PHARMACIST (PD - DAYS)

American Advanced Management; Stockton (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 143,000; Part time

Job summary

American Advanced Management in Stockton, CA is seeking a Per Diem Pharmacist to verify and fill orders, monitor therapies, provide drug information, and ensure medication safety.

The role includes processing medication orders, ensuring appropriate dosing and interactions, and participating in medication management activities while complying with regulations. Requires PharmD and state licensure; 1 year of experience preferred, with 0.4–8 hour shifts available.

Qualifications

• Graduate of school of pharmacy and PharmD degree required.
• Minimum work experience: 1 year preferred.

Responsibilities

• Processes, enters, verifies, and distributes medication orders in a timely, policy-compliant manner.
• Ensures optimal prescribing considering indication, dose, route, frequency, and allergies; avoids duplications or interactions.
• Generates and analyzes medication utilization reports to identify improvement opportunities.
• Performs quality assurance procedures across related work areas.
• Participates in pharmacy tasks, rounds, and medication management activities; supports remote order verification.
• Implements changes to meet regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Contributes to department cost savings.
• Complies with formulary and documentation standards.
• Collaborates with leadership to procure medications and supplies.
• Makes recommendations for process improvements and new services.

Skills

Medication safety

Drug information

Clinical rounds

Order verification

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Stockton, CA 95203

Position Type: Per Diem

Salary Range: $69.62 - $104.36 Hourly

Job Shift: Day

POSITION SUMMARY:

Verify and fills orders for medications, monitors patient medication therapies, provide drug information, identifies and troubleshoots potential medication safety hazards, documents all interactions for medical review, and supervises and directs support personnel.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• 1. Processes, enters, verifies, and distributes medication orders within the institution in a timely manner and in compliance with department and hospital policies, as well as Joint Commission and other regulatory guidelines. Actively ensures that medication therapy is efficacious, safe, cost effective, and achieves the best therapeutic outcomes.
• 2. Assures that medication prescribing is optimal with respect to indication, dose, route, frequency, history of allergy, and does not duplicate or negatively interact with other drugs.
• 3. Conducts and manages daily reports on medication utilization based upon daily rounds to identify, catalogue, and subsequently analyze areas in which medication improvement is needed.
• 4. Consistently performs quality assurance procedures in related work areas.
• 5. Participates in all pharmacy-related tasks and programs such as clinical rounds, unit based and/or population based medication management activities, remote order verification, and all other areas as directed/necessitated.
• 6. Expedites changes needed to meet regulatory, accrediting, licensing, and government agency standards and laws
• 7. Participates in department cost savings.
• 8. Complies with drug formulary and appropriate documentation.
• 9. Collaborates with appropriate leadership and buyer to purchase, contract, and procure medications and related supplies to ensure that product and vendor selection is based upon the highest medication safety standards.
• 10. Assists in making recommendations on process improvement or development of new pharmacy services.
• 11. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

FTE 0.4 - 8 hours

QualificationsEducation:

• Graduate of school of pharmacy: Required Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree:
• Minimum Work Experience: One-year technical experience: Preferred

Required Licenses:

• Pharmacist Registered Pharmacist licensure in state of practice: Required
• All licensures and certifications needed to fulfill the duties required of a pharmacist at the state level