Pharmacist, Pharmacy, Full-Time, Days

Adventist Health•Bakersfield, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Central to all that California has to offer, Adventist Health Bakersfield has been providing an extraordinary team of world-class physicians, top-notch medical technology, caring professionals and award-winning quality since 1910. We are comprised of a 254-bed acute care hospital and 20 primary and specialty care medical offices. As one of America's fastest growing cities, Bakersfield offers affordable housing on the West Coast, beautiful weather, high-quality education and it is just a few hours away from Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks, the Central California Coast and Southern California's great sports, theaters, concerts and amusement parks. Job Summary: Verify and fills orders for medications, monitors patient medication therapies, provide drug information, identifies and troubleshoots potential medication safety hazards, documents all interactions for medical review, and supervises and directs support personnel.

Requirements

Graduate of school of pharmacy: Required
Pharmacist license in the state of practice: Required
All licensures and certifications needed to fulfill the duties required of a Pharmacist at the state level: Required
Registered Pharmacist (RPH): Required

Nice To Haves

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree: Preferred
One year's technical experience: Preferred
Inpatient clinical pharmacy experience: Preferred

Responsibilities

Processes, enters, verifies, and distributes medication orders within the institution in a timely manner and in compliance with department and hospital policies, as well as Joint Commission and other regulatory guidelines.
Actively ensures that medication therapy is efficacious, safe, cost effective, and achieves the best therapeutic outcomes.
Assures that medication prescribing is optimal with respect to indication, dose, route, frequency, history of allergy, and does not duplicate or negatively interact with other drugs.
Conducts and manages daily reports on medication utilization based upon daily rounds to identify, catalogue, and subsequently analyze areas in which medication improvement is needed.
Consistently performs quality assurance procedures in related work areas.
Participates in all pharmacy-related tasks and programs such as clinical rounds, unit based and/or population based medication management activities, remote order verification, and all other areas as directed/necessitated.
Expedites changes needed to meet regulatory, accrediting, licensing, and government agency standards and laws.
Participates in department cost savings.
Complies with drug formulary and appropriate documentation.
Collaborates with appropriate leadership and buyer to purchase, contract, and procure medications and related supplies to ensure that product and vendor selection is based upon the highest medication safety standards.
Assists in making recommendations on process improvement or development of new pharmacy services.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.