Pharmacist

Carewell Health • East Orange, NJ

226d

About The Position

The Pharmacist at CareWell Health is responsible for providing comprehensive, quality medication management for patients through the application of pharmacy practice standards. This role involves reviewing physician orders and dispensing medications and pharmaceutical preparations to both inpatient and outpatient areas of the hospital. The pharmacist maintains accurate patient profiles and monitors drug therapies to achieve positive patient outcomes. Additionally, the pharmacist oversees pharmacy technicians and students, ensuring the accuracy of their work prior to dispensing, while adhering to Pharmacy Policies and Procedures and organizational goals and objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy.
• Current license in the state of New Jersey required.
• Hospital experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and dispenses medication orders per provider request according to established policies, procedures and protocols.
• Interprets medication orders (verbal and written) and maintains accurate, complete patient medication profiles.
• Prepares and/or dispenses pharmaceuticals, including sterile and parenteral nutrition preparations safely and accurately using appropriate technique.
• Issues controlled substances to patient care areas and maintains records as required by law.
• Ensures safe, appropriate, cost-effective medication therapies for patients according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, drug-laboratory test interactions, allergies, appropriateness of drug and dose, and therapeutic duplications.
• Assists with pharmacokinetics consult service and drug dosing per organizational protocol.
• Reviews/interprets culture and susceptibility data for antibiotic appropriateness and recommends changes, as needed.
• Reads, extracts, and interprets information in patient charts accurately.
• Detects and reports suspected adverse drug reactions and medication errors accurately and in a timely manner.
• Sustains the formulary by minimizing nonformulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols and promoting rational medication therapy selection.
• Provides clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners; recommends evidence-based medication therapy regimens and monitoring plans and suggests appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff as needed.
• Provides accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to the professional staff.
• Documents all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely.
• Participates in the quality improvement and medication-use review activities of the department.
• Participates in the development and presentation of orientation, education, and training programs to the pharmacy, medical, nursing and other staffs.
• Contributes to the quality and effective operation of the department.
• Supervises and directs pharmacy support personnel; verifies the daily activities of pharmacy technicians.
• Completes and documents inspections of all assigned medication storage areas and identifies and replaces outdated and unusable drugs.
• Answers the telephone, identifying self and department and directs calls to appropriate personnel and answers requests at the window.
• Performs essential duties of the pharmacy director in his/her absence.
• Other duties as assigned to support the department and health system organization.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree