Pharmacist

McLaren Health Care; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan seeks a pharmacist to provide medications and patient care in a hospital setting. You will review orders, dispense drugs, monitor therapies, and counsel healthcare teams to ensure optimal patient outcomes.

The role requires organizing technicians' workflow, maintaining records, and ensuring compliance with all laws and regulations. Evening/overnight schedule, full-time, on-site with opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy with BS Pharm or PharmD.
• Completion of pharmacy internship and holds state licensure.
• Preferred: One year of hospital pharmacy experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare medications by reviewing orders and detecting incompatibilities.
• Dispense medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals.
• Monitor drug therapies and advise interventions.
• Organize and direct technicians' workflow; verify preparations and labeling.
• Provide pharmacological information and counsel patients and health care professionals.
• Develop hospital staff's pharmacological knowledge through training and education.
• Ensure compliance with state and federal drug laws; maintain records and inspections.
• Protect patients by adhering to infection-control protocols.
• Maintain pharmacological knowledge through workshops and literature review.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Education

BS Pharm or PharmD

Pharmacy internship

State licensure

Job description

The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, 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 center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.

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

• Schedule: Full-time
• Daily Work Times: 7p-7a
• 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.