Pharmacist

About the role

As our pharmacist, you will provide essential support to the pharmacy department at the Life Skills & Transition Center (LSTC), helping ensure safe, effective, and compliant medication services for the people we serve. You will be scheduled around two to three days each week at approximately 20 hours to stay current on department operations and changes.

Responsibilities

• Dispensing medications by processing prescription orders and carefully reviewing them to identify potential drug interactions, contraindications, allergies, or adverse effects.
• Serving as a trusted resource to medical staff, nursing staff, technicians, and others involved in supporting individuals receiving services, offering consultation and guidance related to medication use.
• Reviewing pharmacy technician work for accuracy before final verification and ensuring medications are dispensed safely using systems such as the Parata Mini for DISPILL packaging.
• Supporting medication inventory management by ordering and receiving medications, ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations as well as CMS standards.
• Monitoring medications to ensure they are not expired, recalled, or otherwise unsuitable for use.
• Participating in interdisciplinary care team meetings, contributing your clinical expertise and evidence-based recommendations to support coordinated, person-centered care.

Requirements

• A Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from an accredited college of pharmacy and be licensed and registered as a pharmacist in the state of North Dakota.
• If a candidate at this level is not identified, we may consider applicants who have a pharmacy degree and are licensed and registered as a pharmacist in North Dakota.

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented and able to make informed decisions using evidence-based research.
• Comfortable working in a highly collaborative, team-based environment where communication occurs across multiple disciplines and platforms.
• Adaptable to evolving systems and technology while maintaining accuracy and efficiency in your work.
• Strong communication skills are essential, and you will be expected to be assertive while maintaining professionalism.
• Ability to remain calm and focused in high-demand situations, often balancing multiple priorities, while demonstrating patience, empathy, and a commitment to acting in the best interest of the individuals you serve.

Benefits

In addition to the exceptional health insurance and retirement benefits, HHS values continued learning and career enhancement. Therefore, we offer varying continuing education formats, including in-person and online, as well as tuition reimbursement.

Pay

Details TBD

Schedule

Approximately 20 hours per week, around two to three days each week.

About HHS

ND HHS strives to make North Dakota the healthiest state in the nation by reinforcing the foundations of well-being: physical, economic, and behavioral. The keys to success are the 2800 committed, team members who are guided by a simple but powerful belief: when we lead with light, we create systems and services rooted in hope, clarity, and possibility. Their work is supported with more than $6 billion in funding from nearly 400 different federal, state, and special sources.

Total Rewards

In addition to the exceptional health insurance and retirement benefits, HHS values continued learning and career enhancement. Therefore, we offer varying continuing education formats, including in-person and online, as well as tuition reimbursement.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.