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Driscoll’s Community & Specialty Pharmacy is seeking a Specialty Pharmacist (PRN) to support our outpatient team with 8-hour shift coverage, primarily on Mondays and occasional Saturdays as needed.

Location: Hospital Pavilion

Hours of Operations: Monday-Friday 8 AM - 7 PM, and Saturdays 9 AM - 1 PM.

General Purpose of Job:

The Specialty Pharmacy Pharmacist provides oversight and support for the development and optimization of specialty pharmacy services in both clinic and outpatient pharmacy environments.  The Specialty Pharmacy Pharmacist ensures compliance with all federal, state and local laws pertaining to drug dispensing and leads clinical initiatives to drive positive patient outcomes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

General

• Adheres to all federal, state, and local laws pertaining to drug dispensing and patient information.

• Adheres to health system, pharmacy and accreditation policies and procedures.

• Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.

• Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines. 

• Works closely with pharmacy personnel and other healthcare providers to assure safe and efficient delivery of patient care.

• Ensures appropriateness of all medication doses in reference to the patient’s diagnosis, weight/body surface area, age, allergies, and drug interactions.

• Engages with patients and caregivers to assure optimal therapeutic outcomes.

• Identifies and intervenes when problems involving drug therapy arise.

• Demonstrates ability to adjust to frequent changes in priorities, activities, schedule and work volume to meet the needs of the pharmacy and its patients.

• Communicates with patients and caregivers, pharmacy staff, healthcare providers, payers and health system employees in an effective and courteous manner. This includes both verbal and written communication forms.

• Maintains proficiency in pharmacy dispensing system, specialty pharmacy management system and electronic medical record.

• Maintains prescription files, documents and records according to federal, state and department standards.

• Contributes to quality improvement and patient safety by documenting all errors, near-misses and complaints. Works to identify new processes to address and mitigate future errors and complaints.

• Assists specialty pharmacy leadership in the development and maintenance of productivity and quality metrics and utilizes this data to monitor current state and recommend process improvements as necessary.

• Attends and participates in staff meetings, patient care meetings, in-service education or ongoing education training.

• Participates in departmental data collection and reporting of Drug Use Evaluation (DUE), Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement activities.

• Participates in the education and training of new pharmacy employees, pharmacy students, and pharmacy interns.

• Performs other duties or special projects as assigned.

Outpatient Pharmacy

• Responsible for oversight and supervision of prescription dispensing and distribution in accordance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.

• Supervises pharmacy technicians and support staff to ensure accurate drug dispensing and efficient daily workflow. Able to perform all duties of a pharmacy technician.

• Accurately and efficiently completes all components of processing, verifying and dispensing of prescription orders. Communicates with providers to clarify and resolve prescription discrepancies. Monitors medication therapy and makes recommendations to therapy when appropriate.

• Ensures safe and accurate dispensing of controlled substances. Accurately completes controlled substance inventory records when receiving and dispensing controlled substances. Completes required controlled substance inventories as assigned and corrects problems identified.

• Models exceptional customer service and provides evidence-based medication counseling and