Hospital Pharmacist: Patient-Safety & Leadership Lead

Mercyhealth Wisconsin and Illinois; Freeport (IL); On-site; USD 79,000 - 119,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercyhealth Wisconsin and Illinois is seeking a pharmacist to oversee safe medication management across hospital operations. You will prepare, dispense medications per physician requests, and provide drug information to professional staff, patients and families.

This role supervises pharmacy technicians, ensures compliance with regulations, participates in quality improvement, and maintains formulary and records.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Pharmacy program.
• Wisconsin and/or Illinois license required.
• Strong accuracy and pharmaceutical calculation skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepares, dispenses medication orders per physician request according to established policies, procedures, & protocols.
• Provides accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to professional staff, patients and patient families.
• Ensures safe, appropriate, cost effective medication therapies for patients according to established policies, procedures, and protocols; reports adverse reactions.
• Participates in quality improvement and medication use review activities; collects data and maintains logs and records.
• Assists with pharmacokinetics consult service and drug dosing per organizational protocol; reviews culture and susceptibility data for antibiotic appropriateness.
• Supervises, directs, and coordinates the daily activities of the pharmacy technicians and support personnel.

Skills

Attention to detail

Pharmaceutical calculations

Computer skills

Education

Pharmacy degree (Graduate of accredited program)

Job description

Mercyhealth Wisconsin and Illinois is seeking a pharmacist to oversee safe medication management across hospital operations. You will prepare, dispense medications per physician requests, and provide drug information to professional staff, patients and families.

This role supervises pharmacy technicians, ensures compliance with regulations, participates in quality improvement, and maintains formulary and records.