Part-Time Pharmacist, New Hampshire Veterans Home - Noor Staffing Group
Tilton, NH
About the Job
We are seeking a New Hampshire licensed Pharmacist for an available contract opportunity to provide consultant services for the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton, NH.
Available Position: Consultant Pharmacist
Place of Performance:
New Hampshire Veterans Home
139 Winter Street
Tilton, NH 03276
Work Schedule: 8 to 16 hours per week. “no nights, no weekends, no major holidays, no retail stress”
Basic Scope of Work (includes but it is not limited to):
Provide on-site pharmacy services for the New Hampshire Veterans Home that will incorporate medication dispensing, clinical pharmacist monitoring, and administrative activities, as well as safe medication administration procedures.
Dispensing Activities:
This on-site service will include chart review and consulting, the screening of all medication orders, entry of those medication orders into the pharmacy computer database, and dispensing those medications within a patient specific unit dose drug delivery system.
Provide pharmacist oversight necessary to check medication duplication, dosage, and drug interactions, as well as drug-disease interactions. Provide medication delivery updates to patient units throughout the day Monday through Friday and as needed on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays at a time agreeable to New Hampshire Veterans Home.
Establish a formulary in accordance with the requirements of the New Hampshire Veterans Home’s Medical Director. Procure and maintain adequate inventory levels for all medication and ensuring their storage under the proper conditions.
Inventory levels shall be determined by the contracted Pharmacist and New Hampshire Veterans Home staff.
Medications shall be ordered as necessary through a combination of the Department of Veterans Affairs pharmaceutical distributor and the approved State of New Hampshire contract through Minnesota Multi-state Contracting Alliance for Pharmacy (MMCAP), or from any other source as directed by Officials of the State of New Hampshire.
All pharmaceuticals ordered are the sole property of the State of New Hampshire and are to be used for the New Hampshire Veterans Home and may not be ordered for any other purpose.
Ensure that controlled substance inventories and records adhere to State and DEA regulations.
Maintain a night cabinet for off-hour drug acquisition by nursing. Size and stock shall be adequate to meet the needs of a 250-bed long-term care facility. Screen all off-hour orders immediately when the pharmacy re-opens.
Provide pharmacy resident profiles to include name, age, medical record number, allergies, code status, medical diagnosis and current medications.
Generate monthly medication administration records and as necessary for new admissions and return from hospital stays. Medication Administration Record (MAR) sheets shall include all special instructions for the proper administration of the prescribed medications. Proof of use sheet for controlled substance shall be provided for each prescription.
Provide Leave of Absence medications as required per New Hampshire Veterans Home policy.
Clinical Pharmacy Services
Provide timely pharmacy interventions to physicians and nurses.
Provide monthly chart reviews by the pharmacist using Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA) Program and Health Care Facilities Guidelines criteria and standards applicable and customary for long-term care. A monthly review of each resident’s drug regimen, listing incompatibilities, interactions and making appropriate suggestions on lab work to be done, any potential drug/medication problems, etc. The monthly review, in compliance with OBRA and Health Care Facilities Guidelines, shall be performed by a registered pharmacist on-site and the results of each review shall be provided to the Resident Care Services Director.
Participate in regularly scheduled meetings with New Hampshire Veterans Home staff as necessary, to be determined by New Hampshire Veterans Home’s Resident Care Services Director, to assure seamless operations between pharmacy staff and New Hampshire Veterans Home staff.
Provide drug information services and drug utilization monitoring capabilities that shall include provisions to assure proper steps are taken to purchase medications in such a way to satisfy any third party reimbursement guidelines for any and all residents.
Quantify pharmacy interventions through quarterly Quality Assurance meetings as scheduled by the New Hampshire Veterans Home’s Resident Care Services Director and/or designee.
Position Requirements/Qualifications
License: Must have a current, valid, unrestricted license to practice Pharmacy from the State of NH.
Education: A Bachelors, Masters, or Doctoral degree in Pharmacy from a college of pharmacy accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE).
Experience: Pharmacist shall possess experience of at least six (6) years in management of medications in the elderly and oversight/regulatory experience concerning long-term care.
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