Pharmacist - Sylvester Deerfield - Per Diem

University of Miami; United States; On-site; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Miami’s UHealth system seeks a Per Diem Pharmacist for the UHealth Sylvester Deerfield location to support pharmacy services in a hospital setting.

The Pharmacist compounds and dispenses prescribed drugs, reviews prescriptions, communicates with physicians, maintains required records, and ensures safety and compliance. This is a part-time, temporary-intermittent role offering flexible scheduling and growth opportunities within UHealth.

Qualifications

• Pharm.D. degree in Pharmacy from an accredited College of Pharmacy.
• Current licensure in good standing in the State of Florida.
• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Implements and maintains procedures for mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policies and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.
• Compounds and dispenses medications, as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients.
• Calculates the volume of medication required to produce the desired results to ensure proper dosages.
• Assesses the identity, strength, and purity of medications.
• Reviews prescriptions to ensure accuracy, ascertain the needed ingredients, and evaluate suitability.
• Provides information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and storage.
• Analyzes prescription trends to monitor patient compliance and prevent inappropriate usage or harmful interactions.
• Maintains records, such as pharmacy and system files, patient profiles, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, and registries for poisons, narcotics, and controlled drugs.
• Advises customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment, and healthcare supplies.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

Skills

1+ year relevant experience

Education

Pharm.D. degree in Pharmacy

Florida pharmacist license

Job description

The UHealth system at the University of Miami has an exciting opportunity for a Per Diem Pharmacist at our UHealth Sylvester Deerfield location.

CORE JOB SUMMARY

The Pharmacist compounds and dispenses prescribed drugs in a healthcare facility environment. Also, an employee in this position transfers prescriptions, handles incoming physician calls, logs data into applicable databases, and performs drug utilization review.

CORE FUNCTIONS

Implements and maintains procedures for mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policies and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal. Compounds and dispenses medications, as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients. Calculates the volume of medication required to produce the desired results to ensure proper dosages. Assesses the identity, strength, and purity of medications. Reviews prescriptions to ensure accuracy, ascertain the needed ingredients, and evaluate suitability. Provides information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and storage. Analyzes prescription trends to monitor patient compliance and prevent inappropriate usage or harmful interactions. Maintains records, such as pharmacy and system files, patient profiles, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, and registries for poisons, narcotics, and controlled drugs. Advises customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment, and healthcare supplies. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets. This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Pharm.D. degree in Pharmacy from an accredited College of Pharmacy Requires current licensure in good standing in the State of Florida Minimum 1 year of relevant experience

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status: Part time Employee Type: Temporary-Intermittent

The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation. The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride. The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019. The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022. With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.