Pharmacist - Bartlett Specialty Pharmacy

REGIONAL ONE HEALTH•Memphis, TN

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Regional One Health is seeking a full-time Pharmacist for Bartlett Specialty Pharmacy, with floating assignments to the Adult Special Care Clinic and Outpatient Pharmacy. The Pharmacist provides professional pharmacy services, reviewing, interpreting, monitoring, preparing, and dispensing medications in accordance with prescriptions, professional standards, and applicable regulations. The role may combine clinical and distribution activities, including drug therapy monitoring, kinetics, and physician interaction in patient care areas. The Pharmacist supports safe and effective medication use by evaluating orders and patient profiles, counseling patients, consulting with clinicians, and documenting interventions and required pharmacy records. The role also assists with pharmacy operations, inventory and drug distribution, technician oversight, quality improvement, research projects, staff education, and the maintenance of a clean and safe environment. Pharmacists may provide coverage for relief and absences, including night, weekend, and holiday coverage as required.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of Pharmacy.
Tennessee pharmacist licensure required upon hire.
Experience in patient care obtained through completion of an approved pharmacy program.
Qualified by education, training, or experience to work with neonate, infant, adolescent, adult, and/or geriatric patient populations, as required by specialty assignment.
Additional certification may be required based on assignment upon hire.

Nice To Haves

M.S. and/or Pharm.D. preferred.

Responsibilities

Prepare, verify, and dispense prescribed medications, including sterile and non-sterile products and solutions for oral, external, intramuscular, and intravenous administration.
Receive and process orders and refill requests, clarify or correct orders when appropriate, and evaluate medication orders for contraindications, incompatibilities, allergies, and dosing appropriateness.
Maintain complete and accurate patient profiles, considering patient characteristics, medical history, laboratory results, and concurrent medications; evaluate dosing across age-specific patient populations.
Label medications, provide appropriate directions and precautions, and counsel patients on medication use, assistance programs, side effects, special precautions, and missed doses when indicated.
Order routine and special medications and supplies; maintain inventory and drug distribution systems; rotate stock, return outdated products, procure medications from other pharmacies, and restock emergency boxes and Blue Alert cart trays.
Maintain accurate pharmacy records, documentation, charges, controlled-drug records, intervention logs, reports, and other operational and regulatory documentation.
Check technicians’ work, direct tasks according to priorities, and ensure work is completed within established timeframes and standards.
Provide drug information and clinical consultation to physicians, patients, and staff, including consultation on drug therapy, regimen and utilization reviews, storage, and control.
Participate in medication-use evaluations, document pharmacist interventions and adverse drug events, and provide assessment, education, and follow-up for designated programs.
Interpret and enter medication orders using pharmacy computer systems; retrieve and update patient information and use software applications to obtain drug information.
Coordinate with patient care units and pharmacy staff, answer calls and inquiries, take verbal provider orders according to policy, and respond immediately to Blue Alert calls.
Participate in drug research projects; prepare and dispense investigational drugs according to study protocols and complete required documentation.
Provide in-services, assist with orientation and supervision of new staff and students, and complete required training and continuing education.
Participate in quality and performance improvement initiatives, contribute to care reviews and indicator development, and recommend improvements to pharmacy services.
Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe work environment; follow aseptic techniques and safety, infection-control, and risk-management procedures; maintain equipment and report malfunctions.
Provide professional pharmacy coverage for relief and absences, including night, weekend, and holiday coverage as required.
Contact providers about prior authorizations, medical-necessity drugs, and nonformulary orders; process claims and maintain knowledge of insurance plans and medication assistance program guidelines.
Check patient identification and issue prescriptions to outpatients; assist customers with over-the-counter purchases, perform cashier functions, and collect payment from Medplex patients.
Provide research and administrative support for special projects, including preparing data and reports and following up on project work.