Pharmacist

About the role

Join our team in a temporary Pharmacist role supporting complex pharmacy initiatives across multiple locations.

Responsibilities

• Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
• Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
• In a retail/community pharmacy setting, review, interpret and dispense both prescription and non-prescription medication to patients.
• Take an active role in responding to prescription issues and advising providers on the selection, dosage, interaction and side effects of medications.
• Counsel patients on the medication prescription including but not limited to: proper administration, possible side effects, expected response, storage and any other questions posed by the patient.
• Monitor the health and progress of patients in response to drug therapy.
• Learn and utilize new technology as the profession of pharmacy evolves.
• Provide oversight and clinical supervision for pharmacy series and pharmacy support personnel.
• In a medical center or institutional setting, review and interpret provider orders, provide drug information, assist in problem solving, and provide other aspects of pharmaceutical care.
• Duties may consist of unit dose dispensing, IV Admixtures, outpatient prescriptions, navigating the electronic medical record, compounding, and working with automated dispensing devices.
• Utilize appropriate age-related patient information to assess the pharmaceutical needs of patients, which may include provision of pharmaceutical care to neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Follow all established regulations and standards that govern the practice of pharmacy.
• May be required to act as a shift supervisor under direct or indirect supervision by department managers.
• Demonstrate good written and verbal communication skills.
• Pharmacy services may include involvement in acute care surgery, neurology, cardiology, pediatrics, oncology, infusion services, intensive care, general medicine, dialysis, transplant, antimicrobial stewardship, and medication reconciliation.
• May include decentralized clinical functions, such as direct patient interaction/interdisciplinary team rounding, chart reviews, customer or patient counseling, collecting accurate medication list.
• May also include centralized clinical functions, such as checking and dispensing medications and overseeing the clinical functions of the IV room.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy.
• Must have a thorough knowledge of drugs and their actions; knowledge of state and local regulations.
• Hospital experience or residency preferred.
• License must be in good standing by the State Board of Pharmacy in state(s) of practice and/or possess multi-state licensure privileges as required by position.

Schedule

• Shift: Day
• Schedule: Flex
• Weekly Hours: 40.00

Pay

Salary Range: $61.00 - $87.50

Benefits

Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance.