Pharmacist

Silver Lake Hospital • Newark, NJ

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Silver Lake Hospital is a long-term acute care hospital with a reputation of providing patients with a place to heal before heading home. A long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) is an acute care specialty hospital that provides highly advanced and focused care for higher acuity patients who have not responded to short-term treatment in traditional general hospitals. The average length of stay in an LTACH is 25 days as compared to a 3-5 day average stay in a general hospital. Our safe and state of the art hospital is designed to admit and care for the most critically ill patients.

Requirements

• Valid NJ State Pharmacist License.
• A working knowledge of all areas of pharmaceutical services including EMR Systems, drug distribution systems, central operations, and IV admixture.
• A minimum of one (1) year of hospital or LTACH experience.
• Age specific experience and/or special training and/or expertise is required to serve this population.

Responsibilities

• Having a working knowledge of all areas of pharmaceutical services provided by Silver Lake Hospital including drug distribution systems, central operations, and IV admixture.
• Interprets physician's orders for medications, compound and dispense prescribed drugs.
• Maintain records on all medication orders filled for inpatient use and compute and record charges.
• Evaluating pharmacological, chemical, or physical incompatibilities in physician's orders, and communicate the evaluation to physicians.
• Direct and indirect patient care for a population of patients between the ages of 18 and older.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed