Adventist Health
Pharmacist, Per Diem, Variable Shift-10Hr
Adventist Health, San Luis Obispo, California, us, 93403
Nestled on the Central California Coast, Adventist Health Sierra Vista has been providing care to our community since 1959. Our 162-bed acute care facility includes a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and county designated trauma center. San Luis Obispo offers the excitement of a lively community while being a fifteen-minute drive from the serenity of Avila Beach, known for their natural hot springs, and Pismo Beach, known for their sand dunes and eucalyptus trees. Featuring a charming downtown, comfortable coastal weather, idyllic views, and an active lifestyle San Luis Obispo offers much to be had.
Job Summary Verify and fill orders for medications, monitor patient medication therapies, provide drug information, identify and troubleshoot potential medication safety hazards, document all interactions for medical review, and supervise and direct support personnel.
Job Requirements Education and Work Experience
Graduate of school of pharmacy: Required
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree: Preferred
One year's technical experience: Preferred
Inpatient clinical pharmacy experience: Preferred
Licenses/Certifications
Pharmacist license in the state of practice: Required
All licensures and certifications needed to fulfill the duties required of a Pharmacist at the state level: Required
Registered Pharmacist (RPH): Required
Essential Functions
Processes, enters, verifies, and distributes medication orders within the institution in a timely manner and in compliance with department and hospital policies, as well as Joint Commission and other regulatory guidelines. Actively ensures that medication therapy is efficacious, safe, cost effective, and achieves the best therapeutic outcomes. Assures that medication prescribing is optimal with respect to indication, dose, route, frequency, history of allergy, and does not duplicate or negatively interact with other drugs.
Conducts and manages daily reports on medication utilization based upon daily rounds to identify, catalogue, and subsequently analyze areas in which medication improvement is needed. Consistently performs quality assurance procedures in related work areas.
Participates in all pharmacy-related tasks and programs such as clinical rounds, unit based and/or population based medication management activities, remote order verification, and all other areas as directed/necessitated. Expedites changes needed to meet regulatory, accrediting, licensing, and government agency standards and laws.
Participates in department cost savings. Complies with drug formulary and appropriate documentation. Collaborates with appropriate leadership and buyer to purchase, contract, and procure medications and related supplies to ensure that product and vendor selection is based upon the highest medication safety standards.
Assists in making recommendations on process improvement or development of new pharmacy services.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Organizational Requirements Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.
Adventist Health participates in E-Verify. Visit https://adventisthealth.org/careers/everify/ for more information about E-Verify. By choosing to apply, you acknowledge that you have accessed and read the E-Verify Participation and Right to Work notices and understand the contents therein.
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Job Summary Verify and fill orders for medications, monitor patient medication therapies, provide drug information, identify and troubleshoot potential medication safety hazards, document all interactions for medical review, and supervise and direct support personnel.
Job Requirements Education and Work Experience
Graduate of school of pharmacy: Required
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree: Preferred
One year's technical experience: Preferred
Inpatient clinical pharmacy experience: Preferred
Licenses/Certifications
Pharmacist license in the state of practice: Required
All licensures and certifications needed to fulfill the duties required of a Pharmacist at the state level: Required
Registered Pharmacist (RPH): Required
Essential Functions
Processes, enters, verifies, and distributes medication orders within the institution in a timely manner and in compliance with department and hospital policies, as well as Joint Commission and other regulatory guidelines. Actively ensures that medication therapy is efficacious, safe, cost effective, and achieves the best therapeutic outcomes. Assures that medication prescribing is optimal with respect to indication, dose, route, frequency, history of allergy, and does not duplicate or negatively interact with other drugs.
Conducts and manages daily reports on medication utilization based upon daily rounds to identify, catalogue, and subsequently analyze areas in which medication improvement is needed. Consistently performs quality assurance procedures in related work areas.
Participates in all pharmacy-related tasks and programs such as clinical rounds, unit based and/or population based medication management activities, remote order verification, and all other areas as directed/necessitated. Expedites changes needed to meet regulatory, accrediting, licensing, and government agency standards and laws.
Participates in department cost savings. Complies with drug formulary and appropriate documentation. Collaborates with appropriate leadership and buyer to purchase, contract, and procure medications and related supplies to ensure that product and vendor selection is based upon the highest medication safety standards.
Assists in making recommendations on process improvement or development of new pharmacy services.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Organizational Requirements Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.
Adventist Health participates in E-Verify. Visit https://adventisthealth.org/careers/everify/ for more information about E-Verify. By choosing to apply, you acknowledge that you have accessed and read the E-Verify Participation and Right to Work notices and understand the contents therein.
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