Staff Pharmacist, Overnight
About The Position
The Staff Pharmacist provides comprehensive pharmaceutical services at University Hospital and serves as a medication information resource to patients, physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. The role organizes, leads, directs, and verifies the work of supportive personnel to help ensure accurate, efficient, safe, and effective medication therapy for patients of all ages and populations. The pharmacist prepares and distributes medications, reviews orders for accuracy and appropriateness, recommends therapy when needed, and develops patient-specific dosage regimens. The position also supports sterile and non-sterile compounding, medication inventory and controlled-substance management, staff and student education, and departmental quality and compliance programs.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy or Pharm.D. degree from an accredited institution.
- Registered pharmacist licensed in the State of New Jersey.
Nice To Haves
- Prior hospital pharmacy experience.
- Residency training or Board Certification.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient-centered service, communicate clearly, resolve complaints, organize work to meet customer needs, model Service Excellence, maintain composure, support team service targets, and respect patient rights.
- Prepare, label, and distribute medication orders for inpatient, outpatient, and ancillary areas.
- Interpret physician medication orders for accuracy and appropriateness, identify and communicate errors or discrepancies, and recommend appropriate or alternative drug therapy based on patient condition.
- Develop patient-specific dosage regimens and protocols using pharmacokinetic and pharmacologic characteristics, disease states, concurrent therapy, demographics, and laboratory data.
- Maintain accurate patient medication profiles, including appropriate drug choice, dosage form, strength, therapy duration, and interaction potential.
- Train, oversee, educate, and check the work of supportive personnel and students.
- Assume charge pharmacist duties for coordinating weekend and evening shifts, supervising staff, delegating tasks, and resolving issues in the absence of leadership.
- Coordinate daily sterile and non-sterile compounding, including IV admixtures, TPN, chemotherapy, special dosage forms, and miscellaneous products, following USP <795>, <797>, and <800>, aseptic technique, and patient care needs.
- Manage controlled substances, record-keeping, investigational drugs, inventory control and purchasing, and monthly floor inspections; ensure proper storage, remove outdated medications, and communicate with nursing as the pharmacy liaison for routine issues.
- Participate in departmental meetings, in-services, and other communications; understand memos and minutes and maintain knowledge of pharmacy policies and procedures.
- Provide education to staff, students, and patients as needed.
- Maintain departmental quality standards through MUE, QA programs, continuing education, and compliance with University Hospital standards and applicable laws, regulations, and policies.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Vacation accrued time
- Medical and prescription drug coverage
- Dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Pension plan
- Pet insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Professional development
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Job Type
Full-time
