Pharmacist Part-Time 24 hours/week

Hendricks Regional Health•Danville, IN

About The Position

The pharmacist provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care through integrated drug distribution, clinical services, and teaching. The role includes leadership, drug distribution, clinical intervention, teaching, training, and continuing education. The pharmacist provides medication-related support to physicians and patients, monitors therapy and outcomes, ensures accurate dispensing and preparation of medications, and contributes to safe, effective, and cost-conscious care. The position is scheduled for 24 hours per week on 1st shift.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy.
Staff pharmacists must meet competency expectations for drug therapy across patient age groups.

Nice To Haves

Experience in unit-dose and IV admixtures is desirable.
For pharmacists pursuing a more direct patient-care role, a Pharm.D. degree, an ASHP-accredited residency or advanced specialty residency, or significant clinical experience would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

Maintain competency in drug therapy for patients across age groups.
Provide pharmaceutical care by assisting physicians with medication history review, patient education, outcome setting, demographic assessment, therapeutic planning, treatment alternatives, monitoring plans, medication-regimen implementation, outcome monitoring, chart documentation, laboratory-data interpretation, medication-profile review, pharmacokinetic monitoring, and assessment of potential adverse, drug-drug, and drug-food interactions.
Monitor drug therapy for appropriate use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and interactions.
Precept Purdue and Butler pharmacy students and pharmacy interns, consistent with academic credentials and clinical experience.
Conduct target drug programs and drug-use evaluations as needed and report results to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
Detect, monitor, document, and report adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
Promote formulary use by converting non-formulary orders when possible and coordinate procurement of non-formulary drugs when necessary.
Counsel patients on discharge medications as needed.
Participate in medical-emergency drug therapy management, respond to Code Blue emergencies, and prepare medications as needed.
Maintain and update patient profiles, including demographics, diagnoses, allergies, and current medications.
Clarify medication orders with prescribers, document changes in patient and pharmacy records, and inform others of changes.
Reconcile pharmacy and nursing medication records daily.
Check unit-dose non-Omnicell medication batches for accuracy.
Check and verify orders entered into the computer by technicians.
Review medication orders for appropriateness and check first doses of IV admixtures and unit-dose medications prepared by technicians.
Provide presentations, publications, and other informative activities on drug-related topics for the health care community and general public.
Identify and act on cost avoidance opportunities by promoting cost-effective regimens and drugs and reducing waste.
Document clinical interventions and cost avoidance as part of the departmental documentation program.
Ensure proper technique and accurate preparation of pharmaceutical products, including oral, IV admixtures, chemotherapeutic, and investigational agents.
Ensure timely and accurate dispensing of drugs and solutions from the pharmacy area.
Accurately fill and dispense medication orders for inpatients.
Provide drug information to health care professionals and patients.
Review physician orders for therapeutic problems, contraindications, interactions, allergies, and formulary status.
Enter IV and other orders into the computer as needed.
Participate in continuing education programs, meetings, training programs, and related activities.
Ensure compliance with the controlled-substance distribution and control system.
Practice in a variety of pharmacy areas as required by workload.