Job Description

Position Summary:
To provide medication delivery services, patient and staff education, and to assist in the day-to-day operations of the Pharmacy Department.

Excellence in Practice:

• Screen and interprets actual copies of original Physicians orders.
• Dispenses routine, STAT and emergency medications to nursing units in a timely manner.
• IV admixtures are prepared aseptically and are delivered to nursing units in a timely manner.
• Maintains adequate inventories of controlled substances in the Pharmacy & on the nursing units and participates in the biennial inventory.
• Assesses medication usage patterns, ordering quantities adequate to meet demands and prevent shortages & outs.
• Participates in the annual physical inventory of all medications at the end of the fiscal year.
• Takes part in drug usage evaluations and quality improvement activities; prepares & presents material for the P/T Committee if requested to do so.
• Sets priorities & maintains flexibility in order to assure that all daily tasks are completed accurately and in a timely manner; arrives to work on time, notifies manager of unplanned absences, requests planned absences in a timely manner.
• Maintains an awareness and knowledge of new drugs & techniques; completes continuing education credits adequate to maintain eligibility for licensure and current CPR certification per facility policy.
• Supervises pharmacy technicians or students in the absence of the Pharmacy Manager and assists in the orientation of newly hired technicians or any students doing their rotation in the Pharmacy.

Essential Job Requirements:

• Education : Requires a minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy.
• Experience : Prior hospital and/or retail pharmacy experience is preferred but not required.
• License Requirements : Must be a currently registered pharmacist in good standing with the Board of  Pharmacy in the state of North Dakota.

Job Tags

Part time

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