Hospital Pharmacist — Patient-Centric Drug Therapy

Hillsboro Health; Hillsboro (IL); On-site; USD 86,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hillsboro Health is seeking a licensed pharmacist to support hospital pharmacy operations, reviewing orders and dispensing medications to patients upon receipt, while ensuring safety and compliance with CPS policies and state/federal laws.

The role involves collaborating with healthcare teams, supervising technicians, maintaining records, and contributing to quality improvement and accreditation efforts through active committee participation.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a college of pharmacy accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE) with a minimum of a bachelor's degree.
• Doctor of Pharmacy preferred.
• Post-graduate Hospital pharmacy residency preferred.
• Proficient computer skills using Pharmacy systems and Microsoft applications - Outlook, Word, Excel.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates physician drug orders for appropriateness with regard to patient condition, organ function, disease state, and concomitant therapies to promote optimal patient outcomes.
• Includes collection and interpretation of information regarding patients' allergies, organ function, drug history, and other information pertinent to drug therapy.
• Processes provider medication orders including, but not limited to, order entry into dispensing computer system, appropriate product selection, compounding, labeling, and repackaging with completion of appropriate records; delegating product preparation activities to pharmacy technicians when appropriate, within legal limits and hospital policies and procedures.
• Consults with various health care professionals and provides information and guidance concerning drugs and their appropriate use.
• Ensures drugs are reasonably available to patients when needed to avoid delays in therapy and promote positive patient outcomes.
• Assumes duties of Director of Pharmacy in his/her absence to manage daily departmental activities
• Assists in orienting new personnel or students to departmental services and programs.
• Responds to cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedures, when requested.
• Assists in ensuring drug storage locations are maintained appropriately.
• Assists in ensuring that drug items are appropriately billed to various areas or patients.
• Assists in ensuring that pharmacy inventory is maintained at appropriate levels.
• Procures formulary and non-formulary items to provide optimal drug therapy.
• Reviews and assumes responsibility for products prepared by pharmacy technicians and assigns tasks to pharmacy technicians as necessary to meet workload demands.
• Participates in and/or provides support to hospital committees as agreed upon by committee members and the Director of Pharmacy to help establish drug-related policies, criteria, or to monitor issues related to drugs i.e., Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
• Assist in the preparation of periodic reports on the progress of the department for submission to the administration of the hospital.
• Maintains State and Federal required records to maintain adequate accountability and control.
• Participate in departmental and hospital performance improvement activities to promote quality in the medication use process, including documentation of pharmacist interventions.
• Assists the department and hospital in maintaining compliance with accreditation standards.
• Maintains knowledge of state and federal pharmacy and applicable health care regulations and professional standards as they relate to this job description.
• Adheres to requirements of state and federal pharmacy laws and regulations in the performance of duties.
• Adheres to applicable hospital policies and procedures.
• Assist in presenting medical, nursing, or department in-service programs.
• Provide patient education, as needed, on medications.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Through training and/or experience, possess necessary knowledge to provide oversight of medication regimens for the patient populations treated in the facility including a knowledge of dosing for specific age populations.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy

Doctor of Pharmacy preferred

Job description

Hillsboro Health is seeking a licensed pharmacist to support hospital pharmacy operations, reviewing orders and dispensing medications to patients upon receipt, while ensuring safety and compliance with CPS policies and state/federal laws.

The role involves collaborating with healthcare teams, supervising technicians, maintaining records, and contributing to quality improvement and accreditation efforts through active committee participation.