Pharmacist

Regional Cancer Care Associates•Belleville, NJ

20d•Onsite

About The Position

RCCA is seeking an experienced, patient-focused Pharmacist for its Belleville, New Jersey team. The Pharmacist delivers high-quality patient care and medication safety in an oncology environment, while collaborating with healthcare professionals. This is a full-time position with a Monday–Friday schedule. Compensation is $111,416.97–$171,410.72 annually, with packages based on skills, experience, and qualifications. The role prepares and dispenses medication orders, evaluates patient profiles and drug data, verifies prescriptions and physician authorization, and ensures insurance approval before medication admixing. It includes accurately preparing medications, overseeing pharmacy technician workflow, counseling patients, providing drug information to patients and healthcare professionals, and maintaining compliance with legal and professional requirements. The Pharmacist also maintains medication logs and inventory, orders and receives supplies, supports pharmacy education, and prepares reports as directed. The position involves direct patient contact and potential exposure to toxic substances, medicinal preparations, and chemotherapeutic agents. Reasonable accommodations will be offered to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school of pharmacy.
B-Corp certification.
Oncology background.
Current Pharmacist license in the state of practice.

Responsibilities

Prepare and dispense medication orders.
Maintain and evaluate patient profiles and comprehensive drug data files to assess orders for incompatibilities.
Check orders for completeness, verify patient information and confirm proper physician authorization.
Ensure insurance approval before admixing medications.
Accurately and promptly admix drugs as ordered by physicians, following department and interoffice guidelines, including OSHA guidelines.
Ensure correct preparation of formulas and medications; check prescriptions for completeness and calculate correct dosages, including conversions between metric and apothecary equivalents.
Organize and direct technician workflow; verify technicians’ preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals, order entries, charges, and inspections.
Provide pharmacological information to healthcare professionals and patients in response to questions and requests.
Provide and document drug counseling for patients.
Follow legal and professional requirements, including requirements for controlled substances.
Consult patients about pre-existing conditions to assess medication compatibility.
Instruct patients about the effects of food and alcohol intake, warn them of potential side effects, and provide drug information and assistance to medical staff.
Participate in pharmacy teaching and in-service programs.
Properly dispose of materials used when mixing chemotherapy and non-chemotherapy IVs.
Log and date drugs in use, check drugs monthly for outdates, and maintain accurate temperature logs.
Maintain accurate logs for protocol drugs and patient assistance drugs.
Assist with medication inventory control; order supplies and medications, and receive and shelve medications.
Ensure standard drug supplies are adequately stocked in all departments.
Prepare labels and files, prepare billing, and compute prices.
Receive new drug education from representatives and stay abreast of new information.
Maintain confidentiality of information related to patients and medical staff.
Prepare reports and conduct monitoring activities as directed.