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Posted: 03-Mar-25
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
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Internal Number: 244757
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
- Provides services efficiently and in a timely fashion
Job Requirements:
Education/Skills
- Enrolled and in good standing with an ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy program required
Successful completion of the first professional year and a minimum of 30 credit hours of work towards a professional degree in pharmacy required
Experience
Hospital experience preferred
Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications
- BLS within 180 days required
- Registration as a Pharmacist Intern in the State of practice required
Work Schedule:
PRN
Work Type:
Per Diem As Needed
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