Pharmacist (PHARM)
AvaMed Workforce•Sacramento, CA
•Onsite
About The Position
AvaMed Workforce is a Healthcare Staffing Agency that staffs all of California State Correctional Facilities. We are in urgent need of a Pharmacist to take on a Full-Time assignment at the correctional facility located in Sacramento, CA. The provider will be working out of a separate office building. The position involves providing services as permitted within the scope of practice, under the direction of the Pharmacist-in-Charge and/or the Institution’s Chief Executive Officer/Chief Medical Executive (CEO/CME) or designee.
Requirements
- Active License from the State of California Board of Pharmacy
Responsibilities
- Review and verify prescription/medication order(s) from the Pharmacist-in-Charge, CEO/CME, or other authorized CDCR prescribers for completeness, correctness, authenticity and legality
- Assess prescription/medication order(s) against patient's/youth's medical profile for improper drug selection, under-dosage, dosage, over-dosage, drug interactions, dosage form and delivery system
- Assess prescription against Formulary for compliance, and refer non-formulary requests as required for approval when necessary
- Manage or directly prepare, manufacture, compound and dispense drugs and pharmaceutical preparations
- Manage or directly perform computer order entry and type prescription labels
- Manage or directly fill prescription/medication orders and prepare or check l.V. Admixtures as required
- Provide consultations to medical staff and the Medical Authorization Review Committee and provide discharge consultations as required
- Supervise and directly maintain records of drugs, poisons, and narcotics as required by Federal and State Laws
- Supervise and directly maintain records of drugs, poisons, and chemicals received, on hand and dispensed
- Implement and/or maintain medication delivery systems in accordance with directives from the System wide P&T Committee
- As required by the Pharmacist-in-Charge, assist in the preparation of estimates for the requisition of drugs required
- Monitor and instruct Pharmacy Technicians in standard and routine phases of the work, as appropriate
- Perform other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
