Pharmacist PRN

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health in New Orleans is seeking a licensed Pharmacist to interpret medication orders, provide clinical consultations, and oversee pharmacy operations. The role includes ensuring formulary adherence, cost-effective substitutions, and strict recordkeeping for controlled substances.

Responsibilities cover dispensing medications, sterile admixtures, chemotherapy, TPN, and coordinating with physicians and staff to ensure safe, compliant patient care across shifts.

Qualifications

• Licensed pharmacist in Louisiana with active license.
• Ability to interpret orders and transcribe into patient profiles.
• Clinical consultation and drug information to practitioners, nursing staff, patients and family.

Responsibilities

• Interpret medication orders and transcribe to computerized profiles.
• Review therapies for contraindications, interactions, and allergies; assess age-appropriate data.
• Clarify orders with physicians and document interventions.
• Provide drug information and clinical consultation to care teams and patients.
• Maintain formulary and suggest cost-effective alternatives.
• Supervise pharmacy support personnel and ensure timely service.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Medication order interpretation

Interdisciplinary communication

Drug information expertise

Formulary management

Pharmacy supervision

Sterile compounding

Controlled substances recordkeeping

Job description

Your job is more than a job.

Primarily Day or Evening hours. Evening hours end at 9p. Weekend hours end at 4:30p

GENERAL DUTIES

Interprets medication orders and transcribes to computerized patient medication profiles accurately. Reviews drug therapies for contraindications, interactions, allergies and appropriateness of orders for patients. Demonstrates the ability to assess and interpret age specific data. Contacts physician and clarifies medication orders and documents interventions appropriately.

Provides clinical consultation, drug information and clarification to practitioners, nursing staff, patients and family. Sustains hospital formulary minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic interchange protocols and suggesting appropriate cost effective and therapeutic equivalent alternatives. Maintains knowledge of Louisiana and Federal pharmacy laws and DEA regulations.

Supervises and directs pharmacy support personnel. Verifies the Pharmacy Technician’s appropriate dispensing of medications and preparation of non-sterile compounding as required by law/policies. Oversees operation of the Pharmacy in the absence of the Pharmacy Supervisor as necessary. Works independently with minimal supervision; organizes and prioritizes work assignments and ensures Pharmacy services are provided in a timely manner.

Accurately dispenses medications and prepares sterile admixtures, including sterile products, chemotherapy and Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN). Maintains records for controlled substances as required by law and pharmacy policies.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Licensed Pharmacist through the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy

Work Shift

Variable Hours (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community.

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

About New Orleans East Hospital

New Orleans East Hospital, vital to LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, has been New Orleans East’s and the surrounding community’s trusted healthcare leader since 2014, embodying our mission of not only superior care, but healthcare with heart, courtesy, concern, kindness, and welcoming spirit for everyone. Learn more about New Orleans East Hospital and our Leapfrog “Grade A” Hospital Safety distinction.

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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