Pharmacist

Legacy Health; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 113,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Legacy Health is seeking a Pharmacist to contribute expert medication guidance to patients, ensuring safe and effective drug therapy as part of the care team across outpatient and inpatient settings, collaborating with providers to optimize therapy and improve outcomes. The role includes clinical duties, distributive responsibilities, patient education, and supervision of technicians and students.

Licensure as a Pharmacist and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification are required, with ongoing

Qualifications

• Current Registered Pharmacist License (RPh) required.
• BLS for Provider certification from the American Heart Association within 3 months.

Responsibilities

• Review patient medication profiles to determine appropriateness of therapy.
• Oversee dispensing, compounding, and supervision of technicians and interns.
• Provide accurate medication information to patients and staff; educate and answer questions.

Job description

As a Pharmacist, you are the trusted expert patients rely on to understand their medications and use them safely and effectively. You help make life better by ensuring patients are informed and confident in their drug therapy—playing a vital role in their overall care and well-being.

If you’re a pharmacist who understands the importance of your role in patient outcomes and values compassionate, high-quality care, you may be an ideal fit for this opportunity within the Legacy community.

Responsibilities

CLINICAL DUTIES:

Optimal patient care outcomes from drug therapy are ensured through clinical pharmacy activities. Such activities are age appropriate for neonates, pediatric patients, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients, and in direct association with or in support of health care providers. The pharmacist will:

• Demonstrate clinical competence by completing the clinical competency modules assigned in the electronic learning system for the pharmacist role.
• Review and evaluate an individual patient’s medication profile and clinical status to determine appropriateness of current medication therapy.
• Ensure that a patient’s medication therapy is consistent with the Legacy or health insurance formulary and medication use guidelines and policies.
• Ensure that patients are assessed comprehensively in a standardized way using electronic health record (EHR) tools.
• Perform regular re - evaluation of medication therapy to assess whether therapeutic goals are achieved and to proactively intervene on medication related issues.
• Perform medication therapy management and monitoring based on Legacy specific Collaborative Practice Protocols (CPP).
• Document interventions, recommendations, and protocol driven changes in therapy in the EHR.
• Monitor, document, report, and manage adverse drug events.
• Provide accurate and timely medication information to health care staff and patients.
• Serve as a trainer for new pharmacy staff.
• Serve as a preceptor for pharmacy students and residents .
• Perform other duties as assigned.

DISTRIBUTIVE DUTIES:

Safe and accurate distributive services are ensured through standardized, efficient medication use processes. The pharmacist will:

• Ensure all medication orders are reviewed for appropriate dispensation during the assigned shift.
• Ensure appropriate use of applicable pharmacy technical systems, equipment (including environmental monitoring), and tools.
• Oversee preparation of medication doses and compounding of sterile and non-sterile products.
• Perform all assigned work procedures without interference to quality of work performed.
• Provide supervision to technicians, students and interns as guided by state law.
• Serve as a trainer for new pharmacy staff.
• Serve as a preceptor for pharmacy students and residents .
• Use time productively to assist team members as workload allows.
• Fill outpatient prescriptions as required.
• Work with insurance companies/third party payers to resolve reimbursement and eligibility issues for patients where applicable.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

COMMUNICATION:

The pharmacist will:

• Effectively communicate information to patients and health care providers in oral, written, and electronic formats.
• Foster teamwork through timely, open, and respectful communication.
• Demonstrate good listening skills.
• Provide education to patients.
• Provide excellent customer service.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Pharmacy knowledge and skills are updated, shared, and applied continuously to improve quality of pharmaceutical care.

• Maintain clinical and distributive knowledge and skills appropriate to the patient populations and areas served.
• Maintain knowledge of internal practice changes (e.g., drug shortages, new protocols) that may impact clinical and/or distributive services.
• Participate in preceptor education as applicable to precepting role.
• Maintain licensure in good standing with the state licensing body.

SAFETY AND SECURITY

Patient, personnel, department, and facility safety and security are ensured through knowledge and application of established policies and procedures, and safety, security, and emergency plans. The pharmacist will:

• Follow all controlled substances policies and procedures.
• Complete annual mandatory self-learning modules that include safety, security and emergency programs required by the department or health system.
• Ensure a clean, safe, and orderly environment during the work shift.
• Comply with all laws, regulations, scope of practice guidelines, and Legacy standards in providing patient care.

Qualifications

Education:

• As required by licensure.

Licensure

• Current Registered Pharmacist License (RPh) for applicable state required.
• BLS for Provider certification from the American Heart Association required within 3 months.

Pay Range

USD $82.40 - USD $95.58 /Hr.

Our Commitment to Health and Equal Opportunity

Our Legacy is good for health for Our People, Our Patients, Our Communities, Our World. Above all, we will do the right thing.

Legacy Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion or creed, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

To learn more about our employee benefits click here: www.legacyhealth.org/For-Health-Professionals/careers/benefiting-you