Pharmacist

Synchrony Pharmacy Louisville; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Trilogy is seeking a licensed pharmacist to support our long-term care operations. You will review physician orders, dispense medications, verify labeling, and ensure drug safety while guiding technicians and maintaining compliance with regulations.

The role emphasizes patient counseling, medication reviews, and collaboration with healthcare professionals to optimize therapy in a team environment.

Qualifications

• Pharmacist degree required and licensed in good standing.
• Experience in healthcare or long-term care preferred.
• Proficient computer skills including MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Review and interpret physician orders; prepare medications and ensure accuracy.
• Dispense medications following policy and legal requirements.
• Assess drug identity, strength and purity.
• Maintain records, inventories and controlled substances documentation.
• Monitor therapies, advise interventions and support workflow with technicians.
• Verify orders, labeling and packaging; ensure quality and safety.
• Screen for drug interactions and allergies using computer systems.

Skills

Pharmacy operations

Patient counseling

Microsoft Office

Education

B.S. or Pharm.D.

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

Hours: 1st and 2nd Shift Varied Hours

• 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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