Pharmacist PRN Weekends
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Job Description
Job Summary :
The pharmacist provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care through integrated drug distribution clinical services and teaching.Job Description
Responsibilities
The major job responsibilities of this position are: leadership drug distribution clinical intervention teaching training and continuing education.
The following activities are components of the position to assist in meeting the major job
responsibilities:
1. Maintains competency in unique aspects of drug therapy for the patients for which they provide care including factors related to patients of all age groups.
2. Provides Pharmaceutical care by assisting physicians in:
- Reviewing patient medication history
- Educating patients on drug therapy
- Establishing desired outcomes
- Assessing patient demographics
- Developing therapeutic plans
- Determining alternatives for achieving outcomes
- Developing drug monitoring plans
- Implementing new drug regimens
- Monitoring patient outcomes
- Documenting medication related issues in patient chart
- Interpreting laboratory data
- Reviewing patient medication profiles
- Monitoring pharmacokinetics of drug therapy
- Monitoring potential adverse drug-drug and drug-food interactions
3. Monitors drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use dose dosage form regimen route therapeutic duplication and drug interactions.
4. Precepts Purdue and Butler pharmacy students and pharmacy interns consistent with academic credentials and clinical experience.
5. Conducts target drug programs and drug usage evaluations as needed and reports results to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
6. Detects monitors documents and reports adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
7. Promotes the use of the formulary by converting non-formulary orders to formulary when possible but coordinates procurement of non-formulary drugs when necessary.
8. Counsels patients on discharge medications as necessary.
9. Participates in the drug therapy management of medical emergencies Responds to Code Blue emergencies and prepares medications as needed.
10. Maintains and updates a patient profile with demographics diagnosis allergies and current medications.
11. Discusses medication order clarifications with the prescriber documents any changes in patient and pharmacy records and inform others of medication order changes.
12. Reconciles pharmacy and nursing medication records daily
13. Checks unit dose non-Omnicell medication batch for accuracy
14. Checks and verifies accuracy of orders entered into computer by technicians.
15. Reviews medication orders for appropriateness and checks first doses of IV admixtures and unit dose medications prepared by technicians.
16. Pharmacists provide presentations publications and other informative activities on drug-related topics to the health care community and general public.
17. Identifies and acts upon cost avoidance in drug therapy by promoting more cost effective regimens drugs and by reducing waste.
18. Documents clinical interventions and cost avoidance as part of the Departmental documentation program.
19. Insures proper technique and accurate preparation of all pharmaceutical products including oral IV admixtures chemotherapeutic and investigational agents
20. Insures the timely and accurate dispensing of drugs and solutions from the pharmacy area
21. Responsible for the accurate filling and dispensing of medication orders used by inpatients
22. Provides drug information to health care professionals and to patients
23. Reviews physician orders for possible therapeutic problems contraindications interactions allergies and formulary status of the drug
24. Provides computer order entry for IVs and other computer entry as needed
25. Participates in continuing education programs meetings training programs and related activities
26. Insures compliance with controlled substance distribution and control system
27. Is able to practice in a variety of areas within the pharmacy as required by workload.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the associate for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Education and Qualifications
Staff pharmacists must have a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy; Experience in unit dose and I.V. Admixtures is desirable.
Staff pharmacists who choose to pursue a more direct patient-care role would benefit from having one or more of the following: Pharm.D. Degree ASHP accredited residency or advanced specialty residency or significant clinical experience
Work Shift :
Varied Shifts (United States of America)Scheduled Weekly Hours :
0Employment Type
Part-Time
