McLaren Health Care

Pharmacist

McLaren Health Care • $100K — $120K *
Flint, MI 48504In-Person
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Graduate of an accredited pharmacy program (BS Pharm or PharmD).
  • Completed pharmacy internship with state licensure.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare medications by interpreting and reviewing physician orders.
  • Dispense medications through compounding, packaging, and labeling.
  • Monitor drug therapies and provide necessary interventions.
  • Oversee pharmacy technicians' workflow and validate their work.
  • Answer pharmacological queries from healthcare professionals and counsel patients.
  • Enhance hospital staff's pharmacological knowledge through clinical programs and training.
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory drug laws and maintain accurate records.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional growth and development in a hospital setting.
  • Collaboration with a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
  • Impact on patient care through medication management.
  • Access to ongoing training and educational resources.
Full Job Description
Position Summary:

Under general direction, provides prescribed medications and pharmaceutical products for adequate patient care according to professional standards and practices. Advises/consults with medical staff, other health professionals, patients and families on pharmaceutical and patient care issues.

Job Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

  1. Prepares medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders; detecting therapeutic incompatibilities.
  2. Dispenses medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals.
  3. Controls medications by monitoring drug therapies; advising interventions.
  4. Completes pharmacy operational requirements by organizing and directing technicians' work flow; verifying their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals; verifying order entries, charges, and inspections.
  5. Provides pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals; counseling patients on drug therapies.
  6. Develops hospital staff's pharmacological knowledge by participating in clinical programs; training pharmacy staff, students, interns, externs, residents, and health care professionals.
  7. Complies with state and federal drug laws as regulated by the state board of pharmacy, the drug enforcement administration, and the food and drug administration by monitoring nursing unit inspections; maintaining records for controlled substances; removing outdated and damaged drugs from the pharmacy inventory; supervising the work results of support personnel; maintaining current registration; studying existing and new legislation; anticipating legislation; advising management on needed actions.


Required Qualifications:

  • Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy with BS Pharm or PharmD Degree.
  • Completion of pharmacy internship and holds state licensure.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • One year of hospital pharmacy experience.

About McLaren Health Care

McLaren Health Care Corporation is a Michigan-based, fully integrated health network committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 15 hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 490-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 620,000 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health and hospice providers, retail medical equipment showrooms, pharmacy services, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of only 51 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S. McLaren has 28,000 employees and more than 90,000 network providers throughout Michigan and Indiana.
Learn more about McLaren Health Care
Size
26,000 employees
Industry
Healthcare
* Ladders Estimates

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