Pharmacist- Oncology

Sanford Health•Sioux Falls, SD

20h•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health is seeking a Pharmacist to join their Inpatient Pharmacy Team. This role involves reviewing prescriptions for accuracy, ingredients, and suitability, as well as providing information and advice on drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage. In a medical center or institutional setting, the Pharmacist will interpret provider orders, offer drug information, assist in problem-solving, and provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care. Duties include unit dose dispensing, IV admixtures, outpatient prescriptions, electronic medical record navigation, compounding, and working with automated dispensing devices. The Pharmacist will assess the pharmaceutical needs of patients across all age groups (neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric) and adhere to all governing regulations and standards. The position may involve acting as a shift supervisor and requires good written and verbal communication skills, along with the ability to learn and utilize new technology. The Pharmacist will provide oversight and clinical supervision for pharmacy services and support personnel. Pharmacy services at Sanford Health encompass various specialties such as acute care surgery, neurology, cardiology, pediatrics, oncology, infusion services, intensive care, general medicine, dialysis, transplant, antimicrobial stewardship, and medication reconciliation. Responsibilities may include decentralized clinical functions like direct patient interaction, interdisciplinary team rounding, chart reviews, patient counseling, and medication list collection, as well as centralized functions such as checking and dispensing medications and overseeing the IV room.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy
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
Demonstrates good written and verbal communication skills
Must be able to learn and utilize new technology as the profession of pharmacy evolves

Nice To Haves

Hospital experience or residency preferred

Responsibilities

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
Review and interpret provider orders
Provide drug information
Assist in problem solving
Provide other aspects of pharmaceutical care
Perform unit dose dispensing
Prepare IV Admixtures
Dispense outpatient prescriptions
Navigate the electronic medical record
Perform compounding
Work with automated dispensing devices
Utilize 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
Follow all established regulations and standards that govern the practice of pharmacy
Act as a shift supervisor under direct or indirect supervision by department managers (may be required)
Demonstrate good written and verbal communication skills
Learn and utilize new technology as the profession of pharmacy evolves
Provide oversight and clinical supervision for pharmacy services and pharmacy support personnel
Be involved in pharmacy services such as acute care surgery, neurology, cardiology, pediatrics, oncology, infusion services, intensive care, general medicine, dialysis, transplant, antimicrobial stewardship, and medication reconciliation
Perform decentralized clinical functions, such as direct patient interaction/interdisciplinary team rounding, chart reviews, customer or patient counseling, collecting accurate medication list
Perform centralized clinical functions, such as checking and dispensing medications and overseeing the clinical functions of the IV room