Brief Summary:

Provide accurate, safe, efficient and cost-effective pharmaceutical care either directly or indirectly through the supervised efforts of support staff, to the patients of Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital and retail consumers.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Job Functions:

• Act as specialist in an assigned area of expertise, engage in consumer education, and provide clinical practice direction to other staff members.

· Aid in the development, implementation, and evaluation of treatment guidelines that address cost-efficient and appropriate drug therapy.

• Participate in interdisciplinary groups to enhance patient care.
• Assist in developing, evaluating, reporting, and otherwise participates in Performance Improvement, Drug Utilization Evaluation, Adverse Drug Reaction reporting, Medication Use, and other projects as assigned by the Director of Pharmacy.
• Provide, coordinate, and evaluate staff development opportunities for practicing Pharmacy Technicians. Evaluate clinical skills of Pharmacy Technicians and provide performance review input.
• Conduct and participate in clinical research.
• Provide accurate, efficient, and appropriate pharmaceutical distribution services to patients by properly interpreting provider drug orders, entering orders into the pharmacy computer system, and dispensing the appropriate medications utilizing the accepted departmental programs for these activities.
• Identify, resolve, and prevent potential and actual drug-related problems by obtaining and evaluating medical data including patient history, laboratory data, and reviewing patient profiles for drug interactions, allergies, contraindications, and adverse drug reactions to determine and implement optimal drug therapy.
• Communicate directly with physicians, nurses, and other health care providers to relate information regarding patient drug therapy.
• Communicate and document drug information given to patients and/or patient representatives.
• Monitor all patient drug therapy for cost effectiveness and communicate all possible cost saving recommendations to the patient’s physician(s).
• Maintain and update personal drug knowledge database to ensure accurate provision of pharmaceutical care for general disease states as well as specialized knowledge in the assigned area of expertise; maintain advanced practice base through the avenues of publications, presentations, educational boards and professional consultation, association leadership, and certification.
• Document all medication errors and near misses in Quatro’s.
• Maintain current knowledge of state and federal regulations and statutes regarding the practice of pharmacy and the distribution of approved drugs, controlled substances, and investigational agents; conduct personal practice in accordance with those requirements.
• Supervise support personnel according to state laws to ensure accurate preparation and dispensing of pharmaceuticals. Assume total responsibility for the delivery of pharmaceutical and clinical services provided by any personnel under position’s direct supervision.

Education & Experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy required; an advanced degree (Pharm D.) preferred.
• Completion of a residency with a minimum of two years post-graduate clinical practice experience or equivalency in retail and inpatient pharmacy preferred.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support card, and active membership in both state and national pharmacy organizations are preferred.

Certification/Licensure:

• Must have valid unrestricted license to practice pharmacy and to dispense controlled substances within the United States.

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