OVERNIGHT PHARMACIST| PART TIME NIGHTS (THURS - SAT) |22776

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center • Paramus, NJ

19d • $72 - $96

About The Position

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center is seeking a Pharmacist to provide pharmacy services in a hospital setting. The role reviews and interprets medication orders, dispenses medications, supports sterile compounding, maintains drug inventories and records, provides drug information, and helps ensure safe, timely patient care. It also supports pharmacy operations through staff training, student instruction, education, and participation in patient-care improvement programs.

Requirements

• Graduation from an approved College of Pharmacy or equivalent.
• Current New Jersey registration as a licensed Pharmacist.
• Basic data entry skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to speak, read, and write English to the extent required by the position.

Nice To Haves

• Hospital pharmacy experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review and interpret inpatient medication orders using patient profiles to identify overdoses, duplicate orders, incompatibilities, and potential adverse effects; consult physicians about questions or irregularities.
• Fill medication orders and prescriptions for inpatients, outpatients, nursing units, and other hospital departments, and ensure timely delivery to the proper destination.
• Review intravenous medication admixture orders for dosage, concentration, compatibility, administration rate, and labeling; consult physicians about questions or irregularities.
• Maintain appropriate controlled-drug inventories and dispensing procedures in controlled-drug storage areas, including accurate running inventories.
• Report and document known medication errors and adverse drug reactions.
• Prepare extemporaneous medication compounds as required.
• Perform monthly nursing station inspections as required.
• Prepare and/or check IV admixtures, Total Parenteral Nutrition solutions, chemotherapy, and other sterile products using proper aseptic technique and a laminar air flow hood or biohazard cabinetry.
• Deliver assessment, treatment, and patient-care responsibilities with knowledge of patient growth and development appropriate to the ages of patients served.
• Organize and prioritize daily operational activities and use supportive personnel to assist with medication dispensing functions.
• Maintain required legal and hospital records, including controlled-substance, manufacturing, and packaging records, and participate in investigational studies as outlined by the Director of Pharmacy.
• Provide drug information to physicians, nurses, patients, and their families.
• Inspect pharmacy inventory and remove outdated, recalled, or potency-compromised drugs, replacing them as appropriate.
• Maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance programs, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards; identify policy and procedure gaps and create needed policies and procedures.
• Provide timely, professional, caring, and respectful customer service; adhere to the Medical Center’s Code of Conduct and become familiar with its mission, vision, and values.
• Precept Pharmacy interns and instruct Pharmacy extern students.
• Support professional growth through education programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and workshops; prepare and present educational programs to hospital staff.
• Participate in developing and implementing programs to improve patient care.
• Participate in training new pharmacy personnel, including pharmacists, interns, aides, and technicians.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Generous time-off policy including vacation days, personal time, sick leave, and nine paid holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Continuing education programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time