Pharmacist PD

UNC Health•Chapel Hill, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides patient care by optimizing medication use and drug distribution services. The Pharmacist receives and interprets prescriptions, reviews patient medication profiles and histories, clarifies incomplete, inaccurate, or contraindicated prescriptions, and identifies and addresses medication-related problems. The role uses patient data to recommend optimal drug therapy, assess medication regimens, make clinical interventions with providers, and perform protocol-driven services such as IV-to-oral dosing and stewardship activities. The Pharmacist compounds and oversees medication preparation and dispensing, including sterile products, and follows formulary, therapeutic substitution, and other programs intended to optimize therapy and minimize cost. The role completes required documentation, counsels patients and family members as appropriate, directs shift workflow, and supervises pharmacy technicians, students, and volunteers present during the shift. The Pharmacist follows applicable policies and regulations, participates in process improvement, precepts students and residents, and helps train new pharmacy staff.

Requirements

PharmD or BS Pharmacy degree.
Active pharmacist licensure with the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy, or ability to obtain licensure before beginning employment. Recent graduates of ACPE-accredited pharmacy schools may work while initial licensure is pending, subject to North Carolina Board of Pharmacy limitations, and must obtain licensure within six months of orientation or sooner if required for operations.
No prior experience required.

Responsibilities

Receive and interpret prescriptions; review patients’ medication profiles and histories; clarify incomplete, inaccurate, or contraindicated prescriptions with prescribers, nurses, or other health professionals.
Identify and intervene on problems related to patients’ medication needs.
Analyze patient data to recommend optimal drug therapy, assess medication regimens, and make appropriate clinical interventions with providers.
Perform protocol-driven clinical services, including IV-to-oral dosing and stewardship activities.
Compound and oversee the preparation and dispensing of medications, including sterile products, using required standard formulas, processes, and procedures.
Follow the medication formulary, therapeutic substitution, and other programs designed to optimize drug therapy while minimizing cost.
Complete required documentation, including medical-record notations, controlled-substance documentation, cash-register reconciliation, and competency documentation.
Counsel patients and appropriate family members about pharmaceutical care issues as requested or required.
Direct shift workflow and supervise pharmacy technicians, students, and/or volunteers present during the shift.
Adhere to federal, state, local, and institutional policies, procedures, standards, and regulations.
Identify and participate in process-improvement opportunities.
Precept students and residents and participate in training new pharmacy staff as required.