Outpatient Pharmacist - Wellspan Pharmacy - Fairfield - PRN

WellSpan Health•Fairfield, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides pharmaceuticals and drug information as needed for adequate patient care according to professional standards and practices. This role involves compounding pharmaceutical preparations, labeling and packaging medications, and assisting with or supervising IV preparation. The pharmacist will advise patients and medical staff on medication usage, dosage, side effects, and interactions. They will also ensure proper control and record-keeping of narcotics and controlled substances, monitor drug therapy to resolve potential problems, and provide clinical pharmacy services. Additionally, the role includes administering immunizations and reviewing patient profiles for immunization recommendations. Common expectations include demonstrating knowledge of growth and development across the patient lifespan, assessing and interpreting age-specific data, and providing direct patient care. A commitment to patient, visitor, and staff safety is paramount, involving compliance with safety regulations, error reduction, reporting of errors and hazardous conditions, and participation in safety education. Maintaining policies, procedures, and quality standards, as well as pursuing professional growth, are also key aspects of the role. The pharmacist is expected to provide outstanding customer service, foster teamwork, and practice fiscal responsibility. The role may also involve assisting with or supervising medication delivery in personal/long-term care settings and preparing required reports.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree Pharmacy Bachelor's Degree Required
Less than 1 year Relevant experience. Required
Licensed Registered Pharmacist Upon Hire Required
Basic Life Support Upon Hire Required
Completion of degree program from accredited school of pharmacy. Upon Hire Required

Nice To Haves

Authorization to Administer Injectables for Pharmacist Upon Hire Preferred

Responsibilities

Compounding pharmaceutical preparations and/or labeling and packaging medications and pharmaceuticals.
Assisting with and/or supervising IV preparation and/or delivery.
Advising patients and medical/nursing staff on use of various medications including dosage, side effects, composition, drug-to-drug interactions, drug-to-allergy interactions and drug-to-food interactions.
Ensuring proper controls and records of narcotics and other controlled substances as required by state and federal law.
Monitoring drug therapy to identify, prevent or resolve actual or potential drug therapy problems.
Addressing problems with physicians and/or nurses when indicated.
Providing clinical pharmacy services as needed.
Administering immunizations, reviewing patient profiles for immunization qualification and making recommendations to the patient.
Demonstrating knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the assigned patient population.
Assessing and interpreting patient age specific data and providing appropriate, age specific treatment.
Providing direct patient care to assigned patient age group(s).
Demonstrating a commitment to patient, visitor and staff safety by complying with all applicable safety regulations, learning the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors, reporting actual and potential errors, as well as hazardous conditions, identifying opportunities to standardize processes and "error proof" systems that will lead to increased safety, and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required.
Maintaining established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
Maintaining professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest trends in field of expertise.
Providing outstanding service to all customers; fostering teamwork; and practicing fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.
Assisting with and/or supervising personal care/long term care medication delivery.
Assisting in preparing required reports by compiling information.