St. Elizabeth Outpatient Pharmacist - PRN

SEH Saint Elizabeth Medical Center•Florence, KY

About The Position

The Outpatient Pharmacist provides prescribed medications and counseling to patients, ensuring accuracy and safety and monitoring for interventions that may be needed. The pharmacist also counsels patients on and recommends over-the-counter products while checking for pharmacologic or physiologic contraindications. The role maintains sound accounting practices and oversees outpatient pharmacy processes, while providing excellent customer service and serving as an educational resource. The pharmacist may be required to be on call to support the specialty pharmacy. The role requires respectful, dignified, kind, and empathetic interactions with patients, families, visitors, and employees, regardless of cultural background. It also includes supervising and mentoring pharmacy interns and technicians, maintaining inventory and order management, coordinating with other healthcare departments, maintaining professional competency and licensure, and ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory guidelines.

Requirements

Graduate from an NABP-accredited pharmacy college.
Hold a current U.S. pharmacist license in the state where work is performed.
Demonstrate problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
Ability to multitask.
Good customer service skills.
Good communication skills.
Familiarity with current ASHP practice standards.
Previous pharmacy experience.

Responsibilities

Provide excellent customer service following AIDET.
Review and monitor patient medication treatment for appropriateness according to current clinical and institutional guidelines and patient-specific criteria.
Provide final professional review and verification of prescription filling and offsite facility orders; ensure timely and accurate filling and pharmacist final checks.
Provide accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to patients, medical staff, and nursing staff.
Directly supervise and mentor interns and technicians, monitor task completion, redirect work to meet patient needs, and encourage use of AIDET; report behavior that does not respond to direct intervention to the leadership team.
Maintain inventory and manage orders, ensuring products are available and ordered from the appropriate wholesaler.
Follow sound accounting principles and contribute to financial performance and budget goals.
Liaise with other healthcare system departments, including Hospice, Social Service, SDS, Meds to Beds, Specialty Pharmacy, and provider offices.
Maintain licensure, complete departmental competency and skills assessments, keep current with pharmacy practice, and develop and maintain specialized practice skills.
Ensure adherence to applicable regulatory guidelines.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Counsel patients on and recommend over-the-counter products while checking for contraindications.
Provide medications and counseling to patients presenting prescriptions from registered healthcare practitioners.