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Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt

Schedule Details:

Holidays - Every Other Holiday, Holidays - One Major Summer Holiday, Holidays - One Major Winter Holiday, Weekends - Every Other Weekend

Scheduled Hours:

3pm - 11:30pm

Shift:

2 - Evening Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

0

Cost Center:

10020 - 3800 Pharmacy

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Major Responsibilities:

• Reviews, evaluates and clarifies physician medication orders.
• Processes orders using pharmacy computer system.  Delivers patient medications to patient’s rooms and medication room areas.
• Checks for accuracy of all drugs assembled or prepared by pharmacy technicians, prior to release for distribution.
• Assembles, prepares, and delivers, as necessary, drugs to patient care areas.  
• Reviews physician orders and interacts with physicians and nurses, as necessary, relative to appropriateness of therapeutic regimens with preceptor oversight.
• Provides information concerning therapeutic alternatives to physicians in regards to UMMHC formulary.
• Troubleshoots technical problems of varying complexity.  Serves as resource to less experienced interns in problem resolution.
• Prepares and packages all forms of medications. Prepares IV drugs using aseptic technique in compounding parenteral nutrition, antibiotics, chemotherapy and other IV drugs.
• Maintains inventory including floor stock medication, reorders, restocks, and monitors expiration dates of all medications.
• Maintains required documentation in accordance with regulatory and hospital requirements and maintains respect for patient confidentiality.  Generates necessary pharmacy reports.
• Conducts medication room inspections in assigned patient care area in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Triages pharmacy calls.
• Maintains a clean work area and assists in quality indicator monitoring.
• Assists with yearly inventory in assigned areas.
• Participates in identifying problems or areas for improvement and assists supervisor with problem solving projects and improving operations; participates in Continuous Quality Improvement activities and/or teams.
• Aids technicians, technician supervisors, and pharmacists as warranted.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:

• Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
• Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
• Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
• Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
• Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
• Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
• Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:

• Massachusetts registration as an intern with the Board of Registration in Pharmacy is required. 

Preferred:

Experience/Skills:
Required:

• Completion of two years of education within a pharmacist internship program.

OR 

• Designated status as a student beyond the second professional year, in an approved college/school of pharmacy in which the candidate is currently enrolled.
• Familiarity with pharmacy technology and equipment.  
• Ability to troubleshoot technical