PRN PHARMACIST

ANCHORAGE NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER INC•Anchorage, AK

23h•Onsite

About The Position

The PRN Pharmacist plays a vital role in ensuring the safe, appropriate, and legal dispensing of pharmaceuticals while monitoring drug therapy, maintaining inventory, and providing consultative support to medical providers, dental providers, clinic staff, and patients. This role operates in compliance with the State of Alaska Board of Pharmacy regulations and within the professional scope of practice. This PRN position offers flexible, as-needed coverage for the ANHC Pharmacy and is ideal for pharmacists seeking supplemental or flexible work opportunities with ANHC rather than a regularly scheduled role.

Requirements

ANHC’s Mission, Vision and Values: Actively supports ANHC’s mission, vision and values. Includes using individual skills to add value to the mission: To be a trusted partner in every person’s wellness by providing integrated, compassionate, and high-quality health care, regardless of ability to pay; and vision: Accessible care for a healthy Anchorage. Aligns actions around organizational values of RESPECT, COMPASSION, PERSONAL INTEGRITY, EXCELLENCE and COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT and gives priority to organizational mission, vision and values when making decisions.
Accountability: Takes ownership for delivering on commitments; owns mistakes and uses them as opportunities for learning and development; openly discusses his/her actions and their consequences both good and bad; has an ability to identify strengths and developmental opportunities and leverages insight to make adjustments to improve their effectiveness; courage to have difficult conversations.
Adapting to Change: Accepts and adapts to change in a professionally appropriate and thoughtful manner. Is willing to offer a different perspective or approach and yet knows when and how to stand down graciously and accept a well-thought-out decision. Embraces change.
Confidentiality: Maintains the highest level of confidentiality regarding ANHC records and information relating to ANHC, its customers and employees. Appropriately uses internal confidential information for business purposes only. Responsible for knowledge and compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
Communicating Effectively: Shares information. Listens and involves others. Clearly conveys ideas in a manner that engages others and helps them understand and retain the message.
Decision Making/Judgment: Approaches problems and decisions methodically and objectively; involves others as needed; uses sound judgment in making decisions and understanding the impact to themselves, customers, their team, and the organization; conducts the appropriate analysis to identify the symptoms and root cause of issues; makes timely decisions.
Delivering High Quality Work: Makes sure responsibilities central to the role meet all requirements and expectations. Finishes tasks promptly and critically reviews work to ensure quality and accuracy. Considers impact of work to others and takes steps to mitigate. Seeks additional work after finishing tasks.
Demonstrating Initiative: Takes action on his/her own without being prompted; handles problems independently; able to resolve issues without relying on extensive help from others; does more than is expected or asked.
Results Orientation: Is focused on outcomes and accomplishments; follows through on commitments; can be counted upon to successfully execute on goals; motivated by achievement and a need for closure; has an attention to detail and is both efficient and effective in achieving a high level of measurable outcomes; persists in achieving goals despite obstacles.
Service Excellence: Has a desire to consistently provide a genuinely exceptional experience to every person, every time. Provides timely and professional service to both internal and external customers; is responsive to customer needs and requests; is always courteous to the customer and considers the needs of the customer when making decisions.
Teamwork: Meets all team deadlines and responsibilities, listens to others and values opinions, helps team and leader to meet goals, welcomes newcomers and promotes a team atmosphere.
Work Experience: Minimum one year experience required. Experience working with pharmacy specific software programs preferred. For Mail Order/Medset Pharmacy, minimum one year experience in mail order and medset pharmacy operations.
Education, Certification and Licensure: Graduation from an accredited school of pharmacy. Licensed by the Alaska State Board of Pharmacy.

Nice To Haves

Additional Skills & Knowledge: Bilingual Preferred

Responsibilities

Reviews prescriptions issued by Physicians or other authorized prescribers to assure accuracy and determine formulas and ingredients needed.
When checking a prescription, reviews and updates patient billing information, and that allergies are up to date in our EHR, and ensures we have the product in stock.
Files hard copy prescriptions and daily reports according to protocol.
Authorizes waived copays and ensures sliding fee scale is up to date.
Compounds medications, using standard formulas and processes such as weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients.
Answers questions and provides information to pharmacy customers on drug interactions, side effects, dosage and storage of pharmaceuticals.
Enters data such as patient name, prescribed medication and cost, to maintain pharmacy files, charge system and inventory into PioneerRX.
Trains contract pharmacists when applicable.
Completes inventory returns via our reverse wholesaler.
Tracks medication drop box capacity and inventory of back up cartridges.
Assists in oversight of pharmacy operations.
Acts as Pharmacist in Charge while on duty.
Completes the ordering of controlled substances and over the counter products.
Completes INRs and dosing adjustments as outlined in the INR Protocol.
Completes duties and services in alignment with our Collaborative Practice Agreement
Ensures fill on arrival medications are on order for the designated day, the medication was typed correctly, and our wholesaler can supply it.
Provides medication and clinical device education to patients
Answers incoming phone calls when technicians are unavailable
Administers immunizations
Participates in quality assurance activities of the department.
Oversee daily operations of the mail order and medset pharmacy
Ensures that mail out prescriptions arrive at their destinations in a timely manner to prevent gaps in care
Reports monthly mail order and medset prescriptions to the Pharmacy Director
Collaborates with Pharmacy Director on implemented workflow changes
Works with Pharmacy Director to ensure compliance with 340(b) program
Other duties as assigned