Pharmacist - Inpatient | Bemidji - Full Time - Straight Nights
About The Position
Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint. Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability. Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage. Job Description Counsels patients on the medication prescription including but not limited to: proper administration, possible side effects, expected response, storage and any other questions posed by the patient. Monitors the health and progress of patients in response to drug therapy. Must be able to learn and utilize new technology as the profession of pharmacy evolves. Provides oversight and clinical supervision for pharmacy series and pharmacy support personnel. In a medical center or institutional setting, the Pharmacist reviews and interprets provider orders, provides drug information, assists in problem solving, and provides other aspects of pharmaceutical care. Duties may consist of unit dose dispensing, IV Admixtures, outpatient prescriptions, navigating the electronic medical record, compounding, and working with automated dispensing devices. The Pharmacist utilizes appropriate age-related patient information to assess the pharmaceutical needs of patients, which may include provision of pharmaceutical care to neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. The Pharmacist follows all established regulations and standards that govern the practice of pharmacy. May be required to act as a shift supervisor under direct or indirect supervision by department managers. Demonstrates good written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to learn and utilize new technology as the profession of pharmacy evolves. Provides oversight and clinical supervision for pharmacy services and pharmacy support personnel. Pharmacy services at Sanford Health may include involvement in acute care surgery, neurology, cardiology, pediatrics, oncology, infusion services, intensive care, general medicine, dialysis, transplant, antimicrobial stewardship, and medication reconciliation. May include decentralized clinical functions, such as direct patient interaction/interdisciplinary team rounding, chart reviews, customer or patient counseling, collecting accurate medication list. May also include centralized clinical functions, such as checking and dispensing medications and overseeing the clinical functions of the IV room.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy
- Must have a thorough knowledge of drugs and their actions
- Knowledge of state and local regulations
- License must be in good standing by the State Board of Pharmacy in state(s) of practice and/or possess multi-state licensure privileges as required by position
Nice To Haves
- Hospital experience or residency preferred
Responsibilities
- Review prescriptions to assure accuracy
- Ascertain the needed ingredients
- Evaluate suitability of prescriptions
- Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage
- Counsels patients on the medication prescription including but not limited to: proper administration, possible side effects, expected response, storage and any other questions posed by the patient
- Monitors the health and progress of patients in response to drug therapy
- Learn and utilize new technology as the profession of pharmacy evolves
- Provide oversight and clinical supervision for pharmacy series and pharmacy support personnel
- Reviews and interprets provider orders
- Provides drug information
- Assists in problem solving
- Provides other aspects of pharmaceutical care
- Unit dose dispensing
- IV Admixtures
- Outpatient prescriptions
- Navigating the electronic medical record
- Compounding
- Working with automated dispensing devices
- Utilizes appropriate age-related patient information to assess the pharmaceutical needs of patients, which may include provision of pharmaceutical care to neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients
- Follows all established regulations and standards that govern the practice of pharmacy
- Act as a shift supervisor under direct or indirect supervision by department managers
- Demonstrates good written and verbal communication skills
- Provide oversight and clinical supervision for pharmacy services and pharmacy support personnel
- Involvement in acute care surgery, neurology, cardiology, pediatrics, oncology, infusion services, intensive care, general medicine, dialysis, transplant, antimicrobial stewardship, and medication reconciliation
- Decentralized clinical functions, such as direct patient interaction/interdisciplinary team rounding, chart reviews, customer or patient counseling, collecting accurate medication list
- Centralized clinical functions, such as checking and dispensing medications and overseeing the clinical functions of the IV room
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
