Pharmacist, Healthcare

Location: Lawrenceburg

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Lawrenceburg, Indiana time type:
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JR309632
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** Regular
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Hours:

** 40
* * Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare
** zabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork.

Our associates are the heart of everything we do.
** Benefits That Support You
** We invest in you — personally and professionally.

Enjoy:

- Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.

- Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules
- Retirement savings with employer match
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
- Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs
- Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility
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* Job Summary:

** Provide Pharmaceutical Care to patients with an emphasis on clinical monitoring and therapeutic interventions that improve patient outcome. Provide information and educational programs to customers. Assist with the maintenance of Performance Improvement processes to constantly improve our Medication Use Process. Assure dispensing accuracy and direct pharmacy workflow to assure accurate and timely dispensing and distribution    Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy in each encounter with all associates, patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.
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* Job Description:

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* Job Duties:

** Medication Order Verification:
Reviews /interprets medication orders from licensed prescribers or their agents, insuring that they meet the requirements of a complete medication order.  Insures that the medication and the ordered dose are appropriate for the patient’s condition.  Assesses drug interactions, allergy alerts, duplication of therapy and potential therapeutic interactions.  Obtains clarification from the prescriber for any medication order that is incomplete or that has the potential to result in a suboptimal therapeutic outcome.

Provide the prescriber with appropriate therapeutic alternatives. Performs a second verification of medication orders for pediatric patients and of chemotherapy orders.

Therapeutic Clinical Monitoring – Actively participates in the ongoing monitoring of medication therapy in compliance with approved Collaborative Care Agreements and medication management protocols. Directs medication therapy within the bounds defined by Collaborative Care agreements and protocols.  Contacts prescribers as needed with therapeutic alternatives to optimize the patient’s care.  Documents medication therapy assessments and recommendations in the patient’s chart using iVents and progress notes, keeping the interdisciplinary team appraised of pharmacy related assessments and interventions.

Compounds and Dispenses Pharmaceuticals:
Insures timely dispensing of appropriate quantities of the correct medication. Supervises compounding according to USP standards, verification of ingredient compatibility, verification of content, and verification of appropriate labeling including expiration dating.  Checks all medication prior to final dispensing for direct patient administration, for distribution via automated dispensing cabinets and for floor stock dispensing.  Uses barcode technology when possible to insure accurate dispensing.  

Supervises the repackaging of medication including verification and documentation of lot numbers, expiration dates, and the names of individuals involved in the process.

Supervises and Directs Interns and Technicians:
Provides active direct supervision and mentoring of Interns and Technicians as guided by ICARE values.  This includes monitoring timely completion of tasks, redirection of staff to meet patient needs and encouraging use of…