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Pharmacist (Community) - Floating Pharmacist - PRN

WellSpan Health • York, PA 17405 • Posted 30+ days ago

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The Pharmacist at WellSpan Pharmacy provides pharmaceuticals and drug information for adequate patient care according to professional standards and practices. This role involves compounds pharmaceutical preparations, labeling and packaging medications, assisting with IV preparation and delivery, advising patients and medical staff on medication use, ensuring proper controls and records of narcotics and controlled substances, monitoring drug therapy, providing clinical pharmacy services, and administering immunizations.

Responsibilities

  • Compounds pharmaceutical preparations and/or labels and packages medications and pharmaceuticals.
  • Assists with and/or supervises IV preparation and/or delivery.
  • Advises patients and medical/nursing staff on use of various medications including dosage, side effects, composition, drug-to-drug interactions, drug-to-allergy interactions and drug-to-food interactions.
  • Ensures proper controls and records of narcotics and other controlled substances as required by state and federal law.
  • Monitors drug therapy to identify, prevent or resolve actual or potential drug therapy problems. Addresses problems with physicians and/or nurses when indicated.
  • Provides clinical pharmacy services as needed.
  • Administers immunizations, reviews patient profiles for immunization qualification and makes that recommendation to the patient.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the assigned patient population.
  • Assists with and/or supervises personal care/long term care medication delivery.
  • Assists in preparing required reports by compiling information.

Qualifications

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy
  • Less than 1 year of relevant experience
  • Licensed Registered Pharmacist upon hire
  • Authorization to administer injectables for Pharmacist upon hire
  • Basic Life Support certification upon hire
  • Completion of degree program from accredited school of pharmacy upon hire

About WellSpan Health

WellSpan Health operates in the healthcare industry, providing a wide range of medical services to individuals and families in central PA and northern MD. Their offerings include urgent care, primary care, specialty care such as orthopedics and neurosciences, as well as home care services and behavioral health support.

Full Job Description

Pharmacist (Community) - Floating Pharmacist - PRN

Location: WellSpan Health, York, PA

Schedule: PRN/Per Diem

Schedule

Hours: Floating PRN, Variable Day shift hours

General Summary

Provides pharmaceuticals and drug information as needed for adequate patient care according to professional standards and practices.

Essential Functions:

+ Compounds pharmaceutical preparations and/or labels and packages medications and pharmaceuticals. Assists with and/or supervises IV preparation and/or delivery.

+ Advises patients and medical/nursing staff on use of various medications including dosage, side effects, composition, drug-to-drug interactions, drug-to-allergy interactions and drug-to-food interactions.

+ Ensures proper controls and records of narcotics and other controlled substances as required by state and federal law.

+ Monitors drug therapy to identify, prevent or resolve actual or potential drug therapy problems. Addresses problems with physicians and/or nurses when indicated.

+ Provides clinical pharmacy services as needed.

+ Administers immunizations, reviews patient profiles for immunization qualification and makes that recommendation to the patient.

Common Expectations:

+ Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the assigned patient population. Assesses and interprets patient age specific data and provides appropriate, age specific treatment. Provides direct patient care to assigned patient age group(s).

+ Demonstrates a commitment to patient, visitor and staff by: complying with all applicable safety regulations; learning the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors; reporting actual and potential errors, as well as hazardous conditions; identifying opportunities to standardize processes and "error proof" systems that will lead to increased safety; and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required.

+ Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.

+ Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest trends in field of expertise.

+ Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.

+ Assists with and/or supervises personal care/long term care medication delivery.

+ Assists in preparing required reports by compiling information.

Required for All Jobs:

+ Performs other related duties as identified.

+ WellSpan Health has adopted and implemented a compliance program to support WellSpan's values and standards for professionalism, integrity, and ethics. Expected to support and meet the values and standards of the organization and the performance expectations of the job, the department, and the compliance program.

+ WellSpan Health has adopted and implemented a privacy program to safeguard the patient information and the business and operational information of the organization. Expected to support and meet the values and standards of the organization to safeguard patient and business/operational information.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Physical Demands:

+ Standing - Frequently

+ Walking - Frequently

+ Sitting - Occasionally

+ Carrying/Lifting - Rarely (10lbs)

+ Pushing/Pulling - Rarely (10lbs)

+ Kneeling/Crouching - Rarely

+ Reaching - Occasionally

+ Talking - Frequently

+ Hearing - Frequently

+ Repetitive Motions - Frequently

+ Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination - Frequently

Working Environment:

+ Occupational Hazards - Occasionally

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

+ Bachelors Degree Pharmacy Bachelor's Degree Required

Work Experience:

+ Less than 1 year Relevant experience. Required

Licenses:

+ Licensed Registered Pharmacist Upon Hire Required and

+ Authorization to Administer Injectables for Pharmacist Upon Hire Required and

+ Basic Life Support Upon Hire Required

Courses and Training:

+ Completion of degree program from accredited school of pharmacy. Upon Hire Required

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At WellSpan Health, we are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equitably, regardless of their job classification. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please reach out to us via email atcareers@wellspan.org. We will evaluate requests for accommodation on a case-by-case basis. Please note that we will only respond to inquiries related to reasonable accommodation from this email address. Rest assured, all requests for assistance or accommodation are handled confidentially, allowing applicants to share their needs openly and honestly with us.

WellSpan Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy and intention of the System to maintain consistent and equal treatment toward applicants and employees of all job classifications without regard to age, sex, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, national origin, ancestry, veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic.