Pharmacist Evening 3-11

Job Responsibility

• Processes physician orders to provide pharmaceutical care services by screening orders when entering into the computer profile and reviewing for appropriate therapy - e.g., incompatibilities, interactions, dosing, non-formulary agents.
• Prepares sterile products including large/small volume parenterals, Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN's), chemotherapy utilizing aseptic technique and monitoring parameters.
• Modifies, clarifies, and verifies medication orders through the interdisciplinary medical team by communicating with practitioners concerning therapy changes.
• Dispenses controlled drugs following state and federal regulations and hospital policy including proper documentation and maintenance of inventory levels as well as the dispensing unit for controlled substances.
• Maintains proper inventory control by monitoring stock levels to ensure adequate drug supplies to maintain pharmaceutical services and expiration dates to ensure quality control.
• Performs computer operations to enter physician orders, maintain patient profiles, generate reports, fill patient medication needs for a twenty-four hour period, repackage unit dose for the "robotic"system, understand and operate the interfacing of various systems and utilize the dispensing unit for controlled substances.
• Performs unit inspections of designated patient care areas by checking controlled drugs, refrigerators, stock levels, medication carts, expiration dating of multi-dose vials, medication stashes, expiration dates, and overall medication handling practices.
• Monitors nonprofessional staff including the pharmacy students, assistants and messengers.
• Performs related duties, as required.

*ADA Essential Functions

Job Qualification

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy, required. PharmD, preferred.
• Current license to practice Pharmacy in New York State.
• Minimum of one (1) year related experience to ensure familiarity with hospital pharmacy practice, preferred.

*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).