Pharmacist Relief Position Verde Valley Medical Center
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Job Location:
Flagstaff, AZ - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
29-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
Northern Arizona Healthcare inpatient pharmacies are 24 hour fully computerized departments with integrated lab/pharmacy/charting systems automated dispensing box picker and computerized physician order entry. Pharmacists rotate through central dispensing as well as decentralized clinical areas which may include medical-surgical total joint behavioral health pediatrics woman and infant surgery and critical care. Responsibilities include a pharmacokinetic dosing consult service total parenteral nutrition management antimicrobial stewardship renal dosing anticoagulation monitoring pharmacotherapy recommendations drug information and direct patient education. Pharmacists are also involved in quality improvement and clinical projects. Pharmacists are active members of the patient care team. Emphasis is placed on ensuring patients receive optimal safe and cost-effective medication therapy by applying an evidenced- based approach to improve overall patient care providing pharmacy services to patients from neonatal infant child adolescent adult and geriatric age groups.
Responsibilities
Patient Care * Performs clinical services to optimize drug therapy and documents clinical interventions. * Provides medication therapy management using medication-related protocols including pharmacokinetics parenteral nutrition serum creatinine and other therapeutic drug monitoring by utilizing clinical software and assessing relevant information. * Advises physicians on use of formulary medications and suggests alternative therapeutic options. * Provides accurate clinically relevant drug information to physicians nurses and allied health professionals. * Participates in code arrest response by providing information and assuring availability of medications. * Identifies prevents and investigates potential and real adverse drug reactions and medication errors. * Provides information required for drug related patient counseling. * Reviews and interprets physician orders properly; screens for incompatibilities interactions duplicates or contraindications. * Contacts nursing personnel and/or prescriber regarding any questions on drug orders. * Dispenses and labels medication orders including oral medications and IV solutions. * Competent using various pharmacy technology products such as electronic health records automated dispensing machines compounders unit dosing tube system and clinical decision support/data mining tools. |
Administrative * Processes patient charges and credits. * Assists in maintaining basic drug supply from vendors. * Exercises applicable legal and professional controls on controlled substances. * Verifies physical inventory for incoming/outgoing items. * Documents waste from returned/expired/unusable controlled substances properly. * Supervises and is responsible for oversight of supportive personnel licensed and non-licensed and organizes/directs as needed. * Reports adverse drug reactions medication errors and good catches. * Assists in training of new staff members including pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. |
Compliance/Safety * Adheres to regulatory and organizational standards affecting patient care and safety as well as all hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Practices in a safe and cost effective manner. * Stays current and complies with state and federal regulations/statutes and company policies that impact the employees area of responsibility. * Ensures all certifications and/or licenses are up-to-date and valid prior to expiration dates. * Completes all company mandatory modules and required job specific training in the specified time frame. * Responsible for reporting any safety related incident in a timely fashion through the Midas/RDE tool; attends all safety related training programs; performs work in a safe manner; monitors work environment for possible safety issues and ensures others are also performing work in a safe manner. |
Qualifications
| Education |
Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited college of pharmacy - Preferred
| Certification & Licensures |
BLS certification - Required
ACLS certification - Required
PALS certification - Required for positions working in Emergency and Pediatrics departments
| Experience |
Healthcare is a rapidly changing environment and technology is integrated into almost all aspects of patient care. Computers and other electronic devices are utilized across the organization and throughout each department. Colleagues must have an understanding of computers and competence in using computers and basic software programs.
| CALL REQUIRED: |
No |
Key Skills
- LTC Pharmacy
- Hospital Experience
- Pharmacy Software
- Continuous Improvement
- Go
- Infusion Experience
- Pharmacy Residency
- Training & Development
- Order Entry
- Epic
- Clinical Pharmacy Experience
- Compounding Medications
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