Pharmacist- Closed Door/Long-Term Care Pharmacy

MedWiz; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

MedWiz is the premier pharmacy partner for long-term-care communities, dedicated to patient-care first. Pharmacists review and verify medication orders, exercising professional judgment and supporting clinical workflows.

Pharmacists provide safe, accurate dispensing and collaborate with prescribers, facilities, and care teams in a high-volume setting. A PharmD or BS in Pharmacy and an active license are required, with preferred LT-care or automation experience.

Qualifications

• PharmD or BS in Pharmacy from an accredited program.
• Active and unrestricted pharmacist license in the practice state.
• Strong attention to detail and communication skills; ability to exercise independent professional judgment.

Responsibilities

• Review, interpret, and clinically verify prescriptions and medication orders for accuracy and compliance.
• Perform final verification of prepared medications and ensure product quality before dispensing.
• Identify and resolve interactions, duplications, dosing concerns, contraindications, and allergies.
• Communicate with prescribers, facilities, caregivers, and internal partners to resolve medication concerns.
• Provide pharmacist oversight and direction to pharmacy technicians and student pharmacists within applicable law.
• Support controlled-medication, emergency-kit, MedBank, DOSIS, compounding, and other workflows as qualified.
• Maintain documentation and comply with privacy, security, quality, controlled-substance, and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in quality assurance and continuous improvement activities.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Independent professional judgment

Education

PharmD or BS in Pharmacy

Tools

Pharmacy management systems

Automation

Electronic medication-order workflows

Job description

Description

MedWiz is the premier pharmacy partner for long-term-care communities that share our commitment and priority to patient-care first. We have transformed the conventional medication management process by being high-touch and patient-focused. At MedWiz we work tirelessly to streamline the often-disjointed communication process between the integral stakeholders in the medication ordering and administration life-cycle. We accomplish this by simplifying processes, educating and communicating frequently. Our comprehensive technology solutions and breadth of pharmaceutical products and services - allow us to be nimble and creative in offering the right service everyone of our unique customer needs. MedWiz understands its customers' needs and has the industry's highest standards - with strict adherence to federal and state regulations.

Pharmacists at MedWiz provide safe, accurate, timely, and compliant pharmacy services by reviewing and verifying medication orders, exercising professional judgment,resolving medication-related issues, guiding pharmacy technicians, and supporting production and clinical workflows.

Job Responsibilities

• Review, interpret, and clinically verify prescriptions and medication orders for accuracy, completeness, appropriateness, and compliance.
• Perform final verification of prepared medications and ensure product quality before dispensing.
• Identify and resolve interactions, duplications, dosing concerns, contraindications, allergies, and other medication-safety issues.
• Communicate with prescribers, facilities, caregivers, and internal partners to resolve prescription or medication concerns.
• Provide pharmacist oversight and direction to pharmacy technicians and student pharmacists within applicable law.
• Support controlled-medication, emergency-kit, MedBank, DOSIS, compounding, and other pharmacy workflows as qualified and assigned.
• Maintain complete documentation and comply with privacy, security, quality, controlled-substance, and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in quality assurance, service recovery, and continuous improvement activities.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from an accredited pharmacy program.
• Active and unrestricted pharmacist license in the state of practice.
• Ability to exercise independent professional and clinical judgment in a high-volume pharmacy environment.
• Strong attention to detail, medication-safety orientation, communication skills, and ability to prioritize competing demands.
• Ability to work the schedule associated with the position and maintain all professional requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in long-term care, institutional, closed-door, specialty, infusion, IV, or high-volume pharmacy practice.
• Experience with pharmacy management systems, automation, and electronic medication-order workflows.
• Experience collaborating with pharmacy technicians and interdisciplinary healthcare partners.