Specialty Staff Pharmacist

St. Elizabeth Healthcare; Edgewood (KY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health coverage within 30 days

Paid time off

Employer retirement match

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness programs

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Kentucky seeks an Outpatient Pharmacist to dispense medications and counsel patients on prescriptions, ensuring accuracy and safety while monitoring for potential interventions.

You will supervise interns and technicians, manage inventory, collaborate with care teams, and provide timely drug information, with on-call support for specialty pharmacy as needed.

Qualifications

• Graduate from NABP accredited pharmacy college.
• Current US pharmacist license in state where work is performed.

Responsibilities

• Provide top notch customer service following AIDET.
• Reviews and monitors patient treatment medications for appropriateness based on guidelines and patient criteria.
• Final professional review and verification of prescription filling and offsite orders with pharmacist check.
• Provide accurate drug information to patients, medical staff, and nursing staff.
• Supervise and mentor Interns and Technicians per ICARE values and ensure tasks are completed.
• Maintain inventory and manage orders, ensuring product availability and adherence to budget.

Skills

Problem solving

Multitask

Customer service

Communication

ASHP familiarity

Education

NABP-accredited pharmacy college

US pharmacist license

Job description

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Job Type: Regular

Scheduled Hours: 40

Why You'll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We're guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

Benefits That Support You

We invest in you - personally and professionally.

Enjoy:

• Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.
• Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules
• Retirement savings with employer match
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs
• Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility

Job Summary:

The Outpatient Pharmacist provides medications and counseling upon presentation of a prescription prescribed by a registered healthcare practitioner to the patients, ensuring accuracy and safety while monitoring for any intervention that might be needed. The pharmacist also counsels and recommends over the counter products to our patients assuring there are no pharmacologic or physiologic contraindications. In addition, they maintain sound accounting practices and oversee the process in the outpatient pharmacy. The Outpatient Pharmacist must be able to provide top notch customer service to the customers while being an educational resource for them. The outpatient pharmacist may be required to be on call to support the specialty pharmacy.

Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Job Description:

• Provide top notch customer service following AIDET
• Reviews and monitors patient treatment medications for appropriateness based on current clinical and institutional guidelines as well as patient-specific criteria
• Provides final professional review and verification of prescription filling and offsite facility orders. Assures timeliness and accuracy of filling and that all processing has a pharmacist final check.
• Provides accurate, adequate and timely drug information to patients, the medical staff, and nursing staff.
• Supervises and directs Interns and Technicians: Provides active direct supervision and mentoring of Interns and Technicians as guided by ICARE values. This includes monitoring timely completion of tasks, redirection of staff to meet patient needs and encouraging use of the AIDET model in interaction with staff, patients and visitors. Reports behavior not responsive to direct intervention to the leadership team
• Maintains inventory and responsible for order management, ensuring the product is on hand and ordered from the appropriate wholesaler. Follows sound accounting principles. Contributes to financial contribution and assures department is meeting budgeted goals
• Act as a liaison to other departments within the healthcare system including but not limited to: Hospice, Social Service, SDS, Meds to Beds, Specialty Pharmacy and provider offices as well as any other departments.
• Maintains Professional Competency: Maintains licensure. Completes all departmental competency/skills assessment requirements. Maintains current knowledge of pharmacy practice. Seeks to develop and maintain skills in areas of specialized practice.
• Assures adherence to regulatory guidelines (State Board of Pharmacy, Drug Enforcement Agency, Centers for Medicare/Medicaid services, Food and Drug Administration, The Joint Commission)
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education, Credentials, Licenses:

• Graduate from NABP accredited pharmacy college
• Current US pharmacist license in state where work is being performed.

Specialized Knowledge:

• Problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Multitask
• Good customer service skills
• Good communication skills
• Familiar with Current Practice Standards (ASHP)

Kind and Length of Experience:

Previous Pharmacy Experience

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

Right Career. Right Here. If you're looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you'll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.