Overnight Pharmacist - Full Time Nights

Humboldt Park Health•Chicago, IL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Overnight Pharmacist is responsible for a variety of tasks related to medication management and patient care. This full-time night position involves reviewing and processing medication orders, supervising pharmacy technicians in medication preparation and storage, and monitoring drug therapies for appropriateness and compliance. The role also includes serving as a drug information resource, participating in quality improvement initiatives, and ensuring proper handling of controlled substances and adherence to regulatory requirements.

Requirements

Graduate of an ACPE accredited college of pharmacy, Pharm D preferred.
Consideration may be given to graduates of foreign colleges of pharmacy who are appropriately licensed.
Illinois Pharmacist licensure required.

Responsibilities

Reviews, processes, and modifies all medication orders to maintain a current and accurate medication profile.
Supervises, directs, and reviews all activities involved with the compounding, storing, inventory, labeling, recording, or preparing medications by pharmacy technicians.
Monitors drug therapies to evaluate appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic levels, drug interactions, and therapeutic duplication.
Monitors the use of drugs for compliance with prescribing criteria, guidelines, formulary, and protocols established by Norwegian American Hospital.
Detects, monitors, documents, and reports adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
Serves as a resource of drug information for all practitioners and patients (i.e. drug identification, side effects, adverse events, interactions, medication counseling, etc.).
Participates in pharmacy quality assessment/performance improvement (QA/PI) projects and/or initiatives.
Assures proper control, documentation, and record keeping of controlled substances.
Ensures all state and federal regulatory requirements are maintained.