Pharmacist/Full Time Varied Shifts (80 Hours Per Pay Period)

Hendricks Regional Health•Danville, IN

20h

About The Position

The pharmacist provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care through integrated drug distribution, clinical services, and teaching. The position encompasses leadership, drug distribution, clinical intervention, teaching, training, and continuing education, and may involve practice in a variety of pharmacy areas as workload requires. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy.
Experience in unit-dose and IV admixtures is desirable.
Pharm.D. degree, an ASHP-accredited residency or advanced specialty residency, or significant clinical experience would benefit staff pharmacists pursuing a more direct patient-care role.

Nice To Haves

Experience in unit-dose and IV admixtures.
For pharmacists pursuing a more direct patient-care role: Pharm.D. degree, an ASHP-accredited residency or advanced specialty residency, or significant clinical experience.

Responsibilities

Maintain competency in drug therapy relevant to the patients served, including patients across all age groups.
Provide pharmaceutical care by assisting physicians with medication-history review, patient education, desired-outcome setting, demographic assessment, therapeutic planning, treatment alternatives, monitoring plans, regimen implementation, outcome monitoring, chart documentation, laboratory-data interpretation, profile review, pharmacokinetic monitoring, and assessment of adverse and drug-drug or drug-food interactions.
Monitor drug therapy for appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and interactions.
Precept Purdue and Butler pharmacy students and pharmacy interns consistent with academic credentials and clinical experience.
Conduct target drug programs and drug-use evaluations as needed and report results to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
Detect, monitor, document, and report adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
Promote formulary use by converting non-formulary orders when possible and coordinate procurement of non-formulary drugs when necessary.
Counsel patients on discharge medications as necessary.
Participate in drug therapy management during medical emergencies, respond to Code Blue emergencies, and prepare medications as needed.
Maintain and update patient profiles with demographics, diagnoses, allergies, and current medications.
Clarify medication orders with prescribers, document changes in patient and pharmacy records, and inform others of order changes.
Reconcile pharmacy and nursing medication records daily.
Check unit-dose non-Omnicell medication batches for accuracy.
Check and verify the accuracy of orders entered into the computer by technicians.
Review medication orders for appropriateness and check first doses of IV admixtures and unit-dose medications prepared by technicians.
Provide presentations, publications, and other informative activities on drug-related topics to the health care community and general public.
Identify and act on drug-therapy cost avoidance by promoting cost-effective regimens and drugs and reducing waste.
Document clinical interventions and cost avoidance through the departmental documentation program.
Ensure proper technique and accurate preparation of pharmaceutical products, including oral, IV admixture, chemotherapeutic, and investigational agents.
Ensure timely and accurate dispensing of drugs and solutions from the pharmacy area.
Accurately fill and dispense medication orders for inpatients.
Provide drug information to health care professionals and patients.
Review physician orders for therapeutic problems, contraindications, interactions, allergies, and formulary status.
Enter IV orders and other information into the computer as needed.
Participate in continuing education programs, meetings, training programs, and related activities.
Ensure compliance with the controlled-substance distribution and control system.
Practice in a variety of pharmacy areas as required by workload.