Staff Pharmacist, Pharmacy

Heywood Hospital•Gardner, MA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Pharmacist prepares medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders, detecting therapeutic incompatibilities. Complies with State and Federal drug laws as regulated by the State Board of Pharmacy, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Department of Public Health. Provides pharmacologic information by answering questions and requests of healthcare professionals. Completes pharmacy operational requirements by organizing and directing technician’s workflow, verifying their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals, performing order entry, as well as charges and inspections. Controls medications by monitoring drug therapies and advising interventions. Dispenses medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals. Prepares compounded sterile products and chemotherapy within a USP 797 compliant clean room.

Requirements

Pharm D degree (or B.S. Pharmacy degree prior to 2006) from an accredited Pharmacy School
Current MA licensure required
Good communication skills to relate with medical and nursing staff required

Nice To Haves

Clinical background to help develop programs preferred

Responsibilities

Conducts interactions with everyone in a friendly, courteous and respectful manner.
Goes out of his/her way to offer assistance to others.
Advocates to ensure privacy and confidentiality while helping others to maintain awareness.
Maintains a clean and safe hospital.
Responds appropriately and immediately in emergency situations.
Maintains a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors, and/or staff to provide the highest level of physical comfort, and minimize risk and injury.
Ensures compliance with regulations to maintain accreditation and licensure.
Complies with the Hospital Attendance and Tardiness Policy.
Completed all Hospital and Department Specific Mandatory requirements in the prior calendar year.
Reports Incidents in a timely and effective manner.
All employees with direct patient contact are responsible for actively engaging in the practice of, monitoring and enforcing compliance to hand hygiene.
Enters/verifies all medication orders correctly into patient medication profiles in compliance with hospital formulary.
Interprets medication orders accurately.
Maintains accurate and complete patient medication profiles.
Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose.
Demonstrates knowledge of appropriate standards, policies, protocols, procedures and practices in a manner that demonstrates baseline knowledge.
Proficient in dosing/monitoring of medications with an established protocol.
Provides double checks as needed on pharmacokinetics consults to detect calculation errors and assess outcome goals.
Documents interventions in the Pharmacy module that advocates for IV to PO conversions, dose optimization, dose adjustments, therapeutic duplications, drug interactions, allergy conflicts and other intervention groups for antimicrobial, other medication therapies or therapeutic recommendations.
Supervises the manufacture and distribution of medications and IV solutions by the Pharmacy Technicians to ensure medications are delivered to the patient care area staff at the scheduled times of administration.
Contacts prescriber about questionable orders and provides information on the correct therapy, noting formulary alternatives when indicated.
Educates patients and clinicians regarding medications.
Collects data for DUR and ADR programs.
Prepares chemotherapeutic medications according to the program so that patients receive the correct dose and medication at the scheduled time.
Systematically gathers and evaluates relevant information and data from the patient interview and/or all the patient information sources for the purpose of maintaining an accurate patient profile.
Able to recommend appropriate antibiotic therapy based upon culture and susceptibility data or suspected infection.
Demonstrates an understanding and completes all job functions in accordance with the five patient rights.
Follows hospital policy in reporting medication errors and adverse drug reactions.
Assists physicians and nurses with medication reconciliation.
Follows all policies and procedures related to inventory management and control.
Promotes critical pathways that encourage the selection of antimicrobials and antimicrobial combinations that delay or prevent the emergence of resistance.
Follows practices that encourage selection of the antibiotic regimens with the narrowest spectrum of activity based on culture and sensitivity results.