Pharmacist PHIT- Lancaster

Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Lancaster (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System seeks an experienced Pharmacist in Lancaster to manage clinical and production pharmacy services. You will provide patient-specific pharmaceutical care, evaluate drug therapies, and ensure safety for patients and staff.

The ideal candidate must hold a Pennsylvania State Pharmacist License and a Bachelor of Pharmacy or PharmD degree. The role involves collaboration with healthcare professionals and continuous quality improvement in patient care.

Qualifications

• Required: Pharmacist with Pennsylvania State license.
• 1+ years experience with infusion therapies in hospital/home settings.
• Experience in medication counseling and drug therapy monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical and production pharmacy services.
• Evaluate and monitor patient-specific pharmaceutical care.
• Provide education and in-service programs on drug therapy.

Skills

Clinical decision-making

Patient safety protocols

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor of Pharmacy

PharmD degree

Job description

Summary

Manages the clinical and production pharmacy services provided to assigned patients. Checking of filled orders, supplies, pharmacy technicians and other pharmacist's work. Sterile compounding as needed or assigned. Hours of work: Generally Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Incumbent will be required to rotate shifts, weekends, and holidays as required by the operating needs of Penn Home IT, and to rotate on-call.

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical decisions regarding the patient‑specific pharmaceutical care, including assessment of the patient’s general pharmaceutical needs, review of medication profiles, evaluation for duplicate therapies, evaluation for drug interactions (drug‑drug, drug‑nutrient, drug‑disease), and development of patient database and documentation in medical record.
• Ensures safety of patient and pharmacy personnel.
• Provides in‑service programs to all personnel on any aspect of drug therapy and related infusion devices.
• Participates in Penn Home IT Continuous Quality Improvement program.
• Accepts physician prescription orders and evaluates the appropriateness of these orders for dosage, drug choice, potential drug interactions, route of administration, stability, compatibility, and mode of administration (i.e., infusion device).
• Monitors patient response to treatment by subjective and objective assessment. Monitors laboratory tests when necessary and obtains and discusses the results with nurses and physicians of the patient. Provides recommendations to improve or adjust therapy based on laboratory evaluation.
• Effectively communicates and documents actions with physicians, nurses, and patients in the hard patient chart and software database. Ensures that the patient database is complete for relevant information related to medical status and therapy.
• Continually updates and maintains required documentation by State and Federal government as well as JCAHO, including prescription logs, patient medication profiles, patient charts, narcotic receipts, state pharmacy, and narcotic permit.

Credentials

• Pharmacist (Required)
• Pennsylvania State Pharmacist License required.

Education or Equivalent Experience

• Bachelor of Pharmacy (Required)
• PharmD degree from ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy or equivalent. 1+ years experience with infusion therapies in hospital and/or home settings, experience in patient care and medication counseling, preparation of parenteral products, drug therapy monitoring, clinical laboratory evaluation, drug and medical supply procurement and quality assurance.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.