Pharmacy Resident

Lifepoint Health • Johnstown, PA

16h • Onsite

About The Position

The pharmacy unit plays a vital role in ensuring the safe and effective use of medications for patients. The unit is responsible for dispensing medications accurately and efficiently, maintaining comprehensive medication inventory and control, including narcotics and controlled substances. This includes selecting, calculating, measuring, preparing (both sterile and non-sterile), packaging, labeling, charging, and crediting various pharmacy products like intravenous medications. In addition, the pharmacy ensures compliance with safety standards and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Applicants must possess a High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Graduate or candidate for graduation with a Doctorate of Pharmacy degree from a pharmacy school in the United States, or have a Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Committee (FPGEC) certificate from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP).
• Licensed or eligible to be licensed as a pharmacist in Pennsylvania.
• Unlicensed candidates should obtain licensure as soon as possible and must be licensed by October 31st.

Responsibilities

• Maintains competency in unique aspects of drug therapy for all patients for which they provide care, including factors related to patients of all age groups.
• Provides pharmaceutical care by assisting health care professionals in reviewing patient medication history, educating patients on drug therapy, establishing desired outcomes, assessing patient demographics, developing therapeutic plans, determining alternatives for achieving outcomes, developing drug monitoring plans, implementing new drug regimens, monitoring patient outcomes, documenting medication related issues in patient chart, interpreting laboratory data, and reviewing patient medication profiles.
• Monitors pharmacokinetics of drug therapy.
• Monitors potential adverse drug-drug and drug-food interactions.
• Makes patient care rounds.
• Monitors drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interactions.
• Participates in resident on call program.
• Provides consultations as required.
• Supervises Pharm.D. students.
• Conducts “STEP” evaluations and drug-usage projects as needed and reports results to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
• Detects, monitors, documents, and reports adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
• Promotes the use of the Formulary by converting non-formulary orders to formulary when possible, but coordinates procurement of non-formulary drugs when necessary.
• Counsels patients on discharge medications as necessary.
• Maintains and updates a patient profile with demographics, diagnosis, allergies, and current medications.
• Discuss medication order clarifications with the prescriber, document any changes in patient and pharmacy records, and inform others of medication order changes.
• Reconciles pharmacy and nursing medication records.
• Verifies orders.
• Reviews medication orders for appropriateness and checks doses of IV admixtures prepared by technicians.
• Provides presentations, publications, and other informative activities on drug-related topics to the health care community and general public.
• Identifies and acts upon cost avoidance in drug therapy by promoting more cost-effective regimens and by reducing waste.
• Documents clinical interventions using I-vents as part of the departmental documentation program.
• Insures proper technique and accurate preparation of all pharmaceutical products, including enteral, parenteral, chemotherapeutic, and investigational agents.
• Responsible for the accurate and timely dispensing of medication orders used by inpatients.
• Provides drug information to health care professionals and patients.
• Reviews physician orders for possible therapeutic problems, contraindications, interactions, allergies, and formulary status.
• Participates in continuing education programs, meetings, training programs and related activities.
• Insures compliance with controlled substance distribution.

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree