Pharmacist I

Kaiser Permanente; Renton (WA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a pharmacist to ensure safe, effective, and optimal medication therapy while empowering patients and prescribers with information to make informed decisions. The role emphasizes coordination of pharmacy care with the overall patient care plan.

Responsibilities include interpreting prescriptions, counseling patients, leading a team of staff, and maintaining accurate records. Washington licensure and ongoing ability to participate in team-based care are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in pharmacy or PharmD required.

Responsibilities

• Interpreting prescription orders and counseling patients to ensure safe, effective therapy.
• Provide medication expertise and information to empower patients and prescribers with evidence-based recommendations.
• Supervise pharmacy staff and ensure proper storage, record-keeping, and compliance with cash handling.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Customer service

Prioritization

Efficiency

Pharmacotherapy knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in pharmacy or PharmD

Job description

Job Summary:

Pharmacists at Kaiser Permanente ensure that patients receive safe, effective, and optimal medication therapy while providing expertise and information to empower patients and prescribers to make informed choices in medication therapy. Pharmacists ensure that pharmacy care is coordinated with the patient care plan.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Ensures that patients receive safe, effective, and optimal medication therapy by: Interpreting prescription orders; counseling patients using clear and effective communication skills and providing written information as necessary; ensuring patient safety by identifying opportunities to prevent unusual occurrences; consistently performing safety checks when dispensing medications; taking appropriate steps to resolve and report unusual occurrences.
• Provides medication expertise and information that empowers patients and prescribers to make informed choices in medication therapy by: by using appropriate evidence-based medicine references to form recommendations to patients and providers; clearly communicating rationale around medication therapy selection; evaluating clinical appropriateness of medication therapy; staying current on clinical initiatives and priorities.
• Ensure efficient and effective pharmacy process workflow and cash handling by: supervising pharmacy assistants, technicians, interns and externs in all aspects of daily pharmacy workflow including the appropriate processing and releasing of prescriptions and customer service; ensuring the proper and safe storage of medications and keep accurate records of such; having working knowledge and competency with cashiering processes and procedures; adhering to Kaiser Permanente Cash Security and Compliance standards.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• Minimum one (1) year of experience working in a pharmacy practice environment using current technology.

Education

• Bachelors degree in pharmacy or PharmD required.

License, Certification, Registration

• Pharmacist License (Washington) required at hire

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to prioritize workload effectively.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Customer service skills.
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently.
• Ability to evaluate clinical appropriateness of medication therapy.
• Knowledge of major medication therapy, drug interactions, and disease states.
• Ability to evaluate clinical appropriateness of medication therapy.
• Knowledge of major medication therapy, drug-drug interactions, and disease states.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• May be required to travel to other Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington locations as needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Three (3) years of experience working in a pharmacy practice environment using current technology.
• Experience interacting with an interdisciplinary team including physicians.