Pharmacy Graduate/Pharmacist

Pharmacist Position at Cape Canaveral Hospital
This position is located at Cape Canaveral Hospital, and the schedule is 7 days on 7 off/7pm-7am, first 3 days and 9pm-7am the remaining 4days.
To be fully engaged in providing No Harm/Quality, Customer Experience, and Stewardship, staff pharmacists fill orders for oral, parenteral, and enteral medications, monitor patient drug therapies, and provide drug information while complying with the laws governing the practice of pharmacy. Quality/No Harm:

Compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals, including sterile, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition products accurately.
Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies, and appropriateness of drug and dose.
Reviews/interprets culture and susceptibility data for antibiotic appropriateness and recommends changes, as needed.
Maintains current pharmacy licensure.
Attends orientation, education, and training programs. Reviews literature and other materials pertinent to the practice of pharmacy.
Documents all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely.
Participates in the quality improvement and medication use review activities of the department.
Collects data; conducts quality monitors and inspections; Customer Experience:

Participates in the development and presentation of orientation, education, and training programs to the pharmacy, medical, nursing, and other staffs.
Supervises and directs pharmacy support personnel. Verifies the daily activities of pharmacy technicians. Participates in the performance appraisal of pharmacy support personnel.
Works independently with minimal supervision. Ensures pharmacy services are provided in a timely manner.
Answers the telephone, identifying self and department. Keeps pharmacy areas and equipment clean, neat, and well organized.
Attends pharmacy staff meetings and reads pertinent email communication.
Suggests appropriate, cost effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff, as needed.
Must be a graduate of an ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy with a BS Pharmacy degree, Pharm D degree preferred.
~ Good hand and wrist dexterity to enable typing and/or computer work for 8-10 hours/day.
Good eyesight to read labels/prescriptions, graduated containers of fluids, to count tabs/capsules.
Good hearing to understand phone instructions/orders, customers and those in which the position depends.
Attention to accuracy, organized, good communications skills (orally and in writing), ability to handle and work well under stress.
Ability to evaluate medical literature.
The Competency Assessment/Skills Checklist should be kept in the individual department and a copy submitted with the annual performance review to Employee Relations. If unsure, please contact your Employee Relations office.
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