What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacist position at North Country Hospital?
Hello and thank you for your interest in the position of Clinical/Operations Pharmacist for North Country Hospital.
We have 3 types of pharmacists shifts which we rotate to give our pharmacists a little variety. This position includes all 3 shifts.
This is by no means a comprehensive job description but will give you an idea of what to expect especially if you are a retail pharmacist ready to explore a new and exciting chapter in your career. (We will gladly train)
Clinical Pharmacist:
- Prepare for and attend morning rounds/discharge planning meeting with hospitalist/nursing and related health care professionals
- Enter orders if needed, and verify all CPOE (Computerized Provider Order Entry) orders for all inpatient services
- Oversee and perform the medication reconciliation process
- Contact and confer with prescribers if there are any questions or irregularities regarding medication orders and discrepancies with medication reconciliation.
- Clinical monitoring of TPNs (Total Parenteral Nutrition), heparin and pharmacist-to-dose Vancomycin
- Consult with physician and nursing staff concerning the availability, form, side effects, dosing, pharmacokinetics, medication information and compatibilities of currently available drugs.
- Carry out hand-off communications with other pharmacists and pharmacy technicians which includes all pending issues, orders, dosing, labs etc.
Operations Pharmacist:
- Supervision of the department in the absence of the Director
- Supervise the filling and dispensing of Employee Prescription Plan prescriptions
- Available for clinical medication information to clinical practices, providers, nurses etc
- Supervise, prepare and check all IV compounds, oversee IV technicians (Non-Hazardous and Hazardous Medications)
- Assist in coordinating daily workflow with IV, distribution and floating technicians
- Review all infusion orders for the Outpatient Treatment Center for dosing and accuracy
Floating Pharmacist:
- Assist the operational and clinical pharmacist as necessary
- Additional duties as may be assigned by the Director of Pharmacy
All Pharmacists:
- Document all clinical interventions, adverse events and performance improvement processes within 48 hours
- Attend meetings as assigned by the Director of Pharmacy
- Verify and check Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADC) after refilled, record all events and discrepancies for process review
- Respond to Code Blue calls when available
- On-Call responsibility, 30-minute response time if needed physically in facility
- Supervise and assist with maintaining proper inventory
Experience/Training:
- One year of hospital experience is preferred but not required (all of our pharmacists have worked in retail at some point in their career)
- Must have a valid pharmacist license in the State of Vermont
