PHARMACIST | RETAIL/INPATIENT PHARMACY |PER DIEM (23563)
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center•Paramus, NJ
About The Position
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center is seeking a pharmacist to provide pharmacy services in retail and inpatient settings on a per-diem basis. The pharmacist reviews medication orders and patient profiles, dispenses medications, prepares and checks sterile products, provides drug information, and helps ensure safe, timely medication care. The role also includes maintaining pharmacy records and inventories, supporting quality assurance and safety standards, and contributing to staff education and professional development.
Requirements
- Graduation from an approved College of Pharmacy or equivalent.
- Current New Jersey registration as a licensed pharmacist.
- Basic data-entry skills.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Ability to speak, read, and write English to the extent required by the position.
Nice To Haves
- Hospital pharmacy experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Review and interpret inpatient orders using patient profiles to identify overdoses, duplicate orders, incompatibilities, and potential adverse effects; consult physicians about questions or irregularities.
- Fill medication orders and prescriptions for inpatients, outpatients, nursing units, and other hospital departments, and ensure timely delivery to the correct destination.
- Review intravenous medication admixture orders for dosage, concentration, compatibility, administration rate, and labeling; consult physicians about questions or irregularities.
- Maintain appropriate controlled-drug inventories and dispensing procedures, including accurate running inventories.
- Report and document known medication errors and adverse drug reactions.
- Prepare extemporaneous medication compounds when required.
- Perform monthly nursing station inspections as required.
- Prepare and/or check IV admixtures, TPN solutions, chemotherapy, and other sterile products using proper aseptic technique with a laminar airflow hood or biohazard cabinetry.
- Deliver assessment, treatment, and patient care appropriate to the growth, development, and ages of the patients served.
- Organize and prioritize daily operational activities and use technicians, interns, aides, and clerks to assist with medication dispensing.
- Maintain required legal and hospital records, including controlled-substance, manufacturing, and packaging records; participate in investigational studies as outlined by the Director of Pharmacy.
- Provide drug information to physicians, nurses, patients, and families as required.
- Inspect pharmacy inventory and remove outdated, recalled, or ineffective drugs, replacing them as appropriate.
- Follow departmental policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance programs, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards; assess policy and procedure gaps and create necessary policies and procedures.
- Provide timely, professional, caring, and respectful customer service.
- Understand and adhere to the Medical Center’s Code of Conduct and be familiar with its Mission, Vision, and Values Statements.
- Precept pharmacy interns and instruct pharmacy extern students.
- Support professional growth through education programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and workshops; prepare and present educational programs to hospital staff.
- Participate in developing and implementing programs to improve patient care.
- Participate in training new pharmacy personnel, including pharmacists, interns, aides, and technicians.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Generous time-off policy with vacation days, personal time, sick leave, and nine paid holidays.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Continuing education programs.
