Pharmacist-Overnight 7 ON 7 OFF Schedule

Northern Light Health

Department: Pharmacy

Position is located: Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center

Work Type: Full Time

Hours Per Week: 40.00

Work Schedule: 7:30pm to 7:00am or 8:00pm - 7:00am; position follows a 7-on/7-off schedule!

*This position is eligible for Student Loan Repayment assistance and a $10,000 sign-on bonus for qualified candidates.

Summary :

Provides medication management services as part of an interdisciplinary team that ensures safe, efficacious, and cost-effective care. Involved in operational duties including order verification, oversight of sterile and non-sterile preparations, and medication distribution. Provides clinical services including multidisciplinary rounds, pharmacy consults, and quality initiatives. Acts as an information resource to patients, providers, nurses, and other healthcare professionals regarding medication therapy and drug-related information. Responsible for participation in and completion of all patient safety initiatives appropriate to the position. May have access to highly confidential patient, employee and/or Organizational proprietary information, and must handle and protect the information in accordance with hospital and system policies, HIPAA requirements and the highest level of ethical standards. Serves as a preceptor to students, new hires, and residents. Provides oversight, guidance, and verification of work completed to pharmacy technicians.

Responsibilities :

• Participates in precepting/training of pharmacy students, residents, pharmacy technicians and new hires.
• Participates in patient counseling and multidisciplinary rounds where applicable.
• Provides drug information for providers, nursing, and other healthcare professionals.
• Performs pharmacotherapy related interventions to optimize patient care.
• Verification of medication orders for clinical appropriateness and accuracy.
• Ensures quality and accuracy of sterile and non-sterile compounding pharmacy activities.
• Provides oversight of pharmacy technicians and medication distribution.
• Proactive in identifying problems and solutions within the department to help improve patient care and patient safety.
• Other Duties.

Other Information :

• PG1Y Residency preferred.

Competencies and Skills

• Exercises Sound Judgment & Decision Making: Understands and processes complex information, which allows for appropriate and accountable conclusions. Does not react too quickly or slowly. Balances facts, goals, and potential approaches taking the appropriate criteria into account. Makes active decisions and commits oneself by communicating confidently and respectfully.
• Word processing, spreadsheets, data entry, database experience and other computer related skills.
• MS Teams
• Word process application with the ability to create and edit documents, format, use tables, apply footnoting, create table of contents and mail merge techniques.
• Provides Patient-Centered Care: Demonstrates understanding of patient care quality and service as organizational priority. Proactively supports change to improve patient experience and results. Exhibits the ability and willingness to find out what the patient wants and needs and to act accordingly, taking the organizational and outside resources into account. Cooperates, collaborates, communicates, and integrates care within and between teams to ensure that care is continuous and reliable.
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• Behaves with Integrity and Builds Trust: Acts consistently in line with the core values, commitments and rules of conduct. Leads by example and tells the truth. Does what they say they will, when and how they say they will, or communicates an alternate plan.
• Cultivates Respect: Treats others fairly, embraces and values differences, and contributes to a culture of belonging, empowerment, and cooperation.
• Fosters Accountability: Creates and participates in a work environment where people hold themselves and others accountable for processes, results and behaviors. Takes appropriate ownership not only of successes but also mistakes and works to correct them in a timely manner. Demonstrates understanding that we all work as a team and the quality and timeliness of work impacts everyone involved.
• Practices Compassion: Exhibits genuine care for people and is available and ready to help; displays a deep awareness of and strong willingness to relieve the suffering of others.

Credentials

• Required Registered Pharmacist

Education

• Required Doctoral Degree

Required Experience

• 1 year/years of Relevant Work Experience

Working Conditions

• Work with computers, typing, reading or writing.
• Lifting, moving and loading 20 to 30 pounds.
• Prolonged periods of sitting.
• Prolonged periods of walking.

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