Pharmacist, Healthcare

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Receive 17% Weekday Nights, 26% Weekend Nights and 15% Weekend Day shift differentials.

Minimum

Offer:

$63.47/hr.

Maximum

Offer:

$82.51/hr.

Compensation Disclaimer:
Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department:
Pharmacy – Inpatient – UH; FTE: 0.90;
Full Time;
Shift: Rotating.

Pharmacists consult with and educate physicians, other health professionals, and patients and their families about drug usage, drug dosage, and drug substitution. Pharmacists focus on the cost‑effective and safe usage of drugs in inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory settings and on improving the quality of care given to patients. Compound and dispense medications and pharmaceutical supplies on written order from a physician.

Participate in Continuous Improvement (CQI program at the UNM Hospitals). Ensure adherence to UNM Hospitals and departmental policies, procedures, and guidelines. Patient care assignments may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric age groups.

• Maintain professional environment in communications, duties, tasks, interactions and customer service.
• Weigh, measure, and mix ingredients; compound and prepare medication emulsions, liquids, powders, and ointments using graduates, balance, mortars, pestles, and funnels.
• Fill prescriptions or orders from bulk stock; fill bottles, capsules, and other package forms with measured amounts of medication according to prescription; type prescription or order information for identification and use of medication; attach label to container following dispensing format.
• Maintain inventory records on narcotics and other controlled substances; maintain records on prescriptions or orders filled.
• Ensure timely and accurate filling and delivery of physician's prescriptions or orders.
• Prepare and dispense doses of medications as required to meet patient needs.
• Mix and dispense additives for IV, IM, and irrigating solutions.
• Review non‑formulary drug requests and recommend formulary alternatives when possible.
• Enter physician prescriptions and orders into pharmacy computer system; review physician prescription or orders for completeness and appropriateness; perform prospective review of patient profile, check for drug‑drug, drug‑food, drug‑disease, drug supplement interactions, patient allergies, appropriate dose, admixture incompatibilities, drug dose, route, schedule, etc.
• Collaborate with other healthcare professionals in the selection and individualization of drug therapy for patients.
• Confer with medical personnel to correct problems with physician prescription or orders; recommend changes in therapy with goal of enhancing patient care, increasing patient safety, and decreasing costs; encourage adherence to formulary, IV to PO recommendations, clinical practice guidelines, and antibiotic selections.
• Provide concise, complete, applicable and timely responses to drug information requests from healthcare professionals and patients.
• Perform total parenteral nutrition monitoring and participation on the UNMH Nutrition Support Team, renal drug dosing, IV to PO conversion, anticoagulation therapy monitoring, antibiotic selection, pharmacokinetic monitoring and other monitoring duties as assigned.
• Participate in medication usage evaluations (MUE) and preparation of clinical practice guidelines.
• Perform pharmacy audits on a regular basis as required by department policy.
• Document patient information and recommendations regarding drug therapy regimens in patient charts when appropriate. Document clinical interventions in pharmacy department clinical documentation software.
• Participate and document participation in departmental programs such as therapeutic drug monitoring, formulary auto substitution, IV to PO conversions and renal dosing.
• Attend meetings and represent department or hospitals within hospitals related committees or the community, as assigned.
• Participate in the development of clinical practice guidelines and…