Location/Department: Hospital - Pharmacy
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Job Summary:
The registered pharmacist provides pharmacy services to MMH with an emphasis on clinical monitoring and therapeutic interventions with a goal to improve patient outcomes. The pharmacist will advocate for safe and effective dosing of medications and promote a culture that continuously improves the medication use process.
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates awareness of patient rights.
- Uses respect & dignity when dealing with death and dying.
- Understands procedure to clarify physician orders.
- Uses standing orders when indicated.
- Reports sentinel events or adverse drug reactions or incidents as warranted.
- Uses only approved abbreviations.
- Understands patient safety goals & actions taken.
- Verifies &/or reviews orders entered by other professionals.
- Procures the correct drug needed by a department or patient.
- Accurately enters & documents drug distribution with the required EHR information.
- Attends and participates in multidisciplinary rounds.
- Adjusts doses to age, weight, renal status, disease & documents as appropriate in EHR.
- Procures unusual, non-familiar drugs as required.
- Accurately fills Omnicell as required.
- Properly prepares sterile IV products to USP 797 and USP 800 requirements w/ documentation as required.
- Properly prepares non-sterile compounds to USP 795 requirements
- Checks all medication prior to final dispensing
- Assures compliance with all state, federal & local laws & regulations.
- Plans & organizes the day’s operations.
- Oversees pharmacy techs & volunteers.
- Prevents, corrects & documents medication errors.
- Resolves interdepartmental issues in a professional manner.
- Complies with the approved drug formulary & policies/procedures.
- Confirms correct drug use & storage (DUE).
- Helps perform the annual drug inventory.
- Renews one’s license with the required hours of continuing education credit before the license expires; presents licensing documentation to manager when received.
- Teaches staff members to help increase skills & competence.
- Provides clinical services up to the limits of one’s competence level & documents same.
- Utilizes correctly & effectively the clinical resources available to Pharmacy dept.
- Maintains awareness of the contents of Pharmacy’s policy & procedure manuals & notebooks.
- Provides pharmacy services at both the main hospital and the Cancer Center.
- Demonstrates competence in technician functions in addition to pharmacist functions and assists technicians when necessary.
- Participates in and supervises the receipt, dispensing and distribution of controlled substances.
- Ensures controlled substance inventories are accurate and participates in resolution of controlled substance discrepancies.
- Works rotated weekends and holidays as scheduled.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Strong customer service skills & team player.
- Effectively communicates both verbal & written.
- Able to multi-task & prioritize, detail oriented.
- Must acquire basic knowledge of drugs, dosages, usage, reference sources & other pertinent pharmaceutical information; utilizes pharmacy math skills for dose calculations.
- Able to concentrate/focus on work in a small, sometimes noisy/distracting environment.
- Able to operate Laminar flow hood or newer models, pharmacy dispensing devices, other new equipment as purchased.
- Able to operate basic office equipment & hospital applications.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree majoring in Pharmacy required – graduate from ACPE accredited pharmacy college.
- Must be a registered pharmacist with the Indiana Board of Pharmacy.
- No prior work experience required.
Physical Requirements:
- Constant use of hands & manual dexterity; frequent sitting; occasional walking, pushing, pulling, climbing, stooping, kneeling, standing, reaching, & talking.
- Occasionally may need to lift between 25 lbs to 50 lbs.