Pharmacist
KabaFusion · Albany, NY · 5 days ago
HealthcareFull-time
About the role
KabaFusion is an innovative company dedicated to providing high-quality home infusion services. Founded in 2010, the company has grown into the largest privately held home infusion company in the country, serving over 40 states.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrates ethical pharmacy practice and ensures compliance with all company policies and procedures, state and federal pharmacy rules and regulations, professional practice standards, and accrediting entities.
- Affirms patient's suitability for home care and appropriateness of prescribed therapy.
- Ensures the patient database is complete and compiles the necessary information needed to design a patient-specific pharmacy plan of care with goals for therapy.
- Recommends and writes patient-appropriate orders.
- Affirms documents that require the prescriber's or pharmacist's signature for billing are generated and obtained.
- Affirms assesses laboratory results and performs pharmacokinetic dosing. Makes appropriate dosing recommendations and documents.
- Initiates, creates and updates patient medication profiles.
- Performs accurate prescription order entry to ensure medications are properly concentrated, without incompatibilities, stable and properly stored.
- Dispenses medications and related supplies to cost-effectively meet patient needs and assures authorization for services is obtained prior to dispensing.
- Accurately dispenses, programs, if applicable, and troubleshoots medication administration pumps.
- Accurately submits electronic claims for medications, as applicable.
- Documents all communication with physicians, nurses, dietitians, patients and caregivers in the patient's medical record.
- Documents initial patient or caregiver discussion, education and counseling regarding prescribed therapy, medication use and information, infusion method, and after hours contact information.
- Thoroughly and objectively documents the patient's course of therapy, compliance with therapy, laboratory results, and progress towards goals of therapy with therapy-appropriate frequency.
- Ensures all compounding, clean room and anteroom activities adhere to all state and federal regulations, USP standards and company policies and procedures by all pharmacy staff.
- Ensures required documentation is completed on QA/QC records and compounding documents.
- Completes company-required orientation and annual competencies and in-services.
- Provides concise, applicable and timely responses to requests for drug information.
- Accurately maintains calendar for laboratory tests, compounding, delivery, and documentation updates.
- Obtains and processes patient clinical information to allow for processing refills and supplies at least 24 hours in advance of patient's need.
- Plans work to ensure cost-effective delivery methods are utilized.
- Oversees the work of pharmacy support personnel and ensures their job duties are completed in a timely manner.
- Delegates non-clinical tasks to assigned support personnel.
- Prepares for and actively participates in patient care conferences including Nutrition Support Rounds.
- Participates in the on-call process and documents on call activities in the patient medical record, if appropriate, and communicates with relevant personnel.
- Assists in the training and supervision of pharmacy support personnel, pharmacy interns and pharmacy-profession students.
- Might assume role in of the Pharmacist in Charge or general branch manager during temporary absences and/or vacancies as appropriate.
- Performs other related duties as directed by supervisor.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (Doctor of Pharmacy or a Master’s of Science degree in Pharmacy desirable) from an accredited college of pharmacy.
- Currently licensed as a registered pharmacist in state of employment.
- A minimum of two years recent experience in an acute-care setting or one year recent experience in home infusion therapy.
- Experience and strong knowledge base in intravenous admixture services and intravenous therapy.
- Must be capable of evaluating and monitoring drug therapy relative to the total needs/problems of the home care patient in collaboration with physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
- Must be able to work effectively with others to provide safe and effective drug therapy.
- Must demonstrate ability to problem solve and supervise technical and other support staff.
- Must be flexible with work schedule.
- Good organizational and time-management skills.
Skills
- Excellent verbal and good written communication skills.
- Advanced level of multi-tasking and problem-solving skills.
- Moderate computer skills including MS Office, Windows Outlook, and Internet.
- Moderate level of interpersonal skills to interact effectively and professionally with both internal and external customers.
- Moderate mathematical skills to perform pharmaceutical calculations.
- General knowledge of modern office procedures, filing, telephone techniques and office equipment.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Benefits start on your 1st day of employment
- 401k w 4% match – no waiting or vesting period
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Floating Holidays
- Paid Holidays
- Company paid life insurance, short term disability
- Employee Assistance programs to help with mental health / wellness
- Learning & Development Programs
- Perks… includes discounts on travel, cell phone, clothing and more…
- Generous employee referral program
What We Offer
- To learn more about KabaFusion, please visit our careers page: https://www.kabafusion.com/careers/