Employment Type:Full time
Shift:Day Shift
Description:Leads the process that oversees and ensures a safe and efficient drug distribution system for patients, including clinical functions.
- Performs duties of pharmacist in charge.
- Serves as a resource to others in area of responsibility and expertise.
- Troubleshoots and addresses questions from staff and others in completing daily activities. Either direct next steps or resolves.
- Familiar with regulatory requirements and assists with/coordinates the preparation for inspections by various regulatory agencies.
- Monitors and assures regulatory and system compliance by all personnel.
- Communicates promptly to manager departmental updates and reports problems on an ongoing basis.
- Follows-up with manager as appropriate if pattern identified or procedural change indicated.
- Contributes to divisional policy and procedural revisions and maintains department specific policies and procedures.
- Coordinates staff orientation, training and development.
- Ensures that new employees are oriented to department and job and that initial competency is assessed and documented.
- Provides ongoing training on equipment and procedural changes.
- Provides feedback and performs assigned performance evaluations/competencies.
- Provides feedback on performance for all pharmacy personnel.
- Monitors improvement plans for employees.
- Performs assigned performance evaluations/competencies annually.
- Contributes to Quality Assurance Program that is consistent with overall WFH-IA quality plan.
- Assists in monitoring Quality Improvement Plan.
- Documents and reports unsafe conditions.
- Follows-up on incident reports and communicates with supervisor.
- Develops, monitors, documents and reports site-specific quality plan.
- Supervises the day-to-day operations of the pharmacy.
- Supervises the work of pharmacy supportive staff.
- Monitors the day-to-day management and acquisition of medications and supplies.
- Facilitates problem solving of pharmacy issues.
- Assists with department/division quality improvement activities.
- Provides feedback on performance for all pharmacy personnel. • Ensures daily and weekly computer maintenance functions performed (inpatient as assigned).
- Monitors, reviews, interprets and dispenses medication orders in accordance with professional and legal standards and practices.
- Interprets medication and treatment orders in relation to patient's health status.
- Maintains a computerized patient profile system in order to monitor patients' medication therapy for safety and effectiveness.
- Schedules the administration of medications to provide optimal effect.
- Evaluates prospectively patient medication records for DUR and DUE.
- Compounds/supervises the compounding of prescriptions and/or intravenous admixtures..
- Takes appropriate action in response to computer-identified interactions.
- Demonstrates an understanding of reimbursement guidelines and issues and incorporates them appropriately into medication dispensing activities.
- Ensures current billing of patient medications.
- Checks all medication selections prior to dispensing to patient.
- Develops and implements clinical pharmacy activities using outcome based guidelines and WFH-IA policy.
- Monitors patient response to medications and effectiveness of therapy.
- Evaluates patient response to medications and effectiveness of therapy to include diagnostic/lab results.
- Communicates with and makes recommendations to physicians and other health team members regarding patient response, effectiveness of therapy and/or dosing levels and monitors as appropriate.
- Monitors and/or doses medications and participates in patient rounds as requested by physicians.
- Operates the clinical pharmacy programs within the protocols and guidelines.
- Establishes and maintains a professional relationship with the patient.
- Intervenes on behalf of the patient as appropriate to access appropriate care within the health system.
- Ensures the patient has all the supplies, information, knowledge and skills to carry out the drug therapy plan.
- Demonstrates competency in performing required lab and diagnostic testing as outlined by clinic protocols.
- Documents patient assessment, plan of care, interventions and evaluation of plan accurately and legibly.
- Ensures completion of all documentation required by regulatory agencies and corporate policy.
- Provides clinical and drug information support to healthcare professionals and patients.
- Provides clinical medication information to medical and nursing staff.
- Provides a comfortable and professional atmosphere for patient.
- Counsels patients and/or designated individuals on appropriate use and safety of prescribed medications.
- Responds to drug information requests and provides accurate drug information in the course of daily practice.
- Provides effective patient education in multiple ways - verbal, written, pictorial, demonstration -based on the needs of the patient and/or caregiver to ensure proper use of medications.
- Prepares and presents drug therapy-related educational programs/in-services to patients and other health care providers as needed.
- Coordinates and manages student educational experiences.
- Maintains medication and supplies inventory. (retail only)
- Assesses medication and supply inventory levels daily.
- Considers contractual agreements prior to ordering.
- Obtains appropriate order authorization, i.e., P.O. number.
- Orders medications and supplies from appropriate source (wholesaler vs. direct).
- Receives and checks in medications and supplies.
- Completes documentation of inventory received.
- Researches discrepancies and processes returns and credits.
- Codes and bills invoices to appropriate departments.
- Maintains necessary purchasing documentation for business and regulatory needs.
- Initiates and completes sales transactions. (retail only)
- Identifies merchandise type and chooses correct cash register key.
- Operates cash register and MasterCard/ Visa machine.
- Receives payment and returns correct change to customer.
- Assures cash register has adequate amount of change. • Prints cash register and credit card reports, reconciles each cash register daily and completes reconciliation form. • Prepares deposit and delivers to designated point daily.
- Files paperwork on dispensed prescriptions.
- Delivers/distributes pharmacy paperwork or mails prescriptions.
- Reports medication errors to appropriate personnel.
- Accurately completes pharmacy data collection reports.
- Assists in maintaining an organized and clean pharmacy.
- Collects, analyzes, interprets and applies age-specific data.
- Performs tasks/procedures, uses equipment in an age appropriate manner.
- Communicates and works with others in an age appropriate manner.
- Adheres to all safety, infection control and employee health policies and procedures.
- Attends and completes employer required safety programs.
- Appropriately and consistently uses the personal protective equipment required of the job.
- Knows and can demonstrate departmental emergency procedures for fire, disaster and other
- emergency situations.
- Reports and removes unsafe equipment/furniture.
- Asks for assistance when needed to assure safety for all involved.
- Maintains a safe working environment and practices safe working habits.
General Requirements:- Bachelor's Degree: Graduate from Accredited college of pharmacy required
- PharmD preferred
- Minimum of 1 year retail, hospital or residency pharmacy experience preferred
- Current Iowa Pharmacist license
- Mandatory Reporter
