Address
Form of work
SalaryOur Company:
PharMerica
Overview: Our Pharmacy group focuses on providing exceptional customer service and meeting the pharmacy needs for hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, and other specialized care centers nationwide. If your passion is service excellence and top-quality care come join our team and apply today!
Responsibilities: - Evaluates physician medication orders for appropriateness of drug, dosage, potential interactions, route of administration and stability. Makes recommendations for therapy changes to the physician and facility staff as appropriate
- Reviews the drug regimen and clinical indicators of each resident as assigned at least monthly and reports any irregularities to the Director of Nursing, Administrator and the attending physicians with a written report of findings and recommendations
- Documents all communication with physicians, nurses, other members of the healthcare team and patients/residents and their family members
- Maintains knowledge of pharmacy laws and federal and state regulations concerning long-term care
- Works cooperatively as a member of a team
- Maintains knowledge of pharmaceutical care practices for long term care residents
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited School of Pharmacy or Pharmacy Doctorate
- Current license required. Dual license preferred
- One-year experience in acute, long-term care or home health preferred
- Consultant or Clinical Pharmacist experience preferred
- IV clinical experience preferred
- Must be able to work weekends or outside of normal business hours when needed
- Ability to lift patient charts repetitively
- Ability to stand for long periods of time
- Good customer service skills
- Ability to learn and understand state and federal regulations for long-term care
- Understand of formulary management
