Clinical Staff Pharmacist

Baptist Health System KY & IN; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health System KY & IN in Paducah, KY seeks a Clinical Staff Pharmacist for day and evening shifts with rotating weekends. The pharmacist will provide safe, effective medication therapy, support medication-use systems, and ensure accurate drug preparation and verification for diverse patient populations.

Responsibilities include monitoring regimens, serving as a drug information resource, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supervising technicians.

Qualifications

• BS degree from an accredited College of Pharmacy
• Kentucky Board of Pharmacy license in good standing
• ACLS certification within 6 months
• Preferred hospital experience

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, effective, and prompt medication therapy for patients
• Support centralized and decentralized medication use systems and optimize therapy
• Perform drug preparation and distribution, verify orders, and act as a drug information resource
• Monitor and manage medication regimens per protocol or consult
• Manage pharmacy inventory and participate in compliance with regulations and standards
• Supervisory duties including technician oversight and routine daily activities

Education

BS degree from accredited College of Pharmacy

Job description

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Rotating 10 hour days and evenings, every 3rd weekend.

Clinical Staff Pharmacists are responsible and accountable for the provision of safe, effective, and prompt medication therapy. Through various assignments within the department, they provide support of centralized and decentralized medication use systems as well as deliver optimal medication therapy to patients with a broad range of disease states. All pharmacists are responsible for drug preparation and distribution for medications; evaluating, inputting and verification of medication orders; assisting providers and other health care professionals by serving as a drug information resource; monitoring and managing medication regimens per protocol or per consult; and managing pharmacy inventory.

Pharmacy Operations and Activities Has a working knowledge of pharmacy operations including pharmacy operating system, use of patient records, purchasing, inventory and formulary management, automation, packaging, USP 797, USP 795, USP 800, and pharmaceutical waste.

Clinical and patient care services, serves as a drug information expert and resource regarding medication management

Medication Management and review Interprets and reviews medication orders for correct drug, dosage, route, frequency, allergies, therapeutic duplication, interactions, contraindications, and potential adverse events for all ages served

Supervisory and production duties including technician oversight and assumes the role of supervisor in routine daily activities.

Compliance and regulation of local, state, and federal regulations regarding pharmacy practice along with accrediting bodies medication management standards.

Requirements

• BS degree graduate of accredited College of Pharmacy
• Preferred hospital experience
• Kentucky Board of Pharmacy license in good standing as applicable to practice site
• ACLS (if required to attend codes) within 6 months