Pharmacist (PRN or Weekend Package)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Reviews prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability. Provides information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
• Assesses the identity, strength, or purity of medications. Compounds and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or overseeing these activities.
• Maintains records such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, and registries of poisons, narcotics, and controlled drugs.
• Plans, implements, and maintains procedures for mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals according to policy and legal requirements to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.

• Determine and resolve medication therapy problems including but not limited to therapy inappropriate for medical conditions; immunizations; inappropriate doses, inappropriate dosage forms; medication allergies; inappropriate duration, schedule, route of administration, method of administration and therapeutic duplications.
• Monitor and intervene for clinically significant drug-drug, drug-disease, drug-nutrient, or drug-laboratory test interactions.
• Verify medication orders for appropriateness and accuracy.
• Provide concise, accurate, and timely responses for pharmacokinetic drug dose calculations and requests for drug information.
• Participates in formulary management.
• Assists in medication reconciliation.
• Evaluates, documents, and reports medication errors and adverse drug reactions.
• Interprets, processes, and fills physician orders and prescriptions.
• Performs or oversees intravenous fluid compounding and manipulation using aseptic technique.
• Maintains knowledge of and seeks opportunities to improve accurate, timely, effective, and efficient medication delivery systems.

• Collaborates with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of drugs and drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications and characteristics. Analyzes prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.

• Supervises and assists support personnel to complete daily tasks and responsibilities including unit does fills, prescription preparation, floor stock maintenance, and intravenous solution fills.

• Orders and purchases pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, and drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.

• Assists in preparation of policies and procedures as requested.
• Participates in and helps implement the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) for the assigned departments.
• Practices and behaves in a professional, safe and ethical manner at all times.
• Maintains friendly and courteous interpersonal communication skills and a positive service attitude.
• Participates in performance improvement and educational activities. Completes all CEU’s as required by respective licensure. If licensed, maintains an active and current license.
• Works willingly and accepts assignments as given.
• Attends all mandatory meetings and programs.
• Participates in opportunities that enhance personal and professional growth.
• Performs other duties as necessary or assigned.
• Complies with the Corporate Compliance Policy and all laws, regulations, and Standards of Conduct relating to the position and agrees to report any suspected violations of law or Standards of Conduct.
• Complies with all applicable state and federal regulations and JCAHO standards.
• Maintains a safe work environment using safe work practices, utilizing standard precautions and complying with hazardous waste procedures at all times as described in St. Anthony's Safety Manual.
• Maintains the confidentiality of patient, resident, employee and organizational information.

Supervision Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

This job has no supervisory responsibilities, however, may assist and provide training, education, and guidance to assigned staff.

Carries out responsibilities in accordance with the department Director, organization’s policies and applicable laws.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree.

Position Requirements, Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Currently licensed to practice pharmacy in the State of Iowa.
• Strong patient service skills.

• Excellent knowledge of chemistry and specific drug interactions.
• Strong knowledge of medical and biological terminology.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to balance competing priorities.

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze and interpret technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from other healthcare providers, patients, families, regulatory agencies, or members of the community. Ability to effectively present information to management, the public, and/or board of directors.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; talk and hear; and use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to walk and sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, and blood borne pathogens. The employee may be exposed to unpleasant sights, odors, and materials. The employee may be exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of radiation. The employee may occasionally be exposed to high, precarious places and vibration.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Other Requirements
May be required to train in and float to other areas within the department or other assigned areas and provide extra support and/or coverage as needed.

Education

• Bachelors or better

Licenses & Certifications

• PHARMACIST

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