Position Summary:
Graduate pharmacist fill orders for parenteral and enteral medications, monitor patient drug therapies, and provide drug information under supervision of a licensed pharmacist.
Experience:
Prior experience in a health system is preferred, but not required.
Education, Licenses & Certifications:
Eligible for pharmacist license and registration
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
Degrees
Bachelor of Science
Essential Functions
Graduate pharmacist performs the following under supervision of a licensed pharmacist:
- Sustains the formulary by minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols, and promoting rational drug therapy selection.
- Provides clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners. Suggests appropriate cost-effective therapeutic alternatives as needed.
- Provides accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to the professional staff. Documents all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely.
- Participate in quality improvement and medication use evaluations as required.
- Participated in the development and presentation of orientation, education and training programs to the pharmacy, medical, nursing, and other staffs.
- Contributes to the quality and effective operation of the department.
- Works independently. Organizes and prioritizes work assignments. Ensures pharmacy services are provided in a timely manner.
- Answers the telephone, identifying self and department.
- Maintains competence required for current job
- Attends pharmacy staff meetings.
- Attends orientation, education, and training programs. Completes all competence/ skills assessment requirements.
- Practice personal and professional responsibility and communication skills to patients, other healthcare practitioners, and others.
- Further develop his/her drug therapy assessment ability by drug therapy review, physician rounding, patient contact, and interaction with healthcare personnel.
- Provide quality patient care by involvement with medical care, provision of drug delivery, pharmacy systems, inservice activities, and quality assurance related to medications
- Develop skills related to the provision of drug information, formulary considerations, pharmacokinetic consultations, clinical recommendations for therapy, and patient medication counseling.
- Act as a preceptor to pharmacy students completing clinical clerkships.
- Participate in educational activities such as pharmacy student case conferences, physician journal club, staff development, and other interdisciplinary programs.
- Function as a pharmacy representative in various interdisciplinary committees. Become familiar with investigational drug studies.
- Prepares and dispenses medication orders per physician request according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.
- Reviews and interprets medication orders ensuring accurate entry to the computerized patient profile.
- Compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals, including sterile, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition products accurately
- Issues controlled substances to patient care areas and maintains records as required by law
- Ensures safe, appropriate, cost-effective medication therapies for patients according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.
- Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, interactions, allergies, and appropriateness of drug and dose. Assists with pharmacokinetic drug dosing per protocol.
- Reviews and interprets culture and sensitivity data for antibiotic appropriateness and recommends changes as needed. Reads, extracts, and interprets information in patient charts accurately.
- Detects and reports suspected adverse drug reactions accurately and in a timely manner.
