Pharmacist

Job Summary: Under the direction of the Pharmacy Director, performs clinical and professional pharmaceutical work in the compounding and dispensing of drugs and IV supplies.
Job Requirements: Minimum Education PharmD or Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college of pharmacy.
Certifications: ACLS preferred.
Minimum Work Experience Hospital pharmacy experience preferred.
IV admixture experience preferred.
Required Licenses Current licensure as a Pharmacist in the state of Idaho or eligible for licensure within six months of hire.
Essential Functions: Prepares, fills, and compounds drug and IV orders by physicians and other authorized personnel.
Responsible for aspects of procurement, storage, and distribution of biological and pharmaceutical products.
Stores and preserves biologicals, vaccines, and serums.
Maintains narcotic inventory and other records such as inventory, prescriptions, and quality assurance.
Supervises and trains intern-pharmacists.
Charges patients' medicines.
Is available to other hospital personnel and the medical staff to answer questions and dispense drug information.
Provide drug and drug therapy information.
Review and assess medication orders to identify, prevent, and resolve potential and actual drug-related problems.
Manage drug therapy protocols as part of the physician-pharmacist-nurse team.
Communicate effectively with all members of the healthcare team, patients, families, and caregivers with the goal of optimizing care.
Organizational Expectations: Provides a positive and professional representation of the organization.
Promotes culture of safety for patients and employees through proper identification, reporting, documentation, and prevention.
Maintains hospital standards for a clean and quiet environment.
Maintains competency and knowledge of current standards of practice, trends, and developments in related scope of job role or practice.
Participates in ongoing quality improvement activities.
Maintains compliance with organization’s policies, as well as established practices, protocols, and procedures of the position, department, and applicable professional standards.
Complies with organizational and regulatory policies for handling confidential information.
Demonstrates excellent customer service through his/her attitude and actions, consistent with the standards contained in The Gritman Way.
Functional Demands: Population Served Neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric.
Physical Demands Lifting: Occasional lift to a maximum of 25 lbs.
from floor to waist height from floor to waist and 12 lbs.
to overhead height (2 x hr.
up to 8 x day).
No frequent lifts.
Items lifted-IV bags and boxes.
Push/Pull: Minimal force required to push carts 100-200 feet.
Carry: Maximum of 25 lb.
box for 20 feet Fine Motor: High degree of fine motor skill to mix medications, manipulate syringes, etc… Standing: Up to 60 minutes at one time, up to 8 hours per day Sitting: Up to 60 minutes at one time, up to 8 hours per day Kneeling: Up to 5 minutes at one time, up to 5 minutes per day Stooping: Up to 5 minutes at one time up to 5 minutes per day Climbing: UP to 2 minutes at one time up to 20 minutes per day Other: Occasional reaching/handing for preparing medications for distribution.
Frequent fingering to type, write, and use the phone and computer.
Constant talking, hearing, and seeing to interact with patient and other healthcare providers with frequent visual acuity sufficient to count and dispense medication.
Environmental Conditions Location: Inside.
Occasional exposure to wet and humidity through water and hand washing.
Occasional exposure to noise caused by intermittent distractions from computer printer and telephones.
Occasional exposure to toxic and caustic chemical with chemotherapeutic medications.
Minimal exposure to biohazardous blood and body fluids.