Pharmacist Retail- Farmington Health Center

University of Utah Health•Farmington, UT

About The Position

University of Utah Health seeks a patient-focused retail pharmacist to support safe, effective, and cost-efficient medication therapy. The pharmacist prepares and dispenses medications, participates in the drug distribution process, monitors drug therapy, provides drug information and clinical pharmacy services, and addresses medication-related problems for individual patients and within the medication use process. The role also supervises daily workflow and the work of technicians, residents, students, interns, or other trainees, and participates in quality improvement efforts related to clinical care and pharmacy operations. The pharmacist works collaboratively and communicates clearly, assertively, and professionally with patients, families, providers, colleagues, visitors, and vendors, while providing superior customer service. The position includes educating and training trainees and other healthcare professionals, following applicable medication-use policies and pharmacy laws and regulations, and operationalizing requirements involving cash handling, billing, inventory control, controlled substances, and other compliance functions. The pharmacist may also perform pharmacist-in-charge or license-holder responsibilities for an assigned registered pharmacy. University of Utah Health is part of the University of Utah, an academic health organization with five hospitals and eleven clinics. The organization is nationally recognized for academic research, quality standards, and patient experience.

Requirements

Current Utah pharmacist license.
Current licensure to dispense controlled substances in Utah.
Excellent human relations, effective communication, and computer literacy skills.
Ability to perform the essential functions of the position.
Ability and willingness to train department trainees, including students, residents, and new staff.
Ability to assess patient-status data and provide care according to department policies and procedures.
Knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the ages of patients served in the assigned unit.
Knowledge of lifespan growth and development principles and ability to assess patient-status data and provide care according to department policies and procedures.
Additional qualifications may be required depending on the primary work area; examples include basic or advanced life-support training, residency training, or certifications.

Nice To Haves

Residency training.
Retail pharmacy experience.

Responsibilities

Solve medication-use-process problems for patients and the organization.
Identify and participate in department and organizational quality improvement activities to improve patient care, the medication use process, and pharmacy operations.
Educate and train residents, students, interns, colleagues, and other healthcare professionals; supervise technicians, residents, interns, and other trainees in their job tasks.
Prepare and dispense medications in accordance with medication-use policies and applicable laws, regulations, and standards.
Assess relevant drug information and literature resources and provide effective information to patients, healthcare professionals, and peers.
Implement organizational policies and state and federal requirements concerning cash handling, billing, inventory control, controlled substances, and other compliance and regulatory functions.
May perform pharmacist-in-charge or license-holder responsibilities and meet regulatory and compliance requirements for the assigned registered pharmacy.
Monitor drug therapy, provide clinical pharmacy services, and address medication-related problems.
Supervise daily workflow to accomplish assigned pharmacist and team tasks.
Provide superior customer service and communicate professionally with patients, families, providers, staff, coworkers, visitors, and vendors.
Work with department trainees, including students, interns, residents, and new staff.