Pharmacist

AvaMed Workforce • Sacramento, CA

11d • Remote

About The Position

AvaMed Workforce is seeking a Pharmacist for a Full-Time assignment at a correctional facility in Sacramento, CA. This role involves working from a separate office, not inside the facility itself. The Pharmacist will provide services under the direction of the Pharmacist-in-Charge or the Institution’s Chief Executive Officer/Chief Medical Executive (CEO/CME) or designee, within the scope of practice. Duties include reviewing and verifying prescriptions, assessing medication orders against patient profiles, managing drug preparation and dispensing, maintaining drug records, providing consultations, and supervising Pharmacy Technicians.

Requirements

• Must have active License from the State of California Board of Pharmacy

Responsibilities

• Review and verify prescription/medication order(s) 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 I.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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed