Pharmacist

JobRx, Inc.; Springfield (OR); On-site; USD 67,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical/dental/vision coverage

403b retirement plan

Paid time off

Employer-paid life and disability insurance

Tuition and continuing education reimbursement

Job summary

JobRx, Inc. is seeking a full-time Pharmacist at PeaceHealth SHMC in Springfield, Oregon. This role involves ensuring optimal medication use to improve patient quality of life, by managing medication orders, providing patient counseling, and collaborating with healthcare professionals. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's or Doctor of Pharmacy degree and a current Oregon pharmacist license. Benefits include comprehensive health coverage, retirement plans, paid time off, and educational reimbursement.

Qualifications

• Oregon licensed pharmacist or able to obtain license.
• Ability to provide pharmaceutical care for patients.
• Experience with medication orders and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Review medication orders for appropriateness and accuracy.
• Interpret, clarify, and rectify physician medication orders.
• Monitor patients on specified target drugs and initiate dosing protocols.
• Dispense medication and provide patient counseling.
• Supervise and train pharmacy technicians and interns.

Skills

Demonstrated basic pharmacy clinical skills

Demonstrated customer service skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy

Doctor of Pharmacy from an accredited school

Tools

Basic Life Support (Preferred)

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (Preferred)

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (Preferred)

Job description

PeaceHealth SHMC at Riverbend in Springfield, OR is seeking a Pharmacist for a Full Time, 1.00 FTE, Variable position. The salary range for this job opening at PeaceHealth is $67.74 - $101.60. The hiring rate is dependent upon several factors, including but not limited to education, training, work experience, terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement, seniority, etc.

Job Summary

This position is responsible for performing all necessary functions to ensure optimal use of medications to achieve specific outcomes that improve a patient's quality of life. Functions included in providing compassionate pharmaceutical care are both cognitive and medication distribution related and include: dispensing and distributing drugs; advising physicians and patients regarding proper usage of prescribed drugs; collaboration with other healthcare professionals to plan, monitor, review and evaluate patient effectiveness; monitoring patients for side effects and drug interactions.

What you will do

• Reviews medication orders for appropriateness and accuracy including, but not limited to: contraindications, allergies, dose, route, frequency, duplicate therapy and formulary status.
• Interprets, clarifies, and rectifies physician medication and IV orders, including the medication reconciliation process.
• Interprets, clarifies, and rectifies prescriptions and selects medications for outpatient dispensing.
• Monitors all patients on specified target drugs and initiates pharmacokinetic dosing protocols.
• Evaluates drug therapy for appropriateness and makes drug therapy recommendations to clinician.
• Prescribes drug therapy per collaborative drug therapy management agreements/Medical Executive Committee approved protocols.
• Dispenses the final product for administration and performs patient counseling.
• Detect, monitor, and report adverse drug events and medication errors (EIR).
• Supervise and train pharmacy technicians to assure accurate order entry, preparation, and proper technique.
• Supervise and train pharmacy interns and externs. May serve as preceptor for the intern or extern as defined by the State Board of Pharmacy.
• Participate in development of drug protocols and clinical pathways.
• Perform drug usage evaluations on selected drugs and reports results to the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee. Completes quality assurance auditing as required for prescriptive authority.

What you bring

• Bachelor's Degree Required: Pharmacy or
• Doctor of Pharmacy Required: from an accredited school
• Required: Demonstrated basic pharmacy clinical skills
• Required: Demonstrated customer services skills
• Required: Pharmacist - Oregon currently licensed or able to obtain license
• Preferred: Basic Life Support and
• Preferred: Advanced Cardiac Life Support and
• Preferred: Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Benefits

PeaceHealth is committed to the overall wellbeing of our caregivers: physical, emotional, financial, social, and spiritual. We offer caregivers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package. Some of the many benefits included in this package are full medical/dental/vision coverage; 403b retirement plan employer base and matching contributions; paid time off; employer-paid life and disability insurance with additional buyup coverage options; tuition and continuing education reimbursement; wellness benefits, and expanded EAP and mental health program.

PeaceHealth is committed to Inclusivity, Respect for Diversity and Cultural Humility.

EEO affirmative action Employer/Vets/Disabled in accordance with applicable local, state or federal laws.