Responsibilities
- Schedule: PRN, Variable Shift, possible weekend assistance
- Provides pharmaceutical care to patients, verifies medication orders, compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals in accordance with federal, state and local regulations and hospital policy
- Serves as a resource to other healthcare professionals including pharmacy students to ensure that patient care meets standards of safety and effectiveness
- Oversees the duties of the pharmacy technicians and interns
- Ensures safety and appropriateness of medication therapy through order verification, dispensing, home medication reconciliation, chart review, patient counseling, lab value monitoring and dose/therapy adjustment as applicable
- Documents medication related plans and interventions in electronic medical record
- Provides clinical consultation delivering best-practice, evidence-based and complete information to practitioners
- Makes recommendations and encourages safe and cost-effective pharmacotherapy for patients through multi-disciplinary collaboration
- Oversees the medication dispensing process to ensure accurate and timely delivery of optimal pharmacotherapy to patients
- This includes supervision of pharmacy technicians and/or interns who support the role of the pharmacist in the drug delivery system
- Precept pharmacy students, as applicable
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner
- Performs other duties as assigned
EDUCATION •Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D; Bachelor of Pharmacy) from accredited school of pharmacy REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS State of Work Location: Illinois •Pharmacist, Registered - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) EXPERIENCE •No experience required, but prefer previous hospital experience