Pharmacist – Retail PRN

UNC REX Healthcare; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 107,000 - 154,000; Part time

Job summary

UNC Health in Morrisville is seeking a per diem Retail Pharmacy Pharmacist to support outpatient and nc retail operations within the UNC Health network.

You will interpret prescriptions, counsel patients, ensure regulatory compliance, and participate in immunizations and clinical services. This role emphasizes patient-centered care, collaboration with the pharmacy team, and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• PharmD or BS Pharmacy Degree is required.
• Active pharmacist licensure with the NC Board of Pharmacy or obtain before employment.
• Recent graduates may fill this role while pending licensure, with limitations.
• No prior experience required.
• Certified immunizer preferred; immunization experience may be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Receive prescriptions, interpret and review patient medication history; resolve issues with prescribers.
• Analyze patient data to provide optimal drug therapy recommendations and clinical interventions.
• Compound and dispense medications, including sterile products.
• Counsel patients and families on pharmacotherapy and medication safety.
• Direct workflow and supervise technicians, students, and volunteers on shift.

Skills

Counsels patients

Clinical pharmacy

Regulatory compliance

Team supervision

Education

PharmD or BS Pharmacy Degree

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary:

Provides care of patients by optimizing medication use and drug distribution services. The PRN Retail Pharmacist primarily supports system outpatient retail pharmacy operations within the UNC Health network.

This position plays an important role in supporting safe, efficient, patient-centered pharmacy services. We are seeking a motivated, organized, and collaborative pharmacist with a strong clinical foundation, experience or interest in outpatient/retail pharmacy practice, and a commitment to improving access, outcomes, and patient experience.

The role is responsible for supporting pharmacy operations and key functions including regulatory compliance, inventory management, direct patient care, dispensing, counseling, immunizations, and medication access. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail, and a commitment to supporting regulatory compliance, providing direct patient care, and contributing to pharmacy team development.

This position reports to the Clinical Manager for Retail and Outpatient Pharmacy Services. Certified immunizer preferred. Oral contraceptive prescriber, long-acting injectable administrator, travel health experience, and experience supporting clinical pharmacy services in an outpatient retail pharmacy setting are preferred.

Responsibilities

1. Receives prescriptions, interprets prescriptions, and reviews the patient's medication profile /history. Clarifies incomplete, inaccurate, or contraindicated prescriptions with the prescriber, nurse, or other health professional, as appropriate. Identifies and intervenes on problems related to the medication needs of the patient.
2. Utilizes and analyzes patient data to provide optimal drug therapy recommendations. Assesses the patient's medication therapy regimen and makes appropriate clinical interventions with the provider. Performs protocol-driven clinical services such as IV to oral dosing, stewardship activities, etc.
3. Compounds and oversees the preparation and dispensing of medications including sterile products using standard formulas, processes and procedures as required.
4. Complies with the medication formulary, and therapeutic substitution and other programs designed to optimize drug therapy while minimizing cost as required.
5. Completes required documentation such as notations in the medical record, controlled substances documentation, cash register reconciliation, competency, etc. as required.
6. Counsels patients and appropriate family members regarding pharmaceutical care issues as requested or required.
7. Directs workflow of the shift and supervises pharmacy technicians, students, and/or volunteers present during that shift.
8. Adheres to federal, state, local and institutional policies, procedures, standards and regulations.
9. Identifies and participates in process improvement opportunities.
10. Precepts students, residents and participates in training new pharmacy staff as required.

Other Information

Education Requirements:

• PharmD or BS Pharmacy Degree

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

• Active pharmacist licensure with the NC Board of Pharmacy or obtainable before initiation of employment. Recent graduates of ACPE-accredited colleges/schools of pharmacy may fill this role while pending initial pharmacist licensure, but are subject to limitations mandated by the NC Board of Pharmacy and must obtain licensure within 6 months of orientation or sooner if required for operations.

Professional Experience Requirements:

• No prior experience required.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: Shared Services

Organization Unit: UNCHCS Panther Creek Retail

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 8.00

Salary Range:$51.50 - $74.01 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Variable

Location of Job: US:NC:Morrisville

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System, in a department that provides shared services to operations across UNC Health Care; except that, if you are currently a UNCHCS State employee already working in a designated shared services department, you may remain a UNCHCS State employee if selected for this job.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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