What are the responsibilities and job description for the PRN-Pharmacist position at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System?
Job Requirements
Position Summary
Responsible for:
Education
Preferred Education
Position Summary
Responsible for:
- Customer satisfaction
- Supervising and managing shift personnel and physical resources
- Assuring accurate and timely dispensing of prescriptions to patients
- Exemplifying pharmaceutical care ideals
- Facilitating patient care through review and processing of the patient's medication orders and the timely distribution of medications
- Communicate with other healthcare personnel to optimize the medication management of a patient
Education
- BS in Pharmacy/ Pharm D
- Prior experience as a Health System Pharmacist (practicing in both the distributive and clinical or decentralized duties) or completed an ASHP accredited PGY1 residency (or eligible).
- Current license (or eligible) to practice pharmacy in S.C.
- Pharmacy extern will work under the supervision of licensed pharmacist until license obtained
Preferred Education
- N/A
- N/A
- N/A
- Follows attendance, dress, education (including continuing education) and safety policies
- Complies with appropriate regulatory agencies' requirements, e.g. DHEC, DEA, SC BOP etc.
- Compounds, prepares, labels, and dispenses medications (sterile and non-sterile) for all age groups according to accepted standards of practice.
- Completes quality assurance checks of all medications prior to dispensing to patient
- Manages out of stock situations and ensures resources are utilized to best serve the patient
- Interprets medication orders, monitors drug regimens, and performs interventions when order clarification is necessary or when therapeutic problems are identified.
- Assists in the training and orientation of new employees; Precept IPPE and APPE Advanced Institutional students.
- Participates in departmental and hospital activities such as departmental in-services, participation in hospital and/or departmental committees. Participates in departmental and hospital activities on performance improvement
- Exercises professional judgment, discretion and initiates communication with physicians, nurses and other members of the health care team when there is a question of appropriateness or a recommendation for more appropriate therapy to ensure safe medication use and to minimize the risk of medication errors
- Alerts and/or advises physician or health care provider(s) of drug-drug interaction and or food-drug interaction. Able to identify potential adverse drug reactions, document and intervene as needed
- Completes documentation of medication error and near-misses, and handles appropriate communication with the patient and prescriber
- Consistently directs staff and encourages teamwork to ensure department workload duties are correctly assigned throughout the staff on a day to day basis
- Customer satisfaction
- Other duties as assigned