Pharmacist

Synchrony Pharmacy Louisville; Barbourmeade (KY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Synchrony Pharmacy Louisville is seeking a licensed pharmacist to support the care of residents in long-term care settings. You will oversee medication preparation, dispensing, and patient counseling while ensuring compliance with all laws and facility policies.

Applicants should have a Pharm.D. or B.S. in Pharmacy, ACPE accreditation, and at least five years of pharmacy experience. Proficiency with Microsoft Office is expected, and some travel for site coverage may be required.

Qualifications

• Pharmacy degree (B.S. or Pharm.D.) accredited by ACPE.
• Five years’ experience in a pharmacy environment preferred in healthcare or long-term care.
• Proficient computer skills including Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and assist in medication preparation by reviewing orders and weighing and mixing ingredients.
• Dispense medications following policy and legal requirements to ensure safety and accuracy.
• Maintain records such as patient profiles, inventory, and controlled substances.
• Monitor drug therapies and advise on interventions.
• Train staff, interns, and residents in pharmacological practices.
• Comply with state and federal drug laws and disposal guidelines.
• Maintain infection-control protocols and ensure patient safety.
• Limited travel including overnight stays as necessary.

Education

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) or Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree ACPE accredited

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Overview:

Careers close to home and your heart

Since our founding in 1997, we‘ve been making long-term care better for our residents and more rewarding for our team members. We‘re a Fortune Best Places to Work in Aging Services, a certified Great Place to Work, and one of Glassdoor‘s Top 100 Best Companies to Work. If you‘re looking for a place that embraces you for who you are, helps you achieve your full potential, and makes working hard feel less like hard work, then look no further than Trilogy.

Responsibilities:

• Prepares and assists the Pharmacy team in the preparation of medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders; weighing, measuring and mixing ingredients; detects therapeutic incompatibilities.
• Dispenses medication by planning, implementing or maintaining procedures for mixing, packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements to ensure quality, security and proper disposal.
• Assess the identity, strength or purity of medications.
• Assists in the maintenance of records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files and inventories, narcotics, or controlled drugs.
• Controls medications by monitoring drug therapies; advising interventions.
• Completes pharmacy operational requirements by organizing and directing technicians‘ work flow; verifying their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals; verifying order entries.
• Manages the workflow processes which may include pharmacist verification, labeling/packaging, quality assurance with barcode verification and drug images and delivery with barcode tote checking.
• Utilizes computer systems to screen for drug interactions, therapeutic duplication, drug-disease contradictions, drug allergies, geriatric precautions, drug-food precautions and adult min-max dose checking.
• Provides pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals; counseling patents on drug therapies.
• Develops staff pharmacological knowledge by participating in clinical programs; training pharmacy staff, interns, residents and health care professionals.
• Complies with state and federal drug laws as regulated by the State Board of Pharmacy, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Food and Drug Administration by monitoring unit inspections, maintaining records for controlled substances; removing outdated and damaged drugs from the pharmacy inventory, follows disposal of drugs per drug disposal guidelines.
• Protects patients and technicians by adhering to infection-control protocols.
• Minimal travel including overnight stay as necessary
• Meets Expectations of Excellence for position.
• Supports campuses, departmental goals and the overall objectives of the Company.
• Complies with all laws, regulations and standards of ethical conduct.
• Performs all job duties with a friendly positive and team-oriented approach.
• Maintains required licenses or certifications in good standing with the State.
• Complies with all Company policies, procedures, rules and standards.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors of Science (B. S.) or Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).

Licenses/Certifications

• North American Pharmacist Licensure Exam (NAPLEX)
• Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Exam (MPJE)
• State-specific license where required

Experience :

• Five (5) years‘ experience in a pharmacy environment preferred. Healthcare, senior living industry or long-term care environment preferred.
• Exemplary computer skills that include knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite of products.
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