Pharmacist Intern - General Pharmacy - PRN (HiringImmediately)
5 hours ago
Shreveport
Description Summary: Prepares, compounds, and dispenses medications in accordance to established hospital policy and procedures, State, and Federal laws, rules, and regulations under the supervision of the Pharmacist. Responsibilities: • Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders., • Prepares and dispenses drug orders per physician request according to established policies, procedures and protocols, • Interprets drug orders (verbal and written) and transcribes/verifies into computerized patient medication record accurately, • Maintains, accurate, complete patient drug record, • Compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals including non-sterile and sterile products, chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition products accurately, • Issues controlled substances to patient care areas and maintains records as required by law and institutional policies, • Provides services efficiently and in a timely fashion, • Maintains competency required for current job title/position, • Maintains current pharmacist license, • Ensures applicable CE records and licensure are maintained in department files, • Attends staff meetings, • Completes all competency/skills assessment requirements, • Provides analysis of medication use processes and contributes at least one related project per year, • Supervises and directs pharmacy support personnel, • Verifies the daily activities of pharmacy technicians, • Ambulatory care, • Provides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services utilizing approved protocols and/or collaborative agreement with other providers, including managing patient drug therapy, anticoagulation management, providing patient education, and preparing and/or overseeing the preparation and dispensing of medications, • Performs duties in the clinical areas assigned such as but not limited to: anticoagulation clinics, intensive medical home, transition of care, Discharge Medication reconciliation, etc, • Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose, • Assists with pharmacokinetics consult service and renal drug dosing per hospital protocol, • Reads, extracts and interprets information in patient medical records accurately, • Detects and reports suspected adverse drug reactions accurately and in a timely manner, • Sustains the hospital drug formulary, minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols and promoting rational drug therapy selection, • Provides clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners as appropriate, • Provides accurate, adequate and timely drug information to the hospital’s professional staff, • Provides drug education to patients and their families per institutional protocol, • Participates in the quality improvement and medication use review activities of the department, • Collects data, conducts monitors and inspections and maintains logs, records and other documentation as assigned, • Conducts designated interventions as defined in department Clinical Intervention activities (IV to PO, Renal Dosing, Pharmacokinetic dosing support, Anticoagulation), • Baseline departmental standards for reporting interventions for clinical productivity as defined by departmental goals, • Participates in antibiotic stewardship, opioid stewardship, and shortage management activities as assigned, • Attends interdisciplinary rounds when assigned Education/Skills • Enrolled and in good standing with an ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy program required, • BLS required Work Schedule: PRN Work Type: Per Diem As Needed
