What are the responsibilities and job description for the PRN - Pharmacist position at HAMILTON HEALTH CENTER INC?
The Pharmacist plays a vital role in ensuring safe, accurate, and compassionate patient care by dispensing and compounding medications, verifying prescription accuracy, and providing clear patient education on dosage, interactions, and side effects. In addition to maintaining compliance with FDA, DEA, and HIPAA regulations, the Pharmacist supports clinical services such as immunizations and basic health screenings, monitors drug therapies, and promotes a safe and clean work environment. This position also includes operational responsibilities like managing controlled substance records, verifying orders, removing expired medications, and contributing to revenue cycle goals. As a member of the Hamilton Health Center team, the Pharmacist is expected to embody core values of integrity, innovation, quality, accountability, respect, commitment, and inclusion, while collaborating across service areas to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care.
Essential Functions:
- Dispensing drugs prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners.
- Labeling, packaging, and compounding pharmaceuticals so that all medications are properly dispensed.
- Checking for order accuracy on medicine type, dosage, and correct packaging/ labels on all new and refill orders.
- Educating patients on correct dosage, including frequency of use, time of day, and any possible food or drug interactions.
- Following all applicable local, state, and federal health laws (FDA and DEA regulations, HIPAA guidelines).
- Providing immunizations and other medical services, such as taking blood pressure, temperature measurements, and checking blood sugar levels, as needed.
- Monitoring customers’ drug therapies, advising interventions, and informing customers of any potential side effects.
- Ensuring a safe and clean working environment.
- Completing operational requirements of the pharmacy, including verifying order entries, maintaining records of controlled substances, charges, and removing expired and/or damaged drugs from the pharmacy’s inventory.
- Performing other administrative tasks when needed.
- Participating in Hamilton’s efforts related to revenue cycle, which include, but are not limited to, achieving goals for productivity; meeting or exceeding revenue targets; and expense management as budgeted.
- Demonstrating commitment to established Workplace Values: Innovation; Integrity; Quality; Accountability; Respect; Commitment and Inclusion. Practices behaviors that effectively demonstrate Hamilton’s Workplace Values and supports the goal to co-create a great workplace.
- Traveling throughout the service areas as required.
- Performing other duties as assigned in support of the mission and as required to ensure delivery of consistent high-quality services.
Requirements:
- Healthcare Knowledge: A fundamental understanding of healthcare services and basic medical terminology.
- Tech-Savvy: Proficiency in basic data entry computer skills.
- Strong Interpersonal Skills: Ability to communicate courteously and effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
- Team Player: An industrious and cooperative nature to foster harmonious working relationships with clinic management, physicians, clinicians, and the public.
- Education:
- Bachelor of Science or higher degree in Pharmacy from an accredited College of Pharmacy
- Current, clean license to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Preferred Qualifications:
- Three (3) years’ experience with the 340B Drug Pricing Program
- Experience in a Federally Qualified Health Center Environment
- Knowledge of The Joint Commission regulations
- Bilingual in Spanish, Nepali, French, Arabic
All About Hamilton Health Center
Hamilton Health Center (Hamilton), established in 1969, is the only Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) within a 30-mile radius of Harrisburg, PA, and continues to grow using a holistic and comprehensive approach to being patient-centered. The mission of Hamilton is to improve the health of Central Pennsylvania’s residents by delivering high quality, respectful and patient-centered health and related social services that promote access, treatment, education, and prevention regardless of health, economic, or insurance status. Our vision is that every member of our community, regardless of their ability to pay or their insurance status, receives holistic, quality health care needed to create a healthy community. For over 50 years we have been true to these words. As part of our team, you will work alongside a dedicated team that cares and values those we serve.
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