Retail Pharmacist- Per Diem

Geisinger; Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Geisinger CareSite Pharmacy seeks an experienced pharmacist to deliver pharmaceutical care, interpret prescriptions, and manage drug therapies. You will counsel physicians and patients, supervise technicians, and ensure accurate dispensing with attention to formulary status and patient safety.

You will collaborate with clinical staff on drug therapy decisions, prepare sterile products, and contribute to operational improvements.

Responsibilities

• Interpret prescriptions and determine appropriate medications, considering interactions and drug utilization rules.
• Process prescriptions received by phone or in person, review against the patient profile for sensitivities and interactions.
• Enter patient demographics, medical and insurance data to keep an updated medication profile and ensure payment.
• Provide counseling to physicians and patients to ensure accurate medication delivery and patient compliance.
• Identify and resolve formulary and therapeutic issues; suggest appropriate formulary substitutions.
• Coordinate and supervise all activities at the CareSite Pharmacy, ensuring professional competence and compliance.
• Supervise, advise, and assist pharmacy technicians; ensure accuracy of their work.
• Consult with physicians on drug therapy and formulary status and active/inactive medication ingredients.
• Prepare special medications (compounding, IV admixtures, chemotherapeutics) using aseptic technique when needed.
• Suggest improvements to continuously enhance pharmacy operations at the CareSite Pharmacy.
• Assist the manager in ordering medications and supplies to maintain inventory; assume responsibility for operations.

Job description

• Assumes responsibility for the delivery of pharmaceutical care to patients by interpreting prescriptions, making necessary professional determinations regarding medications and various drug interactions, drug utilization review, generic substitution, and accurately filling and dispensing the prescription.
• Process prescriptions by receiving the prescription via telephone from the physician or in person from the patient, reviewing it against the medication profile for possible sensitivities and drug interactions, and checking it for contraindications and duplications.
• Enters patient medical, demographic, and insurance information to ensure a complete, updated medication profile and adequate payment for services.
• Provides necessary counseling to physicians and patients and customers to ensure accurate delivery of medication and patient compliance in the administration of the medication.
• Identifies and resolves routine prescribing, formulary, and therapeutic issues and suggests appropriate formulary substitutions to the prescribing physicians.
• Coordinates and supervises all activities at the CareSite Pharmacy including, but not limited to, professional competence, services rendered, and work performed in accordance with regulatory standards.
• Supervises, advises, and assists pharmacy technicians and assumes final responsibility for the accuracy of their work.
• Confers with physicians and clinical personnel on matters relating to drug therapy, drug information, formulary status of a particular agent, and active and inactive medications ingredients.
• Prepares special medications involving compounding, IV admixtures, chemotherapeutic medications, and other sterile products utilizing aseptic technique, when necessary.
• Suggests improvements and changes to perpetually improve the operations at the CareSite Pharmacy.
• Assists the manager in ordering medications and supplies to maintain appropriate inventory levels for pharmacy operation.
• Assumes responsibility of pharmacy operations as assigned by the manager.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.