Pharmacist Staff

SEH Saint Elizabeth Medical Center•Florence, KY

About The Position

The Staff Pharmacist provides pharmaceutical care, emphasizing clinical monitoring and therapeutic interventions to improve patient outcomes. The role provides medication information and education to customers, supports performance improvement in the medication-use process, and directs pharmacy workflow to ensure accurate and timely dispensing and distribution. The pharmacist is expected to demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy in interactions with associates, patients, families, and visitors. The pharmacist verifies medication orders, assesses appropriateness and safety, monitors therapy under collaborative care agreements and protocols, and documents assessments and recommendations. The role also supervises medication compounding, dispensing, repackaging, and controlled-substance accountability; supervises and mentors interns and technicians; supports medication-safety and financial initiatives; provides drug information and staff education; and maintains professional competency and licensure.

Requirements

Graduate from an ACPE-accredited pharmacy college.
Hold a current U.S. pharmacist license in the state where the work is performed.
Demonstrate problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
Demonstrate good communication skills.
Be familiar with current ASHP practice standards.
Have previous hospital experience.
Maintain licensure and complete departmental competency and skills-assessment requirements.

Responsibilities

Review and interpret medication orders for completeness, appropriateness, interactions, allergies, duplicate therapy, and potential therapeutic concerns; obtain prescriber clarification and recommend alternatives when needed.
Perform a second verification of medication orders for pediatric patients and chemotherapy orders.
Monitor medication therapy under approved Collaborative Care Agreements and protocols, direct therapy within their scope, contact prescribers as needed, and document assessments and recommendations in patient charts.
Ensure timely dispensing of correct medications and quantities; supervise compounding according to USP standards and verify ingredients, contents, labeling, and expiration dates.
Check medications before final dispensing for patient administration, automated dispensing cabinets, and floor stock; use barcode technology when possible.
Supervise medication repackaging and verify and document lot numbers, expiration dates, and personnel involved.
Directly supervise and mentor interns and technicians, monitor task completion, redirect staff as needed, and report behavior that does not respond to intervention to leadership.
Detect and report dispensing variances and adverse drug reactions, and participate in initiatives to improve medication-use safety.
Supervise and participate in controlled-substance receipt, dispensing, distribution, inventory reconciliation, and discrepancy resolution using designated systems, reports, and logs.
Support department financial performance by encouraging formulary compliance, processing non-formulary requests, recommending alternatives, participating in IV-to-oral conversions, and using time efficiently to minimize overtime.
Provide timely drug information to medical, nursing, and patient audiences; precept or advise pharmacy residents and interns; and develop staff education programs.
Maintain licensure, complete departmental competency and skills assessments, keep current with pharmacy practice, and develop skills in specialized practice areas.
Perform other duties as assigned.