Pharmacist - Pharmacy - Evening

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Manages the clinical and production pharmacy services provided to assigned patients. Checking of filled orders, supplies, pharmacy technicians and other pharmacist's work. Generally Monday through Friday, 12:30.Incumbent will be required to rotate shifts, weekends, and holidays as required by the operating needs of Penn Home IT, and to rotate on-call.

Provides clinical decisions regarding the patient-specific pharmaceutical care including: assessment of the patient(s) general pharmaceutical needs, review of patients' medication profile, evaluation for duplicate therapies, evaluation for drug interactions (drug-drug, drug-nutrient, drug-disease), and development of patient database and documentation in medical record.

Ensures safety of patient and pharmacy personnel.

Participates in Penn Home IT Continuous Quality Improvement program.

Monitors laboratory tests when necessary and obtains and discusses the results with nurses and physicians of the patient. Provides recommendations to improve/adjust therapy based on lab evaluations.

Effectively communicates and documents actions with physicians, nurses, and patients in the hard patient chart and software database. Ensures that the patient database is complete for relevant information related to medical status and therapy.

Continual update and maintenance of required documentation by State and Federal government as well as JCAHO (i.e. prescription logs, patient medication profiles, patient charts, narcotic receipts, state pharmacy, and narcotic permit)

Bachelor of Pharmacy (Required)

OR PharmD degree from ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy or equivalent Experience: 1+ years Experience with infusion therapies in hospital and/or home settings, and experience in patient care and medication counseling, preparation of parenteral products, drug therapy monitoring, clinical laboratory evaluation, drug and medical supply procurement and quality assurance

Education Specialization: Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy Equivalent Experience: And 2+ years experience with infusion therapies in hospital and/or home settings And experience in patient care and medication counseling, preparation of parenteral products, drug therapy monitoring, clinical laboratory evaluation, drug and medical supply procurement and quality assurance.

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