STAFF PHARMACIST I

LE101 North Mississippi Medical Center, Inc; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 111,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

North Mississippi Health Services in the United States seeks a Staff Pharmacist I to deliver clinical pharmaceutical care, educate patients, and monitor therapy for diverse age groups. You will collaborate with nurses, doctors, students and vendors to ensure safe, effective medication use.

The role emphasizes safety, quality improvement, and efficient drug distribution, with opportunities to participate in community programs and teaching activities for pharmacy staff and students.

Qualifications

• Provide basic pharmaceutical care across infant to geriatric patients.
• Survey patient needs and create care plans to improve outcomes.
• Collaborate with nursing, medical staff, students and others in the pharmacy team.
• Communicate and coordinate with patients and health professionals to optimize outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide and document pharmaceutical care to improve patient outcomes.
• Perform drug information and research; patient/family education; medication use.
• Evaluate and participate in quality assurance activities; monitor for adverse reactions and interactions.
• Assist in departmental performance improvement and ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Support drug distribution systems and policies to reduce errors and costs.

Skills

Pharmaceutical care

Drug information

Medication safety

Education

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy

Job description

We believe a career is more than just a career — it's a calling. Our teammates' \"True North\" is what calls them to health care; it’s their passion. At North Mississippi Health Services, we believe in helping you leverage and connect that passion with a much greater purpose that impacts people you know and love. Department: 10007300 Pharmacy Work Shift: . Job Description: The Staff Pharmacist I role at North Mississippi Health Services encompasses a broad range of responsibilities including clinical care, education, operational efficiency, and financial impact. This position involves providing pharmaceutical care, drug information, patient education, and medication therapy monitoring. The Staff Pharmacist collaborates with various healthcare professionals and plays a key role in maintaining medication safety, efficient drug distribution, and positive patient outcomes.

JOB FUNCTIONS

• Provide and document pharmaceutical care: the direct, responsible provision of medication-related care for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve a patient’s quality of life.
• Perform the following services: drug information and research; patient/family education; medication use.
• Evaluation and quality assurance activities; medication history and assessment; monitoring for adverse drug reaction, stop orders, drug allergies, drug interactions; drug therapy monitoring and therapeutic intervention.

Educational

• Assist with education of pharmacy staff, students and other health care professionals regarding safe and effective use of medications including drug distribution, drug information and drug therapy monitoring and evaluation.
• Provide teaching and experience to pharmacy students and new hires.
• Participate in community programs that help people make the best use of their medications.

Operational

• Participate in the departmental performance improvement program.
• Assist in ensuring departmental compliance with accreditation, legal, regulatory, and safety requirements.
• Assist in prevention, detection and resolution of medication use problems.

Financial

• Impact departmental costs by recommendations for changes in therapy to improve patient outcomes; provide adequate documentation of interventions accepted.
• Impact cost of operations.

Distributive

• Design and implement approaches to support and enable delivery of pharmaceutical care.
• Assist with implementation of policies and procedures concerning all drug distribution systems (including primarily unit dose medication dispensing for inpatients, IV admixtures, floor stock for specialty units, crash carts, narcotics, and control drug and outpatient dispensing).
• Determine methods to decrease errors, decrease cost, increase efficiency, increase control and increase accuracy of medication use.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Must be competent to provide basic pharmaceutical care services to infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patient populations either through personal expertise or through appropriate information sources of networking.
• Must be knowledgeable in area of expertise to survey the patient’s needs and incorporate those needs into a care plan that will result in positive patient outcomes.
• Must work closely with all pharmacy team members and health care professionals including: nursing, medical staff, students, residents and manufacturer’s representatives.
• Must communicate and collaborate daily with patient and health care professionals when appropriate to achieve optimal outcomes.

Physical Demands

A thorough completion of this section is needed for compliance with legal standards such as the Americans with Disabilities Act. The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Standing. Frequently
• Walking. Frequently
• Sitting. occasionally
• Lifting/Carrying. occasionally 60 lbs
• Pushing/Pulling. occasionally
• Climbing. occasionally
• Balancing. occasionally
• Stooping/Kneeling/Bending. occasionally
• Reaching/Over Head Work. occasionally
• Grasping. Frequently
• Speaking. Constantly
• Hearing. Constantly
• Repetitive Motions. Constantly
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordinations. Frequently

Salary Range: $111,467.20 - $167,211.20

Education: Bachelor’s Degree | Pharmacy |

Required Certifications: Registered Pharmacist - MS Board of Pharmacy

North Mississippi Health Services is a large rural health care system with state-of-the-art facilities in Mississippi and Alabama. We have career opportunities ranging from inpatient hospital care to 70+ rural health and specialty clinics, a variety of outpatient, women’s and behavioral health services and many additional support services. Our team of over 7,000 works together every day toward our shared mission – to continuously improve the health of the people of our region.