital policies, procedures, codes, and standards. The pharmacist exhibits the MHS Standards of Excellence and maintains strict confidentiality. In the absence of the pharmacy director, the pharmacist may be required to perform the director’s essential duties.

The role provides coverage for the central inpatient pharmacy and decentralized pharmacy service areas, supervises and trains pharmacy technicians, supports inventory and stock control, provides drug information, and assists with sterile products, chemotherapy, compounding, and Pyxis restocking and troubleshooting. The pharmacist interprets and oversees the filling of physician orders and conducts prospective drug utilization evaluations.

Clinical work includes medication profile review, drug therapy and pharmacokinetic consultations and dosing, renal dose adjustments, parenteral nutrition dosing and monitoring, multidisciplinary rounds, patient education, monitoring drug therapy and relevant laboratory information, antibiotic selection in relation to culture and sensitivity, IV-to-oral conversions, and responding to code blue situations. The pharmacist also supports quality assurance efforts, including medication-error and adverse-drug-event reporting and prevention, and performs other duties as requested by the director of pharmacy.

Requirements

• Current pharmacist licensure in Ohio; if working in West Virginia, a current West Virginia pharmacist license is required.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Manual dexterity and near visual acuity.

Nice To Haves

• Some experience in a hospital pharmacy setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide coverage for the central inpatient pharmacy and decentralized pharmacy service areas as requested.
• Participate in inventory and stock control.
• Oversee and supervise pharmacy technicians and provide direction and training as necessary.
• Provide drug information to hospital professional staff and patients as necessary.
• Assist with preparation of sterile products, chemotherapy, and compounded products.
• Oversee or assist with Pyxis restocking and troubleshooting.
• Interpret and clarify physician orders and supervise their filling using applicable pharmacy laws, accepted practices, available resources, and clinical judgment.
• Perform prospective drug utilization evaluation with every order entry.
• Participate in medication profile reviews, drug therapy and pharmacokinetic consultations and dosing, renal dosing adjustments, parenteral nutrition dosing, multidisciplinary rounds, and patient education as needed.
• Monitor drug therapy, pertinent laboratory information, and drug levels, and provide interventions when required.
• Assist with antibiotic selection based on culture and sensitivity results.
• Monitor and review laboratory values for patients receiving parenteral nutrition.
• Assist with and recommend IV-to-oral conversions when necessary.
• Respond to code blue situations and assist with medication interventions.
• Assist in coordinating and implementing quality assurance activities.
• Assist with reporting and prevention of medication errors and adverse drug events.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as requested by the director of pharmacy.
• Comply with applicable hospital policies, procedures, codes, and standards; maintain strict confidentiality and exhibit the MHS Standards of Excellence.

Benefits

• Affordable, comprehensive benefits package for full-time and flex-time employees.
• Bonus eligibility for qualifying full-time or flex-time employees; eligibility is determined upon offer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed