Staff Pharmacist, Pharmacy - Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA 01440
About the Job
Overview: Qualifications:
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Hours: 40 Hours, Days/Evenings, Rotating weekends, Rotating holidays
Job Summary
The Staff Pharmacist prepares medications by reviewing an interpreting physician orders, detecting therapeutic incompatibilities. Complies with the State and Federal drug laws as regulated by the State Board of Pharmacy, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Department of Public Health. Provides pharmacologic information by answering questions and requests of health care health care professionals. Completes pharmacy operational requirements by organizing and directing technician’s workflow, verifying their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals, performing order entry, as well as charges and inspections. Controls medications by monitoring drug therapies and advising interventions. Dispenses medications by compounding packaging and labeling pharmaceuticals. Prepares compounded sterile products and chemotherapy within a USP 797 compliant clean room.
Responsibilities:Essential Functions
- Conducts interactions with everyone in a friendly, courteous and respectful manner.
- Goes out of his/her way to offer assistance to others. If he/she cannot offer assistance, then finds someone who can
- Advocates to ensure privacy and confidentiality while helping others to maintain awareness.
- Maintains a clean and safe hospital.
- Responds appropriately and immediately in emergency situations.
- Maintains a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors, and/or staff to provide the highest level of physical comfort, and minimize risk and injury.
- Ensures compliance with regulations to maintain accreditation and licensure.
- Complies with the Hospital Attendance and Tardiness Policy
- Completed all Hospital and Department Specific Mandatory requirements in the prior calendar year.
- Reports Incidents in a timely and effective manner.
- All employees with direct patient contact are responsible for actively engaging in the practice of, monitoring and enforcing compliance to hand hygiene.
- Enters/verifies all medication orders correctly into patient medication profiles in compliance with hospital formulary. Interprets medication orders accurately Maintains accurate and complete patient medication profiles
- Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose
- Demonstrates knowledge of appropriate standards, policies, protocols, procedures and practices in a manner that demonstrates baseline knowledge
- Proficient in dosing/monitoring of medications with an established protocol . Provides double checks as needed on pharmacokinetics consults to detect calculation errors and assess outcome goals
- Documents interventions in the Pharmacy module that advocates for IV to PO conversions ,dose optimization , dose adjustments, therapeutic duplications, drug interactions, allergy conflicts and other intervention groups for antimicrobial, other medication therapies or therapeutic recommendations.
- Supervises the manufacture and distribution of medications and IV solutions by the Pharmacy Technicians to ensure medications are delivered to the patient care area staff at the scheduled times of administration.
- Contacts prescriber about questionable orders and provides information on the correct therapy, noting formulary alternatives when indicated.
- Educates patients and clinicians regarding medications.
- Collects data for DUR and ADR programs.
- Prepares chemotherapeutic medications according to the program so that patients receive the correct dose and medication at the scheduled time.
- Systematically gathers and evaluates relevant information and data from the patient interview and/or all the patient information sources for the purpose of maintaining an accurate patient profile
- Able to recommend appropriate antibiotic therapy based upon culture and susceptibility data or suspected infection
- Demonstrates an understanding and completes all job functions in accordance with the five patient rights
- Follows hospital policy in reporting medication errors and adverse drug reactions
- Assists physicians and nurses with medication reconciliation
- Follows all policies and procedures related to inventory management and control
- Promotes critical pathways that encourage the selection of antimicrobials and antimicrobial combinations that delay or prevent the emergence of resistance
- Follows practices that encourage selection of the antibiotic regimens with the narrowest spectrum of activity based on culture and sensitivity results
Statement of Other Duties
This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.
Functional Demands
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Frequently reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction), and handles (seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or working with hands). Occasionally stoops (bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist).
Organizational Expectations
Behavioral Attributes:
The following behavioral attributes are required: achievement motivation, concern for order, flexibility, initiative, self-confidence, customer service oriented, interpersonal effectiveness, teamwork, analytical thinking and information seeking.
Job Requirements
Minimum Education
- Pharm D degree (or B.S. Pharmacy degree prior to 2006) from an accredited Pharmacy School
Minimum Work Experience
- Clinical background to help develop programs preferred
Required Licenses
- Pharmacists, Current MA licensure required
Required Skills
- Good communication skills to relate with medical and nursing staff required
Source : Heywood Hospital