Community Pharmacist-PRN

JOB SUMMARY:

The PRN Community Pharmacist works collaboratively with members of the pharmacotherapy department to help maintain schedule consistency in MAHEC Community pharmacies by providing pharmacy services at Biltmore and Enka/Candler pharmacy locations. Responsibilities may include providing direct patient care services related to medication access and clinical coordination at the Biltmore and Enka/Candler locations.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides community and retail pharmacy services to patients at Biltmore and Enka/Candler
• May include documenting encounters in the electronic medical record

This role description is a general description of the essential job functions. It is not intended to describe all the duties the PRN Community Pharmacist may perform.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Communication Skills

Effectively and respectably communicate with other individuals whether it be a colleague patient or patients family member and appropriately enumerate information in a manner easily understood by all parties. We do this to foster a culture of understanding between all parties especially in complex and difficult situations to ultimately provide the best care possible to our patients and their families.

• Decision Making

Ability to make the most appropriate decision in a given situation and then taking the next steps to ensure appropriate and timely completion. This requires conflict resolution skills critical thinking skills confidence in your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includes ability to prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time.

• HealthCare Knowledge

Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team as appropriate. This also includes keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within your area expertise along with MAHECs organizational training. Finally the ability to apply the depth of knowledge maintained and gained through this process in real life scenarios as appropriate.

• Interpersonal Skills

Showing the ability to meet difficult situations with grace professionalism and understanding. Within your area of expertise showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues patients and their family at all times even when its most difficult to do so. This is done in part by effective listening being your authentic self showing responsibility and dependability and being patient with others.

• Organizational Values

Adherence to MAHECs founding principles and incorporating them every day. This includes among others having integrity and accountability reverence for other cultures and equitable practices ability to manage change and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics. Doing these things creates a culture where people want to do the best for each other and gives personal ownership towards the goal of helping people in their time of need.

• Problem Solving

Having an analytical mind and ability to work autonomously to solve complex problems that may arise. The wherewithal to think logically through a difficult problem and come to an appropriate resolution for a given issue. This helps to drive continuous improvement by thinking through where we can improve in a novel way. Measures success by understanding where we are currently and where we want to go and then applying those new ideas to affect positive change.

SPECIFIED SKILLS

• COMPUTER
  • Excellent skills in Microsoft Office including Word Excel PowerPoint and database applications required.
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE
  • Spanish speaking skills preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Light- Moderate energy level: Lift and carry 25 - 35 lbs Push/Pull 50 - 100 lbs (empty bed stretcher etc.)
• Occasional (0 - 33% of Workday)

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Not Applicable.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Must be a Registered Pharmacist (RPh) in the state of North Carolina.
  • Minimum of one year of clinical and/or community retail experience
• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy with advanced training (Pharm.D.).
  • Completion of an ASHP-accredited residency in pharmacy practice community geriatrics or ambulatory care.
  • Experience teaching and working collaboratively with other health care professionals and pharmacy students
  • Board certification preferred.

REQUIRED LICENSES:

• Registered Pharmacist with an active and unencumbered license to practice in North Carolina or meets eligibility requirements for endorsement by the Board of Pharmacy eligibility to apply for Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner status eligibility for clinical faculty appointment with the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC School of Medicine and a valid North Carolina drivers license required for regular in-town driving on a daily basis. Board Certification (BCPS BCACP BCGP BCADM) is expected within one year of start date.

SCHEDULE:

Regular attendance on-site is an essential function of this position. Typical business hours are Monday Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (or flexed to best meet the needs of the clients and/or the Division); 40 hours per workweek; weekend holiday or evening coverage is occasionally required. Work hours will need to be flexible in order to respond to special work assignments or evening activities as requested by the team leader.

At MAHEC we strive to equip all team members with Total Rewards (pay benefits) to honor their service support their health manage their financial security build their career and thrive.

All MAHEC employees and learners will be required to receive the Flu vaccine or have an approved exemption.

MAHEC Talent Management is located at 121 Hendersonville Road Asheville NC 28803. Equal Opportunity Employer.

MAHEC is a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Employees who meet federal requirements may be eligible to have remaining student loan balances forgiven after 10 years of qualifying payments while working full-time at MAHEC.

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