Pharmacist

Mclaren-Health-Care; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan seeks a pharmacist to provide prescribed medications and pharmaceutical products to support patient care. The role involves dispensing, counseling, and ensuring compliance with drug laws within a hospital setting.

Required is a BS Pharm or PharmD and state licensure; internship is expected. Preferred is one year of hospital pharmacy experience. Requisition ID and on-call status are noted in the posting.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy with BS Pharm or PharmD Degree.
• Completion of pharmacy internship and holds state licensure.

Responsibilities

• Prepares medications by reviewing physician orders and detecting incompatibilities.
• Dispenses medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals.
• Provides pharmacological information by answering questions and counseling patients.
• Develops hospital staff's pharmacological knowledge through training and education.
• Complies with state and federal drug laws and maintains records for controlled substances.
• Maintains infection-control protocols and keeps up with professional publications.

Education

BS Pharm or PharmD Degree

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Under general direction, provides prescribed medications and pharmaceutical products for adequate patient care according to professional standards and practices. Advises/consults with medical staff, other health professionals, patients and families on pharmaceutical and patient care issues.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Prepares medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders, detecting therapeutic incompatibilities.

2. Dispenses medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals.

3. Controls medications by monitoring drug therapies; advising interventions.

4. Completes pharmacy operational requirements by organizing and directing technicians' workflow; verifying their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals; verifying order entries, charges, and inspections.

5. Provides pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals; counseling patients on drug therapies.

6. Develops hospital staff's pharmacological knowledge by participating in clinical programs; training pharmacy staff, students, interns, externs, residents, and health care professionals.

7. 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 nursing unit inspections; maintaining records for controlled substances; removing outdated and damaged drugs from the pharmacy inventory; supervising the work results of support personnel; maintaining current registration; studying existing and new legislation; anticipating legislation; advising management on needed actions.

8. Protects patients and technicians by adhering to infection-control protocols and related procedures, rules, and regulations.

9. Maintains pharmacological knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.

10. Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Qualifications:

Required:

Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy with BS Pharm or PharmD Degree.

• Completion of pharmacy internship and holds state licensure.
  

Preferred:

One year of hospital pharmacy experience.

Additional Information

• Requisition ID: 26004393
• Daily Work Times: Variable
• On Call: No

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

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McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.