Outpatient Pharmacy Part-time Pharmacist

Geisinger; Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Geisinger is seeking a Pharmacist at the Community Care Wilkes-Barre site to provide efficient, accurate medication services by filling prescriptions after evaluating patient needs, consulting references, and counseling physicians and other health professionals as needed.

The pharmacist will supervise pharmacy technicians, oversee all CareSite Pharmacy activities, ensure compliance with regulatory standards, and assist in ordering medications and supplies to maintain appropriate inventory.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree is required.

Responsibilities

• Assumes responsibility for the delivery of pharmaceutical care to patients by interpreting prescriptions and making professional determinations regarding medications and various drug interactions, drug utilization review, generic substitution, and accurately filling and dispensing the prescription.
• Processes prescriptions by receiving the prescription via telephone from the physician or in person from the patient, reviewing it against the medication profile for possible sensitivities and drug interactions, and checking it for contraindications and duplications.
• Enters patient medical, demographic, and insurance information to ensure a complete, updated medication profile and adequate payment for services.
• Provides necessary counseling to physicians and patients and customers to ensure accurate delivery of medication and patient compliance in the administration of the medication.
• Identifies and resolves routine prescribing, formulary, and therapeutic issues and suggests appropriate formulary substitutions to the prescribing physicians.
• Coordinates and supervises all activities at the CareSite Pharmacy including, but not limited to, professional competence, services rendered, and work performed in accordance with regulatory standards.
• Supervises, advises, and assists pharmacy technicians and assumes final responsibility for the accuracy of their work.
• Confers with physicians and clinical personnel on matters relating to drug therapy, drug information, formulary status of a particular agent, and active and inactive medications ingredients.
• Prepares special medications involving compounding, IV admixtures, chemotherapeutic medications, and other sterile products utilizing aseptic technique, when necessary.
• Suggests improvements and changes to perpetually improve the operations at the CareSite Pharmacy.
• Assists the manager in ordering medications and supplies to maintain appropriate inventory levels for pharmacy operation.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Location: Community Care Wilkes-BarreShift: Days (United States of America)Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0Worker Type: RegularExemption Status: No

Job Summary: Functions as a pharmacist at the Retail Site Pharmacy and provides efficient, accurate, and safe medication services to patients/customers by filling physicians’ prescriptions after evaluating individual medical needs, consulting appropriate references, and counseling physicians and other health professionals, if needed. Assumes overall responsibility for the pharmacy by delegating authority to pharmacy technicians and other non‑clinical staff.

Job Duties:

• Assumes responsibility for the delivery of pharmaceutical care to patients by interpreting prescriptions and making professional determinations regarding medications and various drug interactions, drug utilization review, generic substitution, and accurately filling and dispensing the prescription.
• Processes prescriptions by receiving the prescription via telephone from the physician or in person from the patient, reviewing it against the medication profile for possible sensitivities and drug interactions, and checking it for contraindications and duplications.
• Enters patient medical, demographic, and insurance information to ensure a complete, updated medication profile and adequate payment for services.
• Provides necessary counseling to physicians and patients and customers to ensure accurate delivery of medication and patient compliance in the administration of the medication.
• Identifies and resolves routine prescribing, formulary, and therapeutic issues and suggests appropriate formulary substitutions to the prescribing physicians.
• Coordinates and supervises all activities at the CareSite Pharmacy including, but not limited to, professional competence, services rendered, and work performed in accordance with regulatory standards.
• Supervises, advises, and assists pharmacy technicians and assumes final responsibility for the accuracy of their work.
• Confers with physicians and clinical personnel on matters relating to drug therapy, drug information, formulary status of a particular agent, and active and inactive medications ingredients.
• Prepares special medications involving compounding, IV admixtures, chemotherapeutic medications, and other sterile products utilizing aseptic technique, when necessary.
• Suggests improvements and changes to perpetually improve the operations at the CareSite Pharmacy.
• Assists the manager in ordering medications and supplies to maintain appropriate inventory levels for pharmacy operation.

Accountable for satisfying all job‑specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures.

Position Details

• Education: Bachelor's Degree (Required)
• Experience: Minimum of 2 years related work experience (Required)
• Certification(s) and License(s): Licensed Pharmacist (Pennsylvania), must be licensed within 90 days of hire.

Geisinger is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.