Monument Health

Pharmacist | Medication Access

Monument Health$90K — $120K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy required; Doctorate preferred.
  • Licensed pharmacist in South Dakota; ACLS and BLS certifications required within 90 days.
  • Post-graduate Year 1 (PGY-1) residency preferred.
  • Minimum 1 year of pharmaceutical experience; 3 years hospital and clinical experience is preferred.
  • Strong understanding of medication management and safety protocols.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and solve medication-related problems.
  • Monitor patient response to medication therapy.
  • Provide drug information to healthcare teams and education to patients.
  • Manage pharmacy protocols for specialty medications.
  • Lead quality improvement projects in pharmacy services.
  • Act as a resource in a designated area of specialty.
  • Document pharmacist interventions and medication variances.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a collaborative healthcare setting.
  • Engagement in quality improvement projects.
  • Access to ongoing professional development opportunities.
  • Work within a specialty area, enhancing expertise.
  • Participation in a team-oriented work environment.
Full Job Description
Current Employees:

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Primary Work Location
Monument Health Neuroscience Center

Department
RC Medication Access

Scheduled Weekly Hours
40

Job Summary
Clinical pharmacists work in collaboration with other providers to deliver comprehensive medication management that optimizes patient outcomes. Care is coordinated among providers and caregivers and across systems of care as patients transition in and out of various settings in accordance with accepted hospital standards and policies and federal and state pharmacy laws and regulations.

Job Description

Essential Functions:
  • Identifies medication-related problems such as: appropriateness of drug, dose, route, frequency, duration; minimizes therapeutic duplication; identifies/prevents drug-drug, drug-food, drug-lab, or drug-disease interactions.
  • Monitors patient response to therapy.
  • Provides accurate and adequate drug information to other multi-disciplinary team members and drug educational information to patients and their families.
  • Follows and appropriately manages pharmacy protocols (e.g. heparin, warfarin, pharmacokinetic, IV to PO, therapeutic interchange, renal dosing).
  • Participates in quality improvement projects.
  • Under general direction/guidance from pharmacy leadership, leads development, implementation, and maintenance of pharmacy services in a specialty area (e.g. medication safety, drug shortages, formulary changes, team leader in a specific practice area).
  • Acts as a resource in area of specialty.
  • Consistent documentation of consults relative to peers.
  • Consistent documentation of pharmacist interventions relative to peers.
  • Consistent documentation of adverse drug reactions relative to peers in same practice settings.
  • Consistent documentation of medication variances relative to peers.
  • Any other duties as assigned.


Additional Requirements

Required:

Education - Bachelors in Pharmacy

Certifications - Pharmacist - South Dakota Board of Pharmacy; Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA); Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) - Within 90 days of hire or transfer.

Regarding BLS certification: The department you are applying to may require BLS certification sooner than 90 days post transfer/hire. The hiring manager will discuss this with you if it is applicable.

Preferred:

Education - Doctorate in Pharmacy

Certifications - Post-graduate Year 1 (PGY-1) - American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP); Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA)

Work Experience - 1+ years Pharmaceutical Experience; 3+ years Hospital Experience; 3+ years Clinical Experience

Light work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

Job Category
Clinical Care

Job Family
Pharmacy

Shift

Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department

Employee Type
Regular

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About Monument Health

Monument Health is a not-for-profit health care system located in Rapid City, South Dakota. It was founded in 1948 as Rapid City Regional Hospital and has since expanded to include five hospitals, 24 clinics, and several specialty centers. Monument Health provides a wide range of medical services, including cancer care, heart and vascular care, orthopedics, and women's health. The health care system is committed to providing high-quality, compassionate care to the communities it serves.
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Size
4,500 employees
Industry
Founded
1973

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