Pharmacist - Retail

Description

St. Croix Health is looking for a full-time (0.8 FTE) Retail Pharmacist to join our team.  This position will work primarily at the Frederic, WI location, and will float to St. Croix Falls, WI location for Saturday rotation.  Typical base schedule would be Monday through Friday, day shifts and part of the Saturday rotation. 

The Retail Pharmacist is responsible for utilizing clinical knowledge to review and interpret prescription information as entered by the pharmacy technicians to ensure all prescriptions are accurate and complete. Prepare and dispense prescribed medications to patients in an efficient and timely manner, ensuring compliance with best practices for patient safety, policies, procedures, standards and all regulations. The Retail Pharmacist dispenses medications prescribed by healthcare providers and provides information to patients about their use. May advise healthcare providers on the selection, dosage, interactions, and side effects of medications. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Prescription Preparedness

• Interprets, prepares and dispenses drug orders per provider request according to established policies, procedures and protocols. 
• Review of prescription orders dispensed for accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability validating they have the proper dosage.
• Plan, implement, or maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security and proper disposal.
• Assess the identity, strength and purity of medications.
• Collaborate with other healthcare professionals to plan, monitor, review or evaluate the quality or effectiveness of drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications or characteristics.
• Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.
• Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions, such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessations, or high blood pressure.

2. Patient Education

• Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage and proper medication storage to patients and customers.
• Advise customers on the selection of over-the-counter medications, medical equipment or healthcare supplies.
• Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.

3. Order review for concerns

• Reviews all orders for diagnosis, allergies, duplications and interactions.
• Review of patient profile for allergies and software review for duplication and drug interaction follow-up. 
• Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients and to evaluate their suitability. 

4. Medication Error Review

• Monitors for medication errors and adverse drug reactions and documents accordingly.
• Review allergies and adverse drug reactions in patient profiles and electronic medical record (EMR). 

5. Department Workflow

• Maintain daily workflow of the department, giving direction to the support staff.
• Listen to feedback from technicians. 

6. Enforces Pharmacy Laws 

• Complies with all pharmacy laws and standards of practice.
• Review compliance with St. Croix Health’s Controlled Substance policies and standard workflows.
• Investigate and follow St. Croix Health’s policies in relation to all narcotic discrepancies.
• Review of audit reports.

Requirements

Education & Licensure:

• Graduate of an ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy with a Pharmacy degree
• Current Pharmacy License (WI)

Experience:

• Minimum 1 year experience as a Pharmacist in a Retail Pharmacy

St. Croix Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

St. Croix Health has been a healing force in the St. Croix Valley for over 103 years. We are a purpose-driven organization with a dedicated team committed to serving our patients and communities throughout the St. Croix Valley. This commitment is rooted in our mission, vision and values. 

Mission 

We help people live healthier, happier, and longer lives.              

Vision 

To transform from quality sick care to quality well care that is sustainable and affordable. 

Values 

People Centered, Trust, Innovation, and Growth. 

Here at St. Croix Health we offer our employees with a robust benefits package that includes: 

• Health, vision and dental insurance<