St. Elizabeth Outpatient Pharmacist - PRN

St. Elizabeth Healthcare•Florence, KY

About The Position

The Outpatient Pharmacist provides medications and counseling to patients presenting prescriptions from registered healthcare practitioners, ensuring accuracy and safety and monitoring for potential interventions. The pharmacist also counsels patients and recommends over-the-counter products while checking for pharmacologic or physiologic contraindications. The role maintains sound accounting practices and oversees outpatient pharmacy processes. It requires excellent customer service and serving as an educational resource for patients. The pharmacist may be required to be on call to support the specialty pharmacy. The pharmacist demonstrates respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy in every encounter with patients, families, visitors, and employees, regardless of cultural background.

Requirements

Graduate from a pharmacy college accredited by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP).
Current U.S. pharmacist license in the state where work is performed.
Problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
Ability to multitask.
Good customer service skills.
Good communication skills.
Familiarity with current pharmacy practice standards (ASHP).
Previous pharmacy experience.

Responsibilities

Provide customer service following the AIDET model.
Review and monitor patient medications for appropriateness based on current clinical and institutional guidelines and patient-specific criteria.
Perform final professional review and verification of prescription filling and offsite facility orders; ensure timely and accurate filling and a pharmacist final check for all processing.
Provide accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to patients, medical staff, and nursing staff.
Supervise, direct, and mentor interns and technicians; monitor task completion, redirect staff to meet patient needs, encourage AIDET-based interactions, and 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, provider offices, and other departments.
Maintain licensure, complete departmental competency and skills assessments, stay current with pharmacy practice, and develop and maintain specialized-practice skills.
Ensure adherence to regulatory guidelines, including those of the State Board of Pharmacy, Drug Enforcement Agency, Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services, Food and Drug Administration, and The Joint Commission.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Counsel patients and recommend over-the-counter products while checking for contraindications.
Provide on-call support to the specialty pharmacy when required.