Staff Pharmacist PRN

SummitStone Health Partners•Fort Collins, CO

4d•$59 - $74•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for supporting inpatient and outpatient pharmacy services. Review and interpret prescription orders and perform drug utilization reviews to identify potential interactions or inaccuracies. Ensure accurate dispensing of medications, oversee work of support staff, providing pharmaceutical information to other healthcare professionals, monitor drug therapies, and provide pharmaceutical expertise to patients on the safe use of medications. The role will also be responsible for interdisciplinary rounds and comprehensive medication reviews of all clients admitted to our inpatient units.

Requirements

Licensed Pharmacist in Colorado required

Nice To Haves

PharmD preferred
4+ years of experience as a pharmacist preferred
Experience in an inpatient pharmacy role preferred
Experience working with behavioral health patients and/or Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) settings preferred
Bilingual/bi-cultural preferred

Responsibilities

Prepares medications by reviewing and interpreting provider orders and completing a drug utilization review for each medication, ensuring medication is safe and appropriate for each patient based on indication and patient-specific factors. Helps with outpatient operations including data verification, filling of meds, product verification and point of sale medication dispensing.
Ensures efficient and proper dispensing of medications – verifies correct patient, correct medication, correct dose, correct directions, and correct quantity.
Verification of all meds ordered during inpatient stay.
Completes comprehensive medication reviews for clients being admitted to one of our units.
Assures that inventory levels are maintained at their most efficient and effective levels.
Works with other mental health providers to create and update patient care plans during rounds and as needed, ensuring appropriate medication use, including MAT (Medication Assisted Treatment), acute psychiatric meds and withdrawal treatment medications.
Conducts quality assurance monitoring and auditing to demonstrate compliance with inpatient and department policy and procedures, regulatory, and accreditation standards.
Counseling patients on medications at discharge and during stay, providing information on drug interactions, side effects, and dosage and storage of medications.
Assesses quality of services delivered and coordinates client care services with medical and clinical staff, and other programs/departments as needed.
Complies with state and federal drug laws as regulated by the State Board of Pharmacy, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Food and Drug Administration by maintaining records of controlled substances, removing outdated and damaged drugs from the pharmacy inventory, supervising the work results of support personnel, maintaining current registration, studying existing and new legislation, anticipating legislation and advising management on needed actions. Maintains established procedures concerning quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and disposal of hazardous waste drugs.