Pharmacist PRN
Richmond, VA - USA
Job Summary
Title: Pharmacist
Job Type: PRN
Your experience matters!
AtWestpark Springs we are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. Here youre not just valued as an employee but as a person.
Westpark Springs is a mental health and addiction treatment center located at 6902 S Peek Road in Richmond Texas. It offers both inpatient and outpatient services for adults adolescents and children dealing with psychiatric substance use or co-occurring disorders.
Here are some key highlights:
Comprehensive Programs: Includes inpatient psychiatric care detox services and outpatient options like Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP).
Specialized Youth Services: Offers tailored treatment for children and teens aged 1218 with academic support and family involvement to ease reintegration into school and daily life.
Dual Diagnosis Expertise: Focuses on treating individuals with both mental health and substance use disorders through evidence-based therapies.
Supportive Services: Provides case management group and family therapy medication management and discharge planning to ensure continuity of care.
24/7 Availability: Open around the clock for assessments and admissions with a multidisciplinary team ready to respond to urgent mental health needs.
As a Pharmacist joining our team youre embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.
How youll contribute:
The Pharmacist collaborates with Pharmacy leadership to ensure safe accurate and compliant pharmaceutical services and medication management throughout the hospital. This role supports hospitalwide performance improvement initiatives and serves as a clinical resource to Administration Medical Staff and interdisciplinary teams on matters related to quality regulatory compliance and risk management. The Pharmacist assists in coordinating and implementing pharmacy operations supervises technical support staff and contributes to clinical quality and educational programs. This position provides knowledgeable support to all departments and delivers pharmaceutical care to patients across the lifespan including pediatric adult and geriatric populations.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: To perform this job an individual must perform each essential function satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation.
Accurately fills medication orders and verifies the work of staff prior to medication release.
Prioritizes workflow to ensure timely preparation of STAT NOW and other urgent orders.
Reviews patient profiles to ensure safe and appropriate drug therapy preventing interactions duplications and avoidable adverse reactions.
Evaluates medication orders based on patient-specific factors including age weight renal function disease state labs and other clinical data.
Provides drug information and supports staff education patient consultation and collaboration with Medical Staff and hospital teams.
Offers professional and technical guidance to pharmacy personnel.
Prepares unit-of-use doses when appropriate to enhance safety and efficiency.
Communicates workload status operational concerns and emerging issues promptly.
Demonstrates competency in serving pediatric adult and geriatric patient populations.
Processes medication orders efficiently while meeting established productivity standards.
Generates required reports performs system backup procedures and ensures completion of temperature and environmental monitoring logs.
Maintains uptodate knowledge of new medications therapies and pharmaceutical advancements.
Provides oncall pharmacy support after normal business hours and responds promptly to emergent situations including medication-related emergencies urgent physician or nursing requests and critical drug procurement needs ensuring continuity of safe compliant and effective pharmaceutical care.
Always exhibit the companys core values of champion patient care do the right thing embrace individuality act with kindness and making a difference together.
Other duties as assigned.
Additional Information:
Access to and/or works with sensitive and/or confidential information.
Exhibit a comprehensive understanding of healthcare regulatory and compliance (e.g. HIPAA).Skilled in the application of policies and procedures.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skills and/or abilities required.
Knowledge of behavioral health.
Strong leadership and organizational skills.
Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse team of healthcare professionals.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Qualifications and requirements:
Bachelors degree in Pharmacy from an accredited school required.
Licensed Pharmacist in the state in which the facility operates.
Two years of pharmacy experience preferred.
De-escalation certification is required within 30 days of employment and prior to any patient contact.
About us
Westpark Springs is located inRichmond TX and is part ofLifepoint Health a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier with acute care rehabilitation and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestoneyour experience matters.
EEOC Statement
Westpark Springsis an Equal Opportunity Employer.Westpark Springs is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.
Required Experience:
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About Company
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