What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacist position at Indian Health Service?
This position is located at one of the various Indian Health Hospitals or Clinics under the Navajo Area Office. This position is to provide direct pharmaceutical care for inpatient and outpatient at the Service Units and is expected to manage patients with chronic disease states, as well as providing pharmaceutical care for acute patients.
**Note: This is an Open Continuous Announcement; applicants will be referred when vacancies occur.
**Note: This is an Open Continuous Announcement; applicants will be referred when vacancies occur.
Responsibilities:
- Conducts Medical Staff authorized outpatient pharmacy clinics for examination, Follow-up and treatment of specialized patients. Takes the appropriate health history, follows and adjusts the developed treatment plan and monitors the patient's outcome to the prescribed treatment plan.
- Evaluates medication regimens for appropriateness, drug interactions, therapeutic duplications, non-compliance and adverse drug events.
- Counsels patients on the use, storage, cautions and side effects of all medications dispensed as well as documentation of cognitive services provided.
- Provides highly complex, critical medication treatment, monitoring, management and consultation involving risk to patient's life, safety, health or well- being with all levels of allied health providers and patients.
- Provides formal and informal education and in-services to medical staff, pharmacy, and nursing staff as requested. Provides training for pharmacy residents, pharmacy students and medical students. Provides education to patients and their families about medications, common disease states and information on health promotion.
Pharmacist
CommonSpirit Health -
PRESCOTT, AZ
