Pharmacist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• BS in Pharmacy or Pharm D required.
• Virginia OR West Virginia Pharmacy License required (or acquired within 90 days of hire).
• Must possess license for entity location.
• Must be knowledgeable about medications, their pharmacology and dosage ranges for use in neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Keyboarding skills required.

Responsibilities

• Achieves compliance with interchange, dosing, preparation and administration guidelines.
• Consistently identify, research and intervene on requests outside approved formulary, protocol or interchanges.
• If prescriber cannot be reached nursing staff is informed of issues and documentation is left for the next shift.
• Document interventions and cost avoidance per approved entity process.
• Successfully converts non-formulary prescribing to formulary-based alternatives.
• Takes initiative to communicate/educate staff regarding questions/issues via e-mail, direct communication, or pharmacist meetings, and provides follow-up and feedback to clinical specialists
• Communicate medication safety concerns to staff and leadership.
• Initiate and monitor new processes and protocols to ensure desired outcomes achieved
• Participate in collection of Performance Improvement Committee and Quality Assurance data.
• Participate in Performance Improvement projects, RCA’s or FMEA’s associated with relevant patient populations
• Respond to and report near-misses, errors, adverse medication events, including adverse drug reactions using the electronic reporting system.
• When an error or ADE occurs, assure the patient receives the appropriate antidote or other treatment to mitigate or avoid harm.
• Work directly with care givers in chosen practice site to review and develop strategies to avoid error-prone processes.
• Clearly communicates unresolved issues and hand-off to next shift.
• Interviews patients as needed to confirm therapy and allergy status, contacting family members or area pharmacies, if possible, to clarify medications.
• Communicates effectively with all customers to answer drug information requests, and documents per entity standards.
• Completes and documents (EMR and entity process) follow-up on all clinical consult patients.
• Consults with prescriber on medication management
• Documents cost avoidance for interventions using entity process.
• Interviews and/or counsels patients and family members on medication therapy as appropriate to assist with transition of care.
• Order review includes all elements per department standard, and assessment of system warnings and alerts.
• Participates in additional clinical services as assigned and needs of clinical service area
• Performs consults and follow-up for all approved pharmacy clinical services, including renal monitoring, kinetic dosing and other formalized P&T approved protocols.
• Proactively recommend medication therapy, monitor progress towards attainment of therapeutic goals, and initiate appropriate monitoring as needed
• Provides suggestions and supports implementation of improved processes for clinical services.
• Recommends appropriate dosing and monitoring parameters for specific drugs including initial and maintenance dosing as well as therapeutic endpoints based on available patient information as requested by prescriber
• Screen orders for safety and appropriateness of drug selection and dosage compared to age and condition of patients and protocols and profile, meeting department productivity standards.
• Current with new treatments and processes via the literature, professional associations and continuing education, bringing new ideas and practices to the Pharmacy.
• Establishes ongoing communication with staff through activities such as, regular rounding or communication with nursing staff and/or prescribers; reviewing P&T actions; in-services to nursing staff; or forwarding pertinent articles and drug information.
• Participates in nursing and prescriber meetings to discuss safety, order sets and implement new processes.
• Provides suggestions and supports implementation of improved processes and workflows.
• Responsible for review and revision of medication use policies and procedures
• Completion of new formulary requests for presentation to P&T.
• Serve as direct interface with nurses, prescribers, and other care givers, taking responsibility for problem resolution, as appropriate.
• Serve as pharmacy contact and clinical content expert for this patient population or service
• Directs technician shift assignments to improve workflow during the shift.
• Monitors and guides technicians through their daily assignments.
• Assures that all assignments have been completed and that any pending work has been reported to the oncoming shift.
• Confirms timely and polite phone responses.
• Facilitates schedule changes as needed in the absence of the Operations Manager, Technician Supervisor or Director and communicates changes.
• Facilitates verification, reporting and resolution of automation/technical issues.
• Monitors all intravenous compounding activities to maintain compliance with USP 797 regulations.
• Readily verifies technician work to assure accurate and timely medication processing and delivery as designated in department workflows.
• Assure product preparation for bedside scanning.
• Educates/trains new pharmacy staff and students.
• Activities can include serving as a designated preceptor for new staff during orientation; providing feedback/suggestions on evaluations; providing education to staff during Pharmacy Rounds; assisting with completion of staff competencies.
• Provides learning experiences for pharmacy residents.

Benefits

• A Zero-Deductible Health Plan
• Dental and vision insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance
• Retirement Savings Match
• A Robust Employee Assistance Program to help with many aspects of emotional wellbeing
• Membership to Healthy U: An Incentive-Based Wellness Program
• health savings account
• flexible spending account for childcare
• life insurance
• short-term and long-term disability
• professional development
• discounts to on-campus dining