Geriatric Clinical Pharmacist - Dispensing & Care Lead

Delmar Gardens; Chesterfield (MO); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Corum Health Services in Missouri is seeking a Full-Time Staff Pharmacist to join our closed-door long-term care pharmacy. The role blends clinical oversight, dispensing, and day-to-day management to support residents of long-term care facilities and hospice partners.

You will review orders, supervise technicians, optimize therapy through DRRs, and collaborate with physicians and nurses to ensure safe, effective patient care. A Missouri license is required.

Qualifications

• Active pharmacist license in Missouri
• Strong clinical judgement and critical thinking
• Exceptional attention to detail with high accountability
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience with FrameworkLTC is preferred

Responsibilities

• Review and verify medication orders and ensure accuracy
• Oversee preparation and dispensing, ensuring timely delivery to long-term care facilities
• Supervise pharmacy technicians and maintain high standards of dispensing quality
• Monitor inventory levels and help procure medications as needed
• Perform DRRs to optimize therapy and ensure safety
• Collaborate with nurses and physicians on drug therapies in LTAC settings

Skills

Clinical judgement

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

Pharmacist license

Tools

FrameworkLTC

Job description

Description

Corum Health Services is a closed-door long-term care pharmacy in search of a Full-Time Staff Pharmacist. We are seeking a motivated and experienced pharmacist to join our team. Our staff pharmacist role offers a unique blend of clinical, dispensing, and managerial responsibilities. Candidate must be passionate about and dedicated to providing patient-centered care, particularly to the older adult population. Most of our prescriptions are dispensed to residents of long-term care facilities. In addition, we work with several hospice companies to provide pharmacy services to their end-of-life patients and have some community retail patients as well. We also provide sterile and non-sterile compounding products.

Key responsibilities:

Dispensing services:

• Accurately review and verify medication orders
• Oversee preparation and dispensing of medications, ensuring timely delivery to long-term care facilities
• Manage and oversee pharmacy technicians, ensuring the highest standard of accuracy and efficiency in dispensing processes
• Monitor medication inventory levels and assist with procurement of medications to meet patient needs.

Clinical services:

• Optimize medication therapy daily through drug regimen reviews (DRRs) to ensure safety and appropriateness of treatment plans.
• Provide recommendations on dosage adjustments, therapeutic alternatives, and drug interactions to ensure best outcomes for patients
• Execute MTS services through protocols with physicians to manage drug therapies, such as intravenous vancomycin
• Collaborate with nurses and physicians at long-term care facilities to answer questions and provide guidance on drug therapies

Hours/Anticipated Schedule:

• Salaried position
• Pharmacy hours:
  • Monday through Friday 7AM-9PM
  • Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays 9AM-5PM
  • Closing times are approximate, staff must stay until work is complete
• All staff pharmacists work day, evening, weekend, and holiday shifts
• Pharmacists share on-call responsibilities

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Requirements

• Active pharmacist license in good standing in the state of Missouri
• Strong clinical judgement and critical thinking skills
• Exceptional attention to detail with a high level of accountability
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with healthcare professionals, facility staff, and team members
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience with FrameworkLTC is preferred, but not required