Pharmacist NS (3rd Shift)

10 Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center; United States; On-site; USD 109,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus $10,000

Job summary

Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center is seeking a Pharmacist on the 3rd shift to provide pharmaceutical care, process medication orders, and act as a resource for drug information. The role requires an IL-licensed pharmacist with a BS degree and offers a $10,000 sign-on bonus.

Responsibilities include supervising technicians, ensuring medication safety, and contributing to quality improvement activities within the pharmacy. Full-time, 40 hours weekly, on-site role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree is required.
• Licensed Registered Pharmacist – Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation is required.

Responsibilities

• Assists customers with inquiries, questions and concerns.
• Assists in training technicians and new pharmacists to ensure quality pharmaceutical service.
• Supervises and verifies the work of technicians for accuracy and completeness.
• Performs daily pharmacist duties: interprets, prepares and checks medications as ordered by physicians.
• Clarifies physician orders to avoid improper dosing or hazards.
• Monitors therapies for allergies, drug interactions and appropriateness.
• Prepares admixtures including IVs, TPN and chemotherapy agents.
• Provides drug information to medical and nursing staff and educates patients on proper use and effects of medications.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Pharmacist NS (3rd Shift) Job Description

The Pharmacist is responsible for the delivery of pharmaceutical care to patients, including processing of medication and IV orders and the advancement of rational, patient-oriented therapy. Acts as the primary advocate for ensuring the quality and cost-effectiveness of drug use in the hospital by serving as the primary resource for drug information for physicians, nurses and patients.

Department: Pharmacy
Hours: full-time, 40 hours a week required
Shift: 3rd shift
Required: registered IL Pharmacist, BS degree
Sign on bonus: $10,000

Responsibilities

• Assists customers with inquiries, questions and concerns.
• Assists in training technicians and new pharmacists in order to insure quality pharmaceutical service.
• Supervises and verifies the work of technicians for accuracy and completeness.
• Assist the pharmacy in all performance improvement and quality assurance activities such as anticoagulation monitoring, SCIP, medication reconciliation, BMV, etc.
• Perform daily pharmacist duties as appropriate: Interprets, prepares and checks patient medications, as ordered by physicians, accurately and in a timely manner.
• Accurately clarifies physician orders to insure that the prescription does not result in an improper dose or create another type of hazard if filled as prescribed.
• Monitors patient therapies for allergies, drug interactions and appropriateness.
• Accurately prepares admixtures (including IVs, irrigations, T.P.N. and cancer chemotherapeutic agents).
• Provides pertinent drug information to the medical and nursing staffs.
• Instructs and educates patients on the proper use and effects of medication.
• Consistently enforces the drug formulary by contacting physicians on appropriate non-formulary orders.
• Performs all necessary functions of the pharmacy pharmacokinetics service.
• Performs Antibiotic stewardship functions.
• Performs assigned PI/QA responsibility in a timely manner.
• Performs nursing station and Pyxis inspections as assigned, submitting reports in a timely manner.
• Provides for appropriate and secure regulation and distribution of controlled substances.
• Records all clinical interventions.
• Reduces or eliminates medication errors.
• Remains well informed regarding the actions of the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (Required)
• Licensed Registered Pharmacist - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

Compensation Estimated Compensation Range $109,408.00 - $169,582.40 Pay based on experience

When you come to work for Sarah Bush Lincoln or Fayette County Hospital Long Term Care, you have our commitment to help make this the best work experience of your life. Career development is available through continuing education and on-site training, so come grow with us! We are striving to be the employer of choice in the area. Employees reap the benefit of our work culture which is steeped in professional and personal development programs. We have developed a solid benefit package to help retain our employees, while providing them opportunities to grow their careers. We support on-site classroom learning programs and internet courses, and we have a generous tuition reimbursement program-- all designed to help staff achieve their goals.