PHARMACIST, Full Time Nights

UHS•Reno, NV

About The Position

Sierra Medical Center is part of Northern Nevada Health System, a regional multi-facility system that has excelled at offering quality care to residents of the greater Truckee Meadows. Sierra Medical Center is a 170-bed acute care hospital offering services including 24/7 ER care, cardiology, oncology, labor and delivery, level II NICU, surgical and orthopedic services, and much more. Learn more at northernnevadahealth.com. What we at Sierra Medical Center value: • Compassion: We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family. • Empathy: We put ourselves in our patient’s shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch. • Teamwork: We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient’s lives. • Quality: We strive to provide excellence in clinical care. • Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards. • Respect: We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone. • Service Excellence: We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve. • Innovation: We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care. Learn more at www.northernnevadahealth.com. This Pharmacist opportunity is full time and offers a convenient night shift schdule. This dynamic individual will interpret physician prescriptions and medication orders. Acts as a drug information resource to patients, medical staff, nursing staff and ancillary department personnel. Compounds and dispenses prescribed medications and other pharmaceuticals for patient care by performing the related duties.

Requirements

Current Pharmacist certification or licensure in the State of Nevada
Current BLS Certification
Current ACLS Certification

Nice To Haves

5 years experience preferred

Responsibilities

Reviews prescriptions issued by physicians or other authorized prescribers to assure accuracy and determines formulas and ingredients needed.
Monitors all posting onto the patient profiles in order that accuracy, drug allergies, drug interactions, duplicate therapy, rational drug therapy and incompatibilities may be realized and better patient care received.
Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors
Prepares IV admixtures and extemporaneous parenteral products under aseptic conditions.
Supervises at least one to two (1-2) members of the Pharmacy Department staff on a daily basis.
Interviews and assists in the hiring process, trains personnel, plans, assigns and directs work, addresses complaints and resolves problems.