Staff Pharmacist, Pharmacy, Full-Time, Variable Shift

ABOUT MARINHEALTH
Are you looking for a place where you are empowered to bring innovation to reality Join MarinHealth an integrated independent healthcare system with deep roots throughout the North Bay. With a world-class physician and clinical team an affiliation with UCSF Health an ever-expanding network of clinics and a new state-of-the-art hospital MarinHealth is growing quickly. MarinHealth comprises MarinHealth Medical Center a 327-bed hospital in Greenbrae and 55 primary care and specialty clinics in Marin Sonoma and Napa Counties. We attract healthcares most talented trailblazers who appreciate having the best of both worlds: the pioneering medicine of an academic medical center combined with an independent hospitals personalized caring touch.

MarinHealth is already realizing the benefits of impressive growth and has consistently earned high praise and accolades including being Named One of the Top 250 Hospitals Nationwide by Healthgrades receiving a 5-star Ranking for Overall Hospital Quality from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and being named the Best Hospital in San Francisco/Marin by Bay Area Parent among others.

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Education:

• Requires level of education necessary for licensure as a pharmacist by the California Board of Pharmacy. Prefer graduation from an accredited school of Pharmacy. Prefer Pharm.D. degree and/or completion of an ASHP accredited residency program or equivalent.

Experience:

• Two years experience in an acute care hospital pharmacy preferred.

License and Certifications:

• Registered Pharmacist Required at hire

Prerequisite Skills:

• Current knowledge of drugs their composition actions uses toxic effect dosage availability and distribution.

• Ability to prepare sterile solutions.

• Familiarity with Federal and State laws regulating the profession of pharmacy and handling of drugs.

• Superior ability to work tactfully with patients public physicians and other members of the healthcare team and skillfully supervise daily workflow and personnel.

• Ability to demonstrate initiative and problem identification and solving skills.

• Excellent written and verbal skills for teaching presentations and persuasion.

• Demonstrated organizational skills.

• Knowledge of pathophysiology and disease states required to evaluate complex therapeutic issues and to monitor and advise on drug therapy.

Primary Customer Served (Age Specific Criteria):

• (X) Infants: Birth up to 1 year

• (X) Toddlers: 1 up to 3 years

• (X) Preschool Children: 3 up to 6 years

• (X) School Age Children: 6 up to 12 years

• (X) Adolescents: 12 up to 18 years

• (X) Early Adults: 18 up to 45 years

• (X) Middle Adults: 45 up to 61 years

• (X) Late Adults: 61 up to 80 years

• (X) Late Late Adults: 80 years and up

Employees in this position must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skill necessary to provide care and/or service based on the physical psycho/social educational safety and related criteria appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her service group.

Patient Privacy (HIPAA Compliance):
Employees in this position have access to protected health information. The protected health information a person in this position can access includes demographics date of service insurance/billing medical record summary information and all other information that may be contained in patient records. This position requires patient health information to perform the functions outlined as part of this position description.

Duties And Responsibilities:

Essential (Not Modifiable)

• Provision of clinical and distributive services consistent with patient focused pharmaceutical care.

• Daily monitoring of patients therapies including pharmacokinetic monitoring of patients for appropriateness of indication dosage duration untoward effects and clinical progress.

• Intervenes when medication orders are unclear inappropriate or sub-optimal.

• Enforces the closed drug formulary evaluating use and need while suggesting alternatives and promoting cost-effective drug therapy.

• Participates in the instruction and supervision of externs interns and residents.

• Provides clinically relevant drug information to physicians nurses and patients.

• Performs patient discharge medication teaching as required.

• Ensures the accurate and efficient processing of orders.

• Engages in regular continuous decision-making impacting people costs and quality of service.

• Participates in the identification and establishment of programs and procedures that ensure cost-effective drug therapy.

• Complies with applicable laws regulations and standards of practice.

• Promotes a positive supportive environment within the department and hospital by demonstrating a pleasant and helpful attitude.

• Oversees and participates in drug distribution process in inpatient outpatient and IV additive areas of the pharmacy.

• Attends staff meetings contributing to meeting agendas discussions and problem resolution.

• Contributes via presentation to the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee.

• Directs workflow including technical billing and distributive functions particularly in the absence of the immediate supervisors designated for these functions.

• Executes responsibilities within the established guidelines of hospital and departmental policy & procedures.

• Participates in department projects or committees.

• Participates in hospital committees as assigned.

• Ensures collection and assembly of departmental quality assurance data as well as instruction within the department to improve or ensure threshold compliance.

• Participates in the development and execution of drug utilization reviews.

• Participates in the training and orientation of new employees as necessary.

• Identifies needs and provides education to pharmacy staff and other departments via informal and formal methods such as in services and newsletters.

• Responds to Code Blues with appropriate participation.

• Regular attendance at interdisciplinary patient care meetings and other applicable meetings committees etc.

Secondary (Modifiable)

• Executing routine monthly floor stock inspections for nursing units.

• Other duties as assigned.

Accommodation:

Qualified applicants with disabilities may request reasonable accommodation during the application process by contacting Human Resources at or .

C.A.R.E.S. Standards:

MarinHealth seeks candidates ready to model our C.A.R.E.S. standardsCommunication Accountability Respect Excellence Safetywhich foster a healing trust-based environment for patients and colleagues.

Health & Immunizations:

To protect employees patients and our community MarinHealth requires measles mumps varicella and annual influenza immunizations as a condition of employment (and annually thereafter). COVID-19 vaccination/booster remains strongly recommended. Medical or religious exemptions will be considered consistent with applicable law.

Compensation:

The posted pay range complies with applicable law and reflects what we reasonably expect to pay for this role. Individual pay is set by skills experience qualifications and internal/market equity consistent with MarinHealths compensation philosophy. Positions covered by collective bargaining agreements are governed by those agreements.

Equal Employment:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin sexual orientation gender identity protected veteran status or disability status and any other classifications protected by federal state and local laws.