Pharmacist I (TPT)

Kaiser Permanente; Renton (WA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Washington State seeks a Pharmacist to ensure safe, effective, and optimal medication therapy while empowering patients and prescribers to make informed choices in therapy. The role coordinates pharmacy care with the patient care plan and may require travel to other Kaiser locations as needed.

Responsibilities include interpreting orders, counseling patients, ensuring safety, supervising staff, and maintaining records.

Qualifications

• Minimum one year of experience in a pharmacy practice environment using current technology.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Verbal and written communication skills; customer service oriented.

Responsibilities

• Interprets prescription orders and counsels patients to ensure safe, effective therapy.
• Provides medication expertise to empower patients and prescribers; communicates rationale for therapy choices.
• Oversees workflow and cash handling; supervises assistants and technicians; ensures proper storage and accurate records.

Skills

Pharmacy experience

Teamwork

Communication skills

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.

Primary Location: Washington,Renton,Renton Administration - Adams

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 1

Shift: Variable

Workdays: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat

Working Hours Start: 06:30 AM

Working Hours End: 11:00 PM

Job Schedule: Part-time

Job Type: Standard

Worker Location: Onsite

Employee Status: Temporary

Employee Group/Union Affiliation: J07|UFCW|Local 3000

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Department: Renton Admin Adam - Central Fill Call Center - 1130

Pay Range: $92.51 - $110.25 / hour Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data, internal alignment, and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.

Travel: No

On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital). Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.