Community Pharmacist - PRN Float

Baptist Health; LaGrange (GA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 117,000; Part time

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a Community Staff Pharmacist to support the Community Pharmacy Manager and develop staff while delivering direct patient care across multiple LaGrange-area float locations. The role covers dispensing, counseling, immunizations, disease-state management, and transition-of-care activities.

Responsibilities include maintaining medication safety, inventory management, 340B program integrity, and compliance with state and federal regulations.

Qualifications

• Active KY/IN pharmacist license in good standing.
• Doctorate of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Pharmacy degree.
• BLS certification and Immunization certification within 6 months of hire.
• Community Pharmacy experience and a valid driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Assist the manager with oversight of pharmacy operations and personnel.
• Support orientation, training, and staff development.
• Ensure compliance with Baptist Health policies and regulatory standards.
• Maintain 340B program integrity and safe medication storage.

Skills

Pharmacy ops

Patient counseling

Drug regimen review

Immunization admin

Inventory mgmt

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's in Pharmacy

Doctorate of Pharmacy

Tools

BLS Certification

Immunization Certification

Job description

Summary

This position assists the Community Pharmacy Manager with the direction and development of pharmacy staff to optimize patient experience and delivery of services. The Community Staff Pharmacist provides direct patient care services including but not limited to drug regimen review, disease state management, medication counseling, adherence monitoring, discharge medication reconciliation, prescription dispensing, and immunization administration. Proficient with all steps of dispensing and verification workflows. This position is responsible for performing all pharmacy operations in accordance with accredited policies and procedures, ethical and professional practices, Board of Pharmacy, and State and Federal requirements. The Community Staff Pharmacist maintains appropriate patient record documentation for clinical and dispensing services. Adheres to best practices for medication safety and ensures appropriate documentation of medication events. The Community Staff Pharmacist is responsible for inventory management functions, including maintaining 340B program integrity as applicable to practice site.

Job Description:

Baptist Health is looking for a Community Retail PRN Float Pharmacist to join our Pharmacy team! Float locations will be LaGrange, Floyd, Louisville, Breckenridge and Bardstown. Assists the manager with oversight of pharmacy operations and personnel. Supports the orientation, training, and development of community pharmacy staff. Ensures compliance with Baptist Health policies, 340B program (if applicable), accrediting bodies, REMS compliance, third-party payers (including audits), and state and federal regulations. Ensures timely completion of all claim and invoice reconciliation as needed by the Community Pharmacy Manager. Ensures adequate control and documentation of controlled substance ordering, receiving, inventory management, and dispensing in compliance with state and federal regulations. Maintains compliance with immunization protocols and ensures all staff have current training, including BLS CPR certification. Ensures the integrity of medications by assuring storage under proper conditions (e.g., refrigeration) and security. Monitors drug shortages and implements solutions to avoid therapy delays. Supports the development and implementation of strategies to eliminate or minimize medication errors. Reports Good Catches, Adverse Drug Events, and Medication/Fluid errors. Coordinates safe transitions of care from the hospital with patients, caregivers, other institutions, providers, and pharmacies. Ensures prompt and friendly service, prioritizing the patient's well-being in all functions and duties. Performs responsibilities of Community Pharmacy Manager during their absence.

Minimum Requirements

Indiana and Kentucky Board of Pharmacy license in good standing. Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy or Doctorate of Pharmacy required. Must obtain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 6 months of hire. Must obtain Immunization certification within 6 months of hire. Community Pharmacy experience preferred. Must have and maintain a valid driver's license.

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement:

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRMISSION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug‑free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre‑employment drug testing. Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll‑free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.