PHARMACIST - McDonough District Hospital

• Job Summary
  • Under the general supervision of the Leader of Pharmacy – and according to professional standards and practices – provides prescribed medications, drugs and other pharmaceuticals, compounds medications, and prepares special intravenous solutions upon receiving written prescriptions from the physician. Advises/consults with patients and families, and medical and nursing staff.
• Job Specifications
  • EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Graduate of an accredited 5 or 6 year school of pharmacy program. Illinois license and registration is required. Additional training in nutritional support, IV therapy and pharmacokinetics is helpful.
    
    
    JOB KNOWLEDGE: The pharmacist must be familiar with the professional and commercial phases of the pharmacy, and be able to fill prescriptions. He/she must understand what drugs should be purchased and which are more economically manufactured in the hospital. He/she has working knowledge of public health matters and first aid. He/she is familiar with Federal and State Laws and TJC requirements regarding profession. He/she knows uses and dosages of medicines and is familiar with drug incompatibilities. He/she understands pharmaceutical and chemical procedures and techniques, and weights and measures in all systems. He/she understands the role of the pharmacy department in the hospital and its relationships with other departments.
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    ABILITIES, INTERESTS AND TEMPERAMENTS
    • Verbal ability is needed to interpret and understand written prescriptions, formularies, and reference texts, as well as for presenting data information on pharmaceuticals to physicians, staff, and public. Must understand the composition and properties of drugs, their manufacture and uses, their pharmacologic actions and the procedures for testing their purity and strength.
    • Numerical ability is needed in measuring, weighing, and packaging drugs; in computing charges for preparations.
    • Form perception is needed to interpret prescription format, to note physical or chemical changes in ingredients for prescriptions, and to interpret formularies.
    • Clerical perception is needed to prevent errors in reading formulas, proofreading prescriptions, and report and record keeping.
    • A preference for scientific and technical activities is necessary to master techniques of prescription compounding, and in reading scientific and technical journals to keep abreast of new findings in the field.
    • A preference for the use of processes and techniques, as in filling prescriptions, is required.
    • Ability to adapt to precise and exacting activities in filling prescriptions where standards are well defined.
    • Ability to adapt to activities requiring frequent changes, as in compounding prescriptions.
    • Must have the ability to work with a variety of patients of all populations (e.g. developmentally appropriate care, cultural diversity, patients with pain, victims of abuse or neglect, and diagnosis or procedure specific such as patient with congestive heart failure or cesarean delivery).

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