Provide pharmaceutical care to patients in inpatient and outpatient settings.
Review and verify medication orders, monitoring therapeutic outcomes.
Collaborate with healthcare professionals to optimize patient care.
Participate in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
Ensure compliance with hospital and regulatory policies.
Dispense medications and monitor drug safety based on guidelines.
Communicate effectively with healthcare providers to assure continuity of care.
Benefits
Participation in quality and safety initiatives.
Opportunities for training and mentoring of staff.
Engagement in clinical services like stewardship and patient experience.
Access to a supportive pharmacy team integrated into care teams.
Full Job Description
Job Description
Provides pharmaceutical care to patients across inpatient and outpatient settings, ensuring safe, effective, and evidence-based medicine.
Reviews and verifies medication orders, monitors therapeutic outcomes, and provides clinical recommendations to the healthcare team.
Collaborates with other healthcare professionals to optimize patient care.
Participates in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
Ensures compliance with hospital, departmental, and regulatory policies.
Reviews patient profiles to assure safe and effective medication therapy.
Responsible for dispensing medications, monitoring and reporting drug safety based on current clinical and institutional guidelines, as well as patient-specific criteria.
Oversees technician practice and activities in accordance with regulatory requirements.
Responsible for medication storage and documentation.
Actively participates in clinical services (e.g., stewardship, cost-effectiveness, and patient experience).
Adheres to safety requirements in the handling and preparation of sterile and non-sterile medications and other hazardous agents (e.g., oncology) according to current guidelines (USP 797, USP 800, ASHP, NIOSH).
Communicates effectively and appropriately with healthcare providers and caregivers and assures continuity of pharmaceutical care between shifts and among team members.
Participates in the training, education, and mentoring of other pharmacists and technicians.
Participates in quality, safety, and other project work related to medication management.
Qualifications
Education/Experience:
Graduation from an accredited School of Pharmacy with PharmD required
Current active registration and licensure with the State of New Jersey Board of Pharmacy required
Atlantic Health System Pharmacy Departments service multiple outpatient areas, including several infusion centers, retail pharmacy services, and health clinics. At Morristown Medical Center and Newton Medical Center we have full-service retail pharmacies. They provide prescription medication services to patients and the local community in a convenient location on the first floor of the hospital, inside the Corner Store Gift Shop at Morristown and behind the coffee shop at Newton adjacent to the main entrance. A convenient service provided in our retail pharmacies is having your prescriptions you receive at discharge filled and ready for pick-up before you leave to go home. That means the discharge process will be a little easier for you and your family or friends since there is no need to stop at your retail pharmacy on the way home. The Pharmacy Department also works with physicians and nurses to ensure that medications used at Atlantic Health System are safe and effective. Pharmacists are integrated into your care teams to provide real time medication information and help you get the most benefit from your medications.
About Atlantic Health System, Inc
Atlantic Health System is a non-profit healthcare organization that operates hospitals and other medical facilities in New Jersey. The organization was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey. Atlantic Health System operates six hospitals, including Morristown Medical Center, Overlook Medical Center, Newton Medical Center, Chilton Medical Center, Hackettstown Medical Center, and Goryeb Children's Hospital. The organization also operates a number of outpatient facilities and clinics.
