Pharmacist

Sampson Regional Medical Center; Clinton (IA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton, IA is seeking a Clinical Staff Pharmacist to join our Pharmacy team. The pharmacist will review physician orders, evaluate patient data, and ensure safe and effective drug therapies for patients of all ages.

You will dispense medications, supervise technicians, monitor drug therapies, and help maintain compliance with state and federal regulations while supporting quality improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of pharmacy and licensed by the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy.
• Prefer at least two years' experience in hospital pharmacy.
• Verbal ability is needed to interpret and understand medication orders and communicate with health care professionals.
• Must understand drug composition, uses, actions and interactions.
• Numerical ability needed to measure, compound, and prepare reports.

Responsibilities

• Review orders and patient data to prepare medications and ensure correct pharmacokinetic dosing.
• Dispense medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling for patients of all ages.
• Monitor drug therapies and advise health care practitioners on interventions.
• Organize and direct technicians' workflow and verify preparation and labeling.
• Maintain regulatory compliance and keep current registration and records for controlled substances.

Skills

Verbal ability

Numerical ability

Clerical perception

Form perception

Order interpretation

Education

Pharmacy degree (ACPE-accredited)

Licensed by state Board of Pharmacy (NC)

Job description

Sampson Regional Medical Center is hiring a Pharmacist to join the Pharmacy team!

Description

The Clinical Staff Pharmacist prepares medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders, patient data, pharmacokinetic properties of prescribed medications, indications for medication, therapeutic incompatibilities and comparing drugs ordered with allergies. The Clinical Staff Pharmacist is responsible for: planning and implementing safe, effective programs for drug administration and monitoring; Dispenses medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals to patients of all ages; Controls medications by monitoring drug therapies and advising health care practitioners about interventions; Organizes and directs technicians' workflow; verifies technician preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals; verifies order entries and completes inspections; Provides pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals; Develops hospital staff's pharmacological knowledge by participating in clinical programs; training pharmacy staff, students, interns, externs, 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; supervising the work results of pharmacy technicians; maintaining current registration; studying existing and new legislation; anticipating legislation; advising management on needed actions. Consults and advises practitioners as needed. Maintains pharmacological knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications, establishes personal networks, and participates in professional societies. The clinical staff pharmacist serves as a patient advocate and works to improve the patient satisfaction through quality patient care. The clinical staff pharmacist actively participates in the continuous quality improvement process through drug utilization studies and serving on select hospital committees as needed.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of pharmacy and licensed by the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy.
• Prefer at least two (2) years' experience in hospital pharmacy. Three (3) to six (6) months on the job training is required to become familiar with hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
• Verbal ability is needed to interpret and understand written medication orders, formularies and reference texts, as well as for presenting information on pharmaceuticals to health care practitioners and the public.
• Must understand the composition of drugs and their manufacturer, uses, pharmacologic actions and interactions.
• Numeric ability it needed to measure, weigh, compound, and compute changes and prepare reports.
• Clerical perception is needed to prevent errors in reading medication orders.
• Form perception is needed to interpret medication orders, to note physical and chemical changes in ingredients for medicinals and to interpret formularies, graphs, nomograms, etc.

Hours

Will work at least 8-10 hours a day, 4-5 days per week. 12-hour shifts may be required on the weekends. May need to work additional hours for the effective operation of the department as required and approved by the Director of Pharmacy Services.

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