Pharmacist (Retail) - Restricted Part Time Per Diem-24016

Responsibilities

• Direct supervision of pharmacy staff on duty.
• Evaluate physicians’ orders for therapeutic appropriateness, proper dosing, drug interactions, drug allergies, route of administration, contraindications, and therapeutic redundancies.
• Verify orders in a timely manner and, if necessary, clarify orders through direct and prompt contact with the prescriber or designated practitioner.
• Workflows may include order entry, prescription dispensing, compounding, verification, counseling, register transactions, inventory management, and other operational or customer service-related tasks.
• Oversee and perform medication compounding as required.
• Provide general and/or patient-specific drug information as required to other healthcare professionals.
• Make recommendations for cost-effective alternatives to medication orders.
• Perform prescription and over-the-counter patient consultations to promote safe and effective medication use and support optimal patient outcomes.
• Complete daily operational and financial reporting.
• Provide clear and specific handoff communications to the next provider of care whenever necessary.
• Engage in the medication error reporting program to identify, document, and prevent errors, supporting patient safety and continuous improvement in pharmacy practice.
• Identify medication safety issues and take steps to make corrections or escalate system improvement suggestions to the appropriate personnel.
• Regularly review pharmacy communications to stay informed of policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings as required.
• Provide general supervision for technical support in their assigned operational area.
• Maintain workflow with established delivery schedules.
• Maintain clinical skills, knowledge, and professional competence to ensure safe and effective pharmacy practice.
• Remain compliant and up-to-date on all related rules and regulations.
• Perform other tasks or special projects as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy and/or PharmD.
• Licensed or eligible for licensure in Illinois.
• Effective verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills.
• Strong work ethic with demonstrated leadership activities or potential for developing leadership behavior.
• Must be able to work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals, including within the Department of Pharmacy.
• Demonstrates leadership in performance of expected responsibilities.
• Maintains currency in the professional and clinical literature of the profession.
• Maintains competency in unique aspects of drug therapy for the patients care is provided for.
• Demonstrates a thorough understanding of clinical monitoring activities.
• Demonstrates the ability to use standard texts, online drug information resources and other sources of information and apply it to general patient care questions.
• Effectively and respectfully communicates with patients, pharmacists, nurses and physicians.
• Maintains working knowledge of medical center and departmental policies and procedures, including safety issues, inventory control and distribution, and infection control.
• Participates in educational seminars presented by residents in the Department of Pharmacy.
• Completes required age/disease state specific competencies.
• Completes medical center required annual competencies or educational programming.
• Affords assistance in the training of new employees, support personnel, residents, and students.
• Precepts pharmacy students on hospital and/or clinical rotations, consistent with academic credentials and clinical experience.
• Takes responsibility for personal and professional growth within assigned position in the Department of Pharmacy.
• Maintains active Illinois licensing status to practice.
• Encouraged to pursue board certification (BPS).
• Ensures compliance with accreditation standards and with federal, state and local regulations.
• Maintains Rush ICARE values (innovation, collaboration, accountability, respect and excellence).
• Works cooperatively with others to use appropriate systems strengths, knowledge and cooperation to improve performance.
• Responds to the department’s Disaster Plan as prescribed by medical center policy.
• Reviews policies and procedures when requested.
• Belongs to local/state/national professional pharmacy organizations; attends meetings.
• Participates on other projects as assigned or as pertains to the pharmacy area.