Outpatient Pharmacy Part-time Pharmacist

Geisinger; Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Geisinger is seeking a licensed pharmacist to join the Retail Site Pharmacy team. The role provides medication services by filling prescriptions after evaluating patient needs, consulting references, and counseling clinicians and patients as needed.

You will delegate tasks to technicians and oversee pharmacy operations. Work is performed in a clinical environment with emphasis on safety and quality, monitoring drug interactions, and ensuring accurate dispensing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Licensed Pharmacist in Pennsylvania within 90 days.
• Minimum 2 years related work experience.
• Familiar with drug interactions and pharmacy operations.

Responsibilities

• Assumes responsibility for delivery of pharmaceutical care by interpreting prescriptions and addressing drug interactions and duplications.
• Processes prescriptions received by telephone or in person, reviewing against medication profile and contraindications.
• Enters patient demographic and insurance information to complete the medication profile and ensure payment.
• Provides counseling to physicians and patients to ensure accurate delivery and patient compliance.
• Coordinates and supervises activities at the CareSite Pharmacy, ensuring regulatory compliance and final accuracy of technicians' work.
• Confers with physicians on drug therapy and formulary status.
• Prepares special medications including compounding, IV admixtures, chemotherapy and other sterile products using aseptic technique.
• Assists the manager in ordering medications and supplies to maintain inventory.
• Assumes responsibility of pharmacy operations as assigned by the manager.

Skills

Pharmacy operations

Patient counseling

Drug interactions

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Job Summary

Functions as a pharmacist at the Retail Site Pharmacy and provides efficient, accurate, and safe medication services to patient/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 Summary

Functions as a pharmacist at the Retail Site Pharmacy and provides efficient, accurate, and safe medication services to patient/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, making necessary professional determinations regarding medications and various drug interactions, drug utilization review, generic substitution, and accurately filling and dispensing the prescription.
• Process 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.
• Assumes responsibility of pharmacy operations as assigned by the manager.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Position Details

Education

Bachelor's Degree- (Required)

Experience

Minimum of 2 years-Related work experience (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s)

Licensed Pharmacist - Default Issuing BodyDefault Issuing Body; Licensed Pharmacist (Pennsylvania) within 90 days - State of PennsylvaniaState of Pennsylvania

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES

Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family

• We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.

Pperhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.