Pharmacist I - PRN

BHS • Lexington, KY

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Pharmacy Services at Baptist Health Lexington provides comprehensive pharmaceutical services across the continuum of care. This includes verifying medication orders, drug distribution, sterile and hazardous drug preparation, and managing automated dispensing cabinets. The role serves as a drug information expert, offering clinical services such as anticoagulation management, pharmacokinetic and renal dosing, and nutritional support. The pharmacist also participates in antimicrobial and opioid stewardship programs, provides patient medication counseling, and assists with care transitions, including discharge planning. They are an active member of inter-professional patient care teams, contributing to unit-based initiatives and goals. Key responsibilities include interpreting medication orders for safety and appropriateness, ensuring timely drug availability, overseeing dispensing and medication reconciliation, and supervising pharmacy technicians. The role also involves the production of compounded products, demonstrating supervisory skills for cost-effective pharmacy operations, and assisting in the training and competency assessment of pharmacy staff, students, and residents. Acting as a preceptor is also part of the role. Maintaining knowledge of pharmacy practice regulations and accrediting body standards is essential, as is the effective use of pharmaceutical references and promotion of formulary therapies to medical staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy.
• Kentucky Board of Pharmacy license in good standing as applicable to practice site.
• Must obtain ACLS (if required to attend codes) within 6 months.

Nice To Haves

• 1-3 years related work experience or completion of ASHP accredited pharmacy residency program preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a drug information expert and resource regarding medication management.
• Provides comprehensive decentralized or pharmacy clinical services including, but not limited to, anticoagulation management/monitoring, pharmacokinetic dosing, renal dosing, and nutritional support services.
• Participates in antimicrobial stewardship and opioid stewardship.
• Provides medication counseling to patients.
• Works with inter-professional patient care teams to help patients with transitions to care, including helping prepare patients for discharge.
• Serves as an active member of the inter-professional team on patient care units.
• Participates in unit-based huddles and activities if available.
• Knowledgeable in unit’s metrics, goals, and works with staff on unit to help achieve goals.
• Interprets and reviews medication orders for correct drug, dosage, route, frequency, allergies, therapeutic duplication, interactions, contraindications, and potential adverse events for all ages served.
• Ensure drugs are available to patients at the time they are needed to avoid delays in therapy and promote positive patient outcome.
• Oversees dispensing and reconciliation of medications including controlled substances, management of expiration dates and drug recalls.
• Performs medication reconciliation for patients.
• Provides technician oversight and assumes the role of supervisor in routine daily activities.
• Supervises/performs production of compounded products (sterile and nonsterile, hazardous and nonhazardous) for first doses, scheduled deliveries, and batched products.
• Demonstrates supervisory skills necessary to plan, organize, and direct activities in the pharmacy in a cost-effective manner.
• Assists in the orientation and training of pharmacists, technicians, students, and residents; aids in performing competencies on staff (new hire and annual) as requested by manager/director.
• Acts as preceptor for both students and residents as applicable.
• Maintains knowledge of local, state, and federal regulations regarding pharmacy practice as well as knowledge of all applicable accrediting bodies medication management standards (e.g., the Joint Commission, HFAP, etc.).
• Effectively utilizes pharmaceutical references.
• Promotes formulary therapies to the medical staff, contacting providers with alternatives and using knowledge of medication formulary, current interchanges, and non-formulary medication processes to make appropriate recommendations.

Benefits

• Preventive Plan
• Retirement Plans
• Flimp Decisions - Flimp Decisions will help you pick the best value plan option given your expected medical needs. The proprietary algorithm provides a personalized financial analysis and recommendation, considering both premium and expected out-of-pocket cost (copays, etc.), as well as other important plan features.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level