Pharmacist Home Infusion Therapy (Contingent)

Overview:

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Between 7 am and 5 pm

Job Description Summary:

Responsible for medication management dispensing and patient/family education. Supports patients seen in ambulatory clinics hospital discharges hospice/palliative care and supports ongoing medication maintenance in the home. Rotating pharmacist on-call responsibility required.

Job Description:

Essential Functions:

• Dispenses medications for NCHH patients; receives orders calculates appropriate dosing for I.V. admixtures injectable therapies and total parental nutritional solutions.
• Oversees pharmacy technicians and interns in the performance of sterile compounding. Helps perform compounding assign tasks check work and provide input on training and performance evaluations.
• Coordinates and collaborates with patients their families nursing providers discharge planners and/ or prescribers in the development of list of needed supplies and equipment including infusion pumps and devices for medication administration as well as catheter care.
• Develops and maintains a medication list and an individualized pharmacy plan of care that documents desired outcomes and potential problems using communications with patients families and prescribers.
• Documents all clinical and operational patient care activities appropriately in electronic health record. Provides drug information to health professionals patients and caregivers.

Education Requirement:

Doctor of Pharmacy required. Candidates who have been licensed and practicing as a pharmacist since before 2004 may qualify with a bachelors degree.

Licensure Requirement:

Licensure or licensure-eligibility to practice pharmacy in the state of Ohio required.

Skills:

• Basic skills in using and documenting in an electronic medical record.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills required in providing education to patients/families and patient care team members; as well as in interactions with students the public pharmaceutical representatives and representatives from external institutions (i.e. colleges of pharmacy health care institutions).
• Aptitude for detail and medication safety skills.

Experience:

Homecare Home Infusion or Hospital experience or internship preferred.

Physical Requirements:

OCCASIONALLY: Bend/twist Climb stairs/ladder Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens Driving motor vehicles (work required) *additional testing may be required Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs Reaching above shoulder Squat/kneel Walking

FREQUENTLY: Biohazard waste Chemicals/Medications Flexing/extending of neck Hand use: grasping gripping turning Repetitive hand/arm use Standing

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech Computer skills Decision Making Depth perception Hearing acuity Interpreting Data Peripheral vision Problem solving Seeing Far/near Sitting

The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign direct and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet

Required Experience:

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