Beth Israel Lahey Health
Retail Staff Pharmacist Per Diem
– Beth Israel Lahey Health
Job Summary:
The Retail Staff Pharmacist is responsible for the quality assurance of the provided pharmacy services. Ensures the correct medications are dispensed to the correct patients in an efficient and safe manner as promised. Medication compliance monitoring, chronic disease state management, patient consultation, and provider communications are part of daily tasks. This position is a part of the interdisciplinary team that includes clinical pharmacists, technician supervisors, mail, and delivery department managers.
Essential Responsibilities
Performs quality assurance of prescriptions and medications to dispense.
Performs clinical assessments and reassessments and documents clinical interventions per protocol.
Dispenses prescribed medications, drugs, and other pharmaceuticals for patient care: reviews prescriptions issued by physician or other authorized prescriber to assure accuracy; directs pharmacy workers engaged in packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals; answers questions and provides information to pharmacy customers on drug interactions, side effects, dosage and storage.
Maintains established procedures concerning quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and disposal of hazardous waste drugs.
Enters data such as patient name, prescribed medication, and cost to maintain pharmacy files, charge system, and inventory.
Assays medications to determine identity, purity, and strength.
Participates as a member of various Quality Management Committees to provide quality management oversight to the pharmacy operations and client satisfaction.
Oversees pharmacy technicians and workflow; intervenes and follows protocol when necessary to correct information.
Instructs interns and other medical personnel on matters pertaining to pharmacy.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree required; Doctoral degree in Pharmacy (Pharm D) preferred.
License Massachusetts Pharmacist required.
0-1 years related work experience required.
Possesses knowledge in drug information, disease state management, and legal requirements of pharmacy practices.
Understanding of insurance and adjudication processes.
Working knowledge of inventory processes.
Advanced skills with Microsoft applications including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications; may produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in retail or academic outpatient pharmacy and experience in 340B pharmacy setting.
Board of Pharmacy Specialty Certification.
Pharmacy management experience.
Competencies
Decision Making: Ability to make decisions guided by precedents, policies and objectives.
Problem Solving: Ability to address complex and often non-recurring problems, requiring staff input, innovative, creative, and Lean diagnostic techniques.
Independence of Action: Ability to set goals and determine how to accomplish defined results with some guidelines.
Written Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices and policies with application in varied situations.
Team Work: Ability to lead collaborative teams for larger projects or groups internally and externally to the Medical Center across functional areas.
Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of service and staff training to meet expectations; resolves service issues in a timely and respectful manner.
Age Based Competencies Employees must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Neonatal (Birth to 6 months), Youth (6 months to 16 years), Young adult (16-30 years), Middle Age (30-60 years), Elderly (60+).
Physical Nature of the Job Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently to move objects. Some elements of the job are sedentary, but the employee will be required to stand for periods of time or move throughout the hospital campus.
Pay Range $58.00 - $73.56 per hour. Compensation may exceed this range due to seniority, education, training, experience, certifications, location, responsibilities, shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other applicable factors.
Vaccination Requirement All staff must be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
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– Beth Israel Lahey Health
Job Summary:
The Retail Staff Pharmacist is responsible for the quality assurance of the provided pharmacy services. Ensures the correct medications are dispensed to the correct patients in an efficient and safe manner as promised. Medication compliance monitoring, chronic disease state management, patient consultation, and provider communications are part of daily tasks. This position is a part of the interdisciplinary team that includes clinical pharmacists, technician supervisors, mail, and delivery department managers.
Essential Responsibilities
Performs quality assurance of prescriptions and medications to dispense.
Performs clinical assessments and reassessments and documents clinical interventions per protocol.
Dispenses prescribed medications, drugs, and other pharmaceuticals for patient care: reviews prescriptions issued by physician or other authorized prescriber to assure accuracy; directs pharmacy workers engaged in packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals; answers questions and provides information to pharmacy customers on drug interactions, side effects, dosage and storage.
Maintains established procedures concerning quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and disposal of hazardous waste drugs.
Enters data such as patient name, prescribed medication, and cost to maintain pharmacy files, charge system, and inventory.
Assays medications to determine identity, purity, and strength.
Participates as a member of various Quality Management Committees to provide quality management oversight to the pharmacy operations and client satisfaction.
Oversees pharmacy technicians and workflow; intervenes and follows protocol when necessary to correct information.
Instructs interns and other medical personnel on matters pertaining to pharmacy.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree required; Doctoral degree in Pharmacy (Pharm D) preferred.
License Massachusetts Pharmacist required.
0-1 years related work experience required.
Possesses knowledge in drug information, disease state management, and legal requirements of pharmacy practices.
Understanding of insurance and adjudication processes.
Working knowledge of inventory processes.
Advanced skills with Microsoft applications including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications; may produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in retail or academic outpatient pharmacy and experience in 340B pharmacy setting.
Board of Pharmacy Specialty Certification.
Pharmacy management experience.
Competencies
Decision Making: Ability to make decisions guided by precedents, policies and objectives.
Problem Solving: Ability to address complex and often non-recurring problems, requiring staff input, innovative, creative, and Lean diagnostic techniques.
Independence of Action: Ability to set goals and determine how to accomplish defined results with some guidelines.
Written Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices and policies with application in varied situations.
Team Work: Ability to lead collaborative teams for larger projects or groups internally and externally to the Medical Center across functional areas.
Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of service and staff training to meet expectations; resolves service issues in a timely and respectful manner.
Age Based Competencies Employees must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Neonatal (Birth to 6 months), Youth (6 months to 16 years), Young adult (16-30 years), Middle Age (30-60 years), Elderly (60+).
Physical Nature of the Job Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently to move objects. Some elements of the job are sedentary, but the employee will be required to stand for periods of time or move throughout the hospital campus.
Pay Range $58.00 - $73.56 per hour. Compensation may exceed this range due to seniority, education, training, experience, certifications, location, responsibilities, shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other applicable factors.
Vaccination Requirement All staff must be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
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