What are the responsibilities and job description for the Outpatient Pharmacist position at Prairie Band Health Services?
Description
Looking for a pharmacy role where you can combine clinical expertise with community impact? Fort Yuma Health Center in Winterhaven, CA, is seeking a Contract Pharmacist for a long-term outpatient assignment. This is a unique chance to deliver high-quality pharmacy services to the Quechan community while working alongside a collaborative healthcare team. Nestled along the Colorado River near the Arizona–California border, Fort Yuma offers both professional fulfillment and the lifestyle benefits of desert living.
Learn more about the facility: https://www.ihs.gov/Phoenix/healthcarefacilities/fortyuma/
Position Highlights:
- Long-term contract with potential for extension
- Outpatient pharmacy focus at Fort Yuma Health Center
- 8-hour shifts, 40 hours per week
- Active license from any U.S. state accepted
- Mission-driven, supportive team environment
- Live and work in southern California’s border region, just minutes from Yuma, AZ
Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited pharmacy program/school
- Active pharmacy license in any U.S. state
- Minimum of 2 years’ pharmacy experience
- Outpatient experience strongly preferred
- Prior IHS or federal facility experience is a plus
- Must be able to pass a federal background check
Key Responsibilities:
- Accurately interpret and fill provider prescriptions for outpatients
- Dispense medications with clear, culturally sensitive patient counseling
- Monitor medication effectiveness and adherence through patient assessments
- Manage outpatient pharmacy inventory and ensure compliance with storage and handling standards
- Provide clinical guidance on safe medication use, potential side effects, and drug interactions
- Work closely with medical staff to support continuity of care across the health center
Additional Duties:
Additional duties and responsibilities may be added to this job description at any time. The job description does not state or imply that these are the only activities to be performed by the employee holding this position. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related responsibilities as requested by the supervisor
Tribal Preference Exercised:
Prairie Band, LLC is subject to Title 22 Employment Code of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. In accordance with Title 22, this position is designated as a TIER 2 position. Preference will be granted to individuals as required by Section 22-2-4(8).
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Requirements
Requirements
- Be a graduate of an accredited pharmacy program/school
- Previous contract experience is a plus
- Previous IHS facility experience helpful
- Hospital pharmacy experience preferred
- Have a Pharmacist degree from a school of pharmacy approved by a state-accrediting agency
- Possess a current, active, unrestricted license from any of the 50 United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia.
- Maintain continuing education/certification
- Must be a US citizen, living primarily in the United States
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Have a minimum of 2 years of experience as a pharmacist within the past 36 months
- References required
- Must meet all credentialing and background investigation requirements.
Apply today, we are looking forward to speaking with you.
