Pharmacist- Inpatient- Oncology Focused
About The Position
Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Come join our Inpatient Pharmacy Team! This position involves reviewing prescriptions for accuracy, ensuring correct ingredients, and evaluating suitability. It also includes providing information on drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper storage. A key aspect of this role is precepting PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students within Oncology. In a medical center or institutional setting, the Pharmacist reviews and interprets provider orders, provides drug information, assists in problem-solving, and delivers other aspects of pharmaceutical care. Duties may include unit dose dispensing, IV Admixtures, outpatient prescriptions, navigating the electronic medical record, compounding, and working with automated dispensing devices. The Pharmacist assesses pharmaceutical needs using age-related patient information, potentially serving neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. The role adheres to all established regulations and standards governing pharmacy practice. The Pharmacist may act as a shift supervisor under supervision and demonstrates good written and verbal communication skills. Continuous learning and utilization of new technology are essential as the pharmacy profession evolves. The role provides oversight and clinical supervision for pharmacy services and support personnel. Pharmacy services at Sanford Health encompass various areas including acute care surgery, neurology, cardiology, pediatrics, oncology, infusion services, intensive care, general medicine, dialysis, transplant, antimicrobial stewardship, and medication reconciliation. This may involve decentralized clinical functions like direct patient interaction, interdisciplinary team rounding, chart reviews, patient counseling, and collecting accurate medication lists. Centralized clinical functions, such as checking and dispensing medications and overseeing the IV room's clinical operations, may also be part of the role.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy.
- Thorough knowledge of drugs and their actions.
- Knowledge of state and local regulations.
- License must be in good standing by the State Board of Pharmacy in state(s) of practice and/or possess multi-state licensure privileges as required by position.
Nice To Haves
- Hospital experience or residency preferred.
Responsibilities
- Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
- Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
- Precept PGY1 pharmacy residents & pharmacy students within Oncology.
- Review and interpret provider orders.
- Provide drug information.
- Assist in problem solving.
- Provide other aspects of pharmaceutical care.
- Perform unit dose dispensing.
- Prepare IV Admixtures.
- Dispense outpatient prescriptions.
- Navigate the electronic medical record.
- Perform compounding.
- Work with automated dispensing devices.
- Utilize appropriate age-related patient information to assess the pharmaceutical needs of patients.
- Provide pharmaceutical care to neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
- Follow all established regulations and standards that govern the practice of pharmacy.
- Act as a shift supervisor under direct or indirect supervision by department managers.
- Demonstrate good written and verbal communication skills.
- Learn and utilize new technology as the profession of pharmacy evolves.
- Provide oversight and clinical supervision for pharmacy services and pharmacy support personnel.
- Involve in acute care surgery, neurology, cardiology, pediatrics, oncology, infusion services, intensive care, general medicine, dialysis, transplant, antimicrobial stewardship, and medication reconciliation.
- Perform decentralized clinical functions, such as direct patient interaction/interdisciplinary team rounding, chart reviews, customer or patient counseling, collecting accurate medication list.
- Perform centralized clinical functions, such as checking and dispensing medications and overseeing the clinical functions of the IV room.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
