Pharmacist

UK St. Claire•Morehead, KY

69d•Onsite

About The Position

Valued member of patient care team in ambulatory setting. Optimize and follow up on patient therapies as well as being an invaluable resource for the providers.

Requirements

Graduate of an ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy with a BS Pharmacy or PharmD degree
Full Time Status
State of Kentucky Pharmacy license
Functional knowledge of Joint Commission regulations
Functional knowledge of federal and state regulations

Nice To Haves

BCACP or other Pharmacy Certification
Member of a professional organization

Responsibilities

Dispenses medications upon receiving, reviewing, and verifying written orders from a provider.
Reviews and interprets new medication orders and patient profile to assure appropriate drug, dose, and route.
Reviews for therapeutic duplications, allergies and drug interactions.
Contacts and confers with providers.
Provides patient education for medication therapy.
Proactively participates in patient care, reviewing patient profile, providing pharmacotherapeutic consults, making patient specific drug therapy recommendations.
Document clinical consults as part of department documentation program.
Actively participates in medication reconciliation process including medication history and discharge counseling.
Actively participates in the development and implementation of performance/quality improvement and patient safety activities for clinic.
Identify and implement drug therapy where positive pharmacoeconomic impact could be achieved.
Document cost avoidance as part of department documentation program.
Enhances professional and technical knowledge and competency by attending class work/training sessions and journal clubs.
Attend professional meetings.
Supervise pharmacy students in clinical duties within the practice.
Assists in the reproduction of services in other specialty clinics.