Pharmacist Infectious Disease
Pharmacist Infectious Disease
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Job Description
Location:
Avera McKennan HospitalWorker Type:
RegularWork Shift:
Primarily days with rotating weekends and holidays (United States of America)Position Highlights
This positions will focus on the management of infectious diseases. Additional staffing in other clinical and distribution roles may be required based on the acute staffing needs of the department.
You Belong at Avera
Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.
A Brief Overview
Responsible for ensuring the safe effective and economical use of medications for patients of all ages. This role involves preparing and dispensing prescriptions advising healthcare professionals on drug therapies monitoring patient medication regimens and conducting patient education on drug use. The Pharmacist collaborates with medical staff to manage patient treatments ensuring compliance with health system policies and regulatory requirements. Oversees the activities of pharmacy technical staff and interns. Additional responsibilities may include committee involvement teaching and participating in clinical research and continuing education to stay current with medical advancements.
What you will do
- Performs and evaluates functions related to pharmacy services such as preparing and dispensing medications.
- Responsible for data collection adverse drug reaction reporting drug utilization evaluation quality assurance audits and inventory control to ensure safe medication management.
- Interprets processes and monitors medication orders issued by providers for contraindications interactions allergies and appropriateness to provide safe quality care.
- Monitors medication therapy including routine analysis of patients medication therapy medical problems laboratory data and special procedures as well as correlating these analyses with other clinicians responsible for the patients care to provide a continuum of safe and quality care.
- Provides medication information requested by providers and other healthcare individuals in a timely manner.
- Counsels patients on the proper usage desired effects and potential adverse effects of medication ensuring patient satisfaction and understanding of medications.
- Mentors students interns technicians and others with developing career plans or professional development. This enables staff to strive for excellence and growth to provide the patient with optimal medication care plans.
- Coordinates and oversees work flow with other team members including other pharmacists residents pharmacy technicians and pharmacy students to ensure a productive and efficient environment.
- Maintains a working knowledge in accordance with professional standards regulatory and licensing agency policies federal and state laws related to the practice of pharmacy and organization policies and procedures to ensure compliance with all regulatory agencies for safe medication delivery.
- Recognizes and communicates issues/occurrences utilizing established lines of authority and assists in identifying ways to resolve variances or unacceptable outcomes.
Essential Qualifications
The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others hear understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.
Required Education License/Certification or Work Experience:
- Pharmacist Board of Pharmacy An active license in the state of practice within 30 Days
Preferred Education License/Certification or Work Experience:
- Doctorate (PHD)
- BPS Certification Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Board Certified by Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (Refer to staff development plan for specific requirements) Upon Hire
Expectations and Standards
- Commitment to the daily application of Averas mission vision core values and social principles to serve patients their families and our community.
- Promote Averas values of compassion hospitality and stewardship.
- Uphold Averas standards of Communication Attitude Responsiveness and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
- Maintain confidentiality.
- Work effectively in a team environment coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
- Comply with safety principles laws regulations and standards associated with but not limited to CMS The Joint Commission DHHS and OSHA if applicable.
Benefits You Need & Then Some
Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying parttime and fulltime employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.
PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
Free health insurance options for fulltime single coverage on Avera High Deductible Health Plan
Up to 5 employer matching contribution for retirement
Career development guided by handson training and mentorship
Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability Veteran Status or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application please callor send an email to .
Employment Type
Full-Time
