Pharmacist (PRN) - Medication Management Expert

4 weeks ago

Marrero, Louisiana, United States Priority Health Care Full time
Job Summary

The Pharmacist is responsible for overseeing all medication storage and preparation in the health system and organization. This includes ensuring that the pharmacy provides optimal services and meets all legal, accreditation, FQHC, and certification requirements. The Pharmacist must comply with all applicable policies, procedures, codes, and standards of PHC.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and enforce policies and procedures that promote cost-effective, appropriate, and safe medication usage.
  • Develop and maintain a medical staff-approved formulary.
  • Supervise medication storage and preparation areas throughout the facility.
  • Provide educational needs of healthcare professionals, patients, and their families.
  • Ensure maintenance of an adequate medication supply, integrity of the medication supply, establishment of specifications for the procurement of medication, chemicals, and biologicals.
  • Ensure strict control and accountability for medications dispensed to patients or distributed to floor stock.
  • Assure adequate control and documentation of controlled substances.
  • Ensure applicable continuing education records and licensure are maintained in the department files.
  • Supervise all Pharmacy personnel and recruit, interview, promote, discipline, and terminate pharmacy staff.
  • Work together with Human Resources to develop job descriptions and performance standards. Evaluate and counsel staff on their performance.
  • Monitor workloads statistics. Maintain appropriate staffing levels.
  • Provide educational needs of the pharmacy staff.
  • Work together with CFO to develop pharmacy annual budget.
  • Reviews monthly financial statistics and plans expenditures within budget guidelines.
  • Ensures preparation and submission of patient charges and financial reports to administration in accordance with policy.
  • Administers reports, documents, statistical surveys, and other required data.
  • Ensures compliance with health system policies and procedures that apply to pharmacy services. Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations.
  • Responsible for the selection of medications for use at PHC in collaboration with Clinical Services.
  • Maintain pharmaceuticals/vaccines for outdates and maintain record for credits and returns.
  • Prepare prepackaged medications and fill orders for drugs and vaccines for all PHC clinics.
  • Provide pharmaceutical care to specific patient populations through participation on designated clinical teams, allowing for the direct involvement with patient care through the selection monitoring of drug therapy.
  • Assist in instructing and training other medical personnel and serve as a preceptor for pharmacy students.
  • Represent PHC Pharmacy program in meetings with other departments, governmental agencies, and community business, professional, and public agencies.
  • Monitor developments in legislation/regulations relevant to the area of assignment. Review and interpret local, federal, and state laws, regulations, standards, and other regulatory requirements.
  • Evaluate impact and recommend/implement related policy and procedures.

Requirements:

  • Manage and coordinate the work of professional and technical personnel.
  • Supervise, train, organize, and evaluate staff.
  • Interpret and explain required 340-B policies and procedures.
  • Provide administrative and professional leadership for Medication Management and pharmaceutical care.
  • Recommend and implement goals, objectives, and practices for providing effective and efficient pharmaceutical services.
  • Prepare clear and concise administrative and financial reports.
  • Communicate clearly and concisely with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds both orally and written.
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work, including a variety of medical professionals, community groups, and the general public.
  • Support current organizational initiatives and exhibit creativity and flexibility in times of change.
  • Promote, model, mentor, and lead customer service excellence.
  • Communicate consistently with all pharmacy team members.
  • Excellent verbal and communication skills.

Qualifications:

  • To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
  • Must have knowledge of federal, state, and local laws and regulations governing compounding, dispensing, storage, and usage of medications.
  • Must have knowledge of Pharmacy standards of practice.
  • Must have knowledge of controlled substances record keeping and reporting.
  • Must have knowledge of drug indications and drug interactions.
  • Must have knowledge of compounding techniques.
  • Must have knowledge of pharmacy, H.E.R. (HIV epidemiology research) institutional computer systems, including the use of spreadsheets.
  • Knowledge of laboratory values.
  • Infection control policies and practices.
  • Age-specific patient care practices.
  • Must have knowledge of handling, storage, and use and disposal of hazardous materials.

Professional Requirements:

  • Adhere to dress code; appearance is neat and clean.
  • Complete annual education requirements.
  • Treat clients and their families with respect and dignity.
  • Communicate appropriately and clearly with all staff.
  • Maintain regulatory requirements, including all state, federal, and National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) regulations.
  • Maintain and ensure patient/client confidentiality at all times.
  • Report to work on time and as scheduled.
  • Wear identification while on duty.
  • Maintain a good rapport and cooperative working relationship with all staff.
  • Represent organization in a positive and professional manner.
  • Comply with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.

Education/Experience:

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from an accredited pharmacy program.
  • Three (3) years as a practicing pharmacist with one (1) year of supervisory experience.
  • Pharmacy residency training is preferred.

Clinical experience in communicable disease and prevention with particular focus in HIV is preferred.

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