What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacist/Outpatient - Contract position at Prairie Band Health Services?
Description
Make your next career move one that blends professional challenge with cultural connection. At Hopi Health Care Center in Polacca, AZ, pharmacists play a vital role in delivering trusted care to the Hopi community while working as part of a dedicated, mission-driven team. This long-term contract assignment offers the chance to provide essential pharmacy services in a supportive environment, while experiencing the unique traditions and landscape of northern Arizona.
Learn more about the facility: Hopi Health Care Center
Position Highlights:
- Long-term contract with potential for extension
- Outpatient pharmacy services at Hopi Health Care Center
- 8-hour shifts, 40 hours per week
- Active license from any U.S. state accepted
- Collaborative, mission-focused work environment
- Live and work in the heart of Hopi lands, surrounded by the mesas of northern Arizona
Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited pharmacy program/school
- Active pharmacy license in any U.S. state
- Minimum of 2 years’ pharmacy experience
- Prior IHS or federal facility experience preferred
- Contract or travel experience is highly desired
- Must be able to pass a federal background check
Key Responsibilities:
- Verify provider orders to ensure safe, effective medication therapy
- Dispense prescriptions and provide patient-centered counseling
- Conduct assessments to monitor medication use and outcomes
- Manage pharmacy inventory and ensure proper storage/safety protocols
- Prepare medications in compliance with sterile and non-sterile compounding standards
- Partner with other departments to support whole-patient care
- Serve as a clinical resource for drug therapy and interactions
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.
