SR PHARMACIST

UHS•Washington, DC

45d•Onsite

About The Position

The George Washington University Hospital (GW Hospital) is a 395-bed tertiary care, academic medical center located in downtown Washington, DC. GW Hospital serves a diverse group of patients and has the resources and clinical expertise necessary to provide specialized, complex care, including cardiac, cancer, neurosciences, women’s health, trauma, and advanced surgery. GW Hospital is jointly owned and operated by George Washington University and a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS). The mission of GW Hospital is to provide the highest quality healthcare, advanced medical technology, and world-class service to its patients in an academic medical center dedicated to education and research. As a Senior Pharmacist, you will provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care through the integration of drug distribution, patient monitoring, staff education, and patient counseling and teaching activities. You will supervise and direct technical support staff, perform medication reconciliation, therapeutic drug monitoring, medication recommendations, and patient education. These duties require direct collaboration with patients, physicians, nurses, and other ancillary care givers. In the absence of the Director of Pharmacy or other supervisory staff, a Senior Pharmacist may be required to assume the essential responsibilities and perform the duties of the Director of Pharmacy.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy
Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
Effective interpersonal skills
Ability to maintain confidentiality
Ability to adapt to multiple and changing priorities
Knowledgeable of and compliance with laws, rules and regulations that govern the practice of pharmacy.
Pyxis experience with knowledge of Pyxis Reports (i.e., optimization, load/unload, nursing narcotic access, etc.)
Some travel, to follow-up with Corporate, Financial, GPO, Compliance and Pyxis issues.

Nice To Haves

Doctor of Pharmacy Degree (Pharm.D.) preferred

Responsibilities

Provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care through integration of drug distribution, patient monitoring, staff education and patient counseling and teaching activities.
Supervises and directs technical support staff.
Performs medication reconciliation, therapeutic drug monitoring, medication recommendations and patient education.
Assumes essential responsibilities and performs duties of the Director of Pharmacy in their absence.