Retail Pharmacist

SHIFT:

Any (United States of America)

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A Brief Overview
Reviews and process medication orders using the hospital information system (HIS) and the pharmacy computer system to ensure that the medication is appropriate in terms of dose, dosage form, route of administration, frequency, duration of therapy, and patient's disease state.  Supervise pharmacy technicians and interns to ensure that pharmacy products are prepared and distributed accurately, with the appropriate quantity and at the time the product is needed.  When necessary, the pharmacist prepares and distributes pharmacy product accurately, in the appropriate quantity and at the time the product is needed. Schedule will be 4 x 10 hour shifts. M-F rotating (7:30am – 6pm OR 10:30am – 9pm) + every 3rd weekend (8am-6:30pm).

What you will do

• Reviews and process medication orders using the hospital information system (HIS) and the pharmacy computer system to ensure that the medication is appropriate in terms of dose, dosage form, route of administration, frequency, duration of therapy, and patient's disease state.
• Ensures medication order is appropriate for age, weight and disease state 100% of all medication orders.
• Reviews medication orders for potential allergic reactions, drug interactions, therapeutic duplication, and potential drug incompatibilities 100% of all medication orders.
• Ensure PRN medication orders contain indications and documented 100% of time.
• For medication orders that are outside the normal range, ensure reason and rationale for use is appropriate and documented in pharmacy intervention record.
• Provides drug information and/or presents educational programs to healthcare professionals and patients.
• Consults with physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals concerning the dose, dosage form, availability, proper administration, side effects, and possible incompatibilities of currently available drugs.
• Advises patients and family on the use of various medications as per OBRA: name, description, route, dosage form, duration of therapy, directions for preparation, administration, use, common side effects, inter-actions, contraindications, self monitoring, storage, refill information and action to be taken if dose is missed.
• Provide training to new pharmacy staff, as assigned, in compliance with training goals/objectives.
• Ensures compliance to CHOP Formulary System.
• When Non-formulary medications are ordered, staff pharmacist ensures order is reviewed for appropriateness or approved by the clinical pharmacist.
• Staff pharmacist who can approve non formulary medication orders must ensure use is appropriate and reasonable/rationale. Appropriateness and rationale must be documented in the Pharmacy Intervention Record
• Staff pharmacists who has order approval rights for non formulary medication orders must ensure use is appropriate/rationale. Appropriateness and rationale must be documented in the Pharmacy Intervention Record
• Staff pharmacist who has order approval rights or receives clinical pharmacist approval for non formulary medication orders must ensure there is adequate inventory for completion of therapy.
• Supervise pharmacy technicians and interns to ensure that pharmacy products are prepared and distributed accurately, with the appropriate quantity and at the time the product is needed.
• Ensures that each unit dose medications (PO, SVP, LVP, TPN, Chemotherapy) are correctly and accurately prepared and labeled. Verification process is appropriately documented as per policy and procedure.
• Compounded Sterile Preparations (CSPs) are prepared aseptically, accurately, and safely in accord