Outpatient Pharmacist

Join Decypher and make a direct impact on the health and readiness of America’s service members, veterans, and their families. Since 2008 Decypher has offered healthcare industry professionals careers where their expertise is valued, and their work makes a meaningful impact. Decypher partners with the Defense Health Agency to deliver professional services, technology, and management solutions. Our mission is to provide and support quality care for our veterans, service members and their families, across the United States.

Responsibilities

• Perform a full range of pharmacist procedures.
• Deliver comprehensive pharmaceutical services within the personnel, supply, and equipment capabilities of the facility.
• Counsel patients regarding appropriate use of medications.
• Review patient profiles at the time of dispensing in order to closely monitor medication therapy.
• Ensure prescription directions for use, dose, medication interactions, therapeutic duplications or overlaps, allergy information, age specific dosage, and other pertinent data are appropriate for individual patients. Intervention with providers shall be made for noted discrepancy of above listed items.
• Compound medications as required.
• Ensure accuracy of all pharmaceutical products prepared or processed by technical staff.
• Supervise inventory control of all pharmaceuticals in the pharmacy, especially scheduled pharmaceuticals, and ensure pharmacy security.
• Maintain appropriate records and security of all scheduled controlled substances according to applicable regulations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in pharmacy. Graduate from a college or university accredited by the Accreditation Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through AHA or ARC.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a pharmacist.
• Documented experience, ideally but not limited to 1 year, as an outpatient pharmacist in the past 36 months.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.

Skills

• Stand and walk for extended periods.
• Frequently use hands and fingers for dispensing, compounding, and handling medications and pharmacy equipment.
• Perform repetitive fine-motor tasks with accuracy.
• Bend, reach, stoop, lift and carry pharmacy supplies as needed.
• Operate computers and other equipment.
• Work safely in a pharmacy environment.

Schedule

• Onsite.
• Shifts shall be 9 hours including a 1-hour unbillable lunch period. Time range for shifts shall be within 0600-1830 Monday through Friday (e.g., 0600-1500, 0730-1630, 0930-1830).
• Possibility of Saturday or Sunday shifts, not to exceed 40 hours in a work week.

Pay

Up to $124,000 per year.