Pharmacist

Part Time Weekend Pharmacist

We're currently seeking a part time weekend pharmacist to monitor and evaluate all aspects of pharmaceutical care, clinical services to patients and to other healthcare providers. Recommendations are made to ensure safe and proper dosing, administration and monitoring of drug therapy to maximize the quality of care given while minimizing cost.

Responsibilities:

• Review individual patient orders to optimize therapeutics to ensure safety and effectiveness.
• Using objective parameters and professional judgement, monitors and evaluates a patient's medication regimen for efficacy, toxicity, side effects and outcome.
• Collaboratively manages medication therapy for individual patients by conveying relevant findings and making recommendations to other clinicians regarding a patient's medication regimen by utilizing electronic, written and verbal communication
• Counsel and educate patients concerning their medication upon discharge to address potential drug-drug and drug-food interactions, side effects and other information aimed at improving adherence and documents the counseling in the medical record.
• Participate in the reconciliation of patients' medications to ensure that the accurate and complete medication list is communicated throughout the continuum of care.
• Review orders for intravenous medication admixtures ensuring proper dosage, concentration, compatibilities, appropriate rate of administration and labeling instructions.
• Contact/confer with physicians if there are any questions or irregularities regarding patient prescriptions.
• Report/document all known medication discrepancies or adverse drug reactions.
• Prepares extemporaneous medication compounds when required.
• Performs monthly nursing station reviews
• Prepares IV admixtures, Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) solutions, and miscellaneous sterile products as required, using proper aseptic technique in accordance with USP-797 guidelines.
• Maintain all required records, both legal and hospital; including controlled substances, alcohol, manufacturing and packaging records.

Qualifications:

• Graduation from an approved college of pharmacy.
• Current NYS registration as a licensed pharmacist.
• Hospital pharmacy internship or residency preferred.
• Basic data entry skills
• Good interpersonal, and English verbal/written communication skills.

Pay Range: USD $79.89 - USD $86.93 /Hr.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is an equal opportunity employer.