Clinical Staff Pharmacist

Daniel La Spata; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Norwegian American Hospital in Chicago is seeking a qualified pharmacist responsible for reviewing and processing medication orders, supervising pharmacy activities, and monitoring drug therapies for appropriateness. Candidates must be graduates from an ACPE accredited college of pharmacy. This role involves ensuring compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements while participating in quality improvement initiatives. The hospital is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Reviews, processes, and modifies medication orders.
• Supervises activities involved with compounding and preparing medications.
• Monitors and evaluates drug therapies for appropriateness.

Education

Graduate of an ACPE accredited college of pharmacy

Job description

Location

Humboldt Park Health
1044 N. Francisco
Chicago, IL 60622, USA

Responsibilities

• Reviews, processes, and modifies, as necessary, all medication orders to maintain a current and accurate medication profile.
• Supervises, directs and reviews all activities involved with the compounding, storing, inventory, labeling, recording, or preparing medications by pharmacy technicians.
• Monitors drug therapies to evaluate appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic levels, drug interactions, and therapeutic duplication.
• Monitors the use of drugs for compliance with prescribing criteria, guidelines, formulary, and protocols established by Norwegian American Hospital.
• Detects, monitors, documents and reports adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
• Serves as a resource of drug information for all practitioners and patients (i.e. drug identification, side effects, adverse events, interactions, medication counseling, etc.).
• Participates in pharmacy quality assessment/performance improvement (QA/PI) projects and/or initiatives.
• Assures proper control, documentation, and record keeping of controlled substances.
• Ensures all state and federal regulatory requirements are maintained.

Requirements

• Graduate of an ACPE accredited college of pharmacy.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The hospital prohibits discrimination based on age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression.

Legal Notice

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