PHARMACIST

Margaret Mary Health; Batesville (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Margaret Mary Health in Batesville, IN seeks a registered pharmacist for hospital pharmacy services. The PRN pharmacist will support clinical monitoring, therapeutic interventions, and safe medication dosing to improve patient outcomes at the main hospital and cancer center.

Responsibilities include ensuring proper drug use, participating in rounds, and maintaining accurate EHR documentation while complying with all regulations and patient safety goals.

Qualifications

• Licensed pharmacist with current license and credentials.
• Strong customer service and team collaboration skills.
• Ability to perform accurate dose calculations and pharmacy math.

Responsibilities

• Advocate for safe and effective dosing to improve patient outcomes.
• Attend multidisciplinary rounds and support clinical services.
• Ensure compliance with state/federal/local laws and formulary policies.

Skills

Customer service

Team player

Communication

Multi-tasking

Pharmacy math

Dose calculations

Tools

Laminar flow hood

Pharmacy dispensing devices

EHR systems

Job description

Location/Department: Hospital - Pharmacy

PRN

Job Summary

The registered pharmacist provides pharmacy services to MMH with an emphasis on clinical monitoring and therapeutic interventions with a goal to improve patient outcomes. The pharmacist will advocate for safe and effective dosing of medications and promote a culture that continuously improves the medication use process.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Duties/Responsibilities

• Demonstrates awareness of patient rights.
• Uses respect & dignity when dealing with death and dying.
• Understands procedure to clarify physician orders.
• Uses standing orders when indicated.
• Reports sentinel events or adverse drug reactions or incidents as warranted.
• Uses only approved abbreviations.
• Understands patient safety goals & actions taken.
• Verifies &/or reviews orders entered by other professionals.
• Procures the correct drug needed by a department or patient.
• Accurately enters & documents drug distribution with the required EHR information.
• Attends and participates in multidisciplinary rounds.
• Adjusts doses to age, weight, renal status, disease & documents as appropriate in EHR.
• Procures unusual, non-familiar drugs as required.
• Accurately fills Omnicell as required.
• Properly prepares sterile IV products to USP 797 and USP 800 requirements w/ documentation as required.
• Properly prepares non-sterile compounds to USP 795 requirements
• Checks all medication prior to final dispensing
• Assures compliance with all state, federal & local laws & regulations.
• Plans & organizes the day’s operations.
• Oversees pharmacy techs & volunteers.
• Prevents, corrects & documents medication errors.
• Resolves interdepartmental issues in a professional manner.
• Complies with the approved drug formulary & policies/procedures.
• Confirms correct drug use & storage (DUE).
• Helps perform the annual drug inventory.
• Renews one’s license with the required hours of continuing education credit before the license expires; presents licensing documentation to manager when received.
• Teaches staff members to help increase skills & competence.
• Provides clinical services up to the limits of one’s competence level & documents same.
• Utilizes correctly & effectively the clinical resources available to Pharmacy dept.
• Maintains awareness of the contents of Pharmacy’s policy & procedure manuals & notebooks.
• Provides pharmacy services at both the main hospital and the Cancer Center.
• Demonstrates competence in technician functions in addition to pharmacist functions and assists technicians when necessary.
• Participates in and supervises the receipt, dispensing and distribution of controlled substances.
• Ensures controlled substance inventories are accurate and participates in resolution of controlled substance discrepancies.
• Works rotated weekends and holidays as scheduled.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Strong customer service skills & team player.
• Effectively communicates both verbal & written.
• Able to multi-task & prioritize, detail oriented.
• Must acquire basic knowledge of drugs, dosages, usage, reference sources & other pertinent pharmaceutical information; utilizes pharmacy math skills for dose calculations.
• Able to concentrate/focus on work in a small, sometimes noisy/distracting environment.
• Able to operate Laminar flow hood or newer models, pharmacy dispensing devices, other new equipment as purchased.
• Able to operate basic office equipment & hospital applications.