Job Description

Oncology pharmacists ensure safety in compounding, preparing, and dispensing chemotherapy. They are responsible for minimizing drug waste, managing drug shortages, and decreasing exposure to hazardous drugs. Pharmacists are also viewed as medication experts who focus their time on providing direct patient care, offering patient education, and participating in clinical decision making. 

Oncology pharmacists are involved with the care of cancer patients at all phases of their treatment; from assessment and diagnosis, to treatment decisions, medication management, symptom management and supportive care, and finally with survivorship programs at the completion of their treatment.

Prepares and distributes pharmaceuticals to patients to provide quality pharmaceutical care directed at appropriate medication therapy and positive outcomes.

Job Responsibility

• Processes physician orders to provide pharmaceutical care services by screening orders when entering into the computer profile and reviewing for appropriate therapy - e.g., incompatibilities, interactions, dosing, non-formulary agents.
• Prepares sterile products including large/small volume parenterals, Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN's), chemotherapy utilizing aseptic technique and monitoring parameters.
• Modifies, clarifies, and verifies medication orders through the interdisciplinary medical team by communicating with practitioners concerning therapy changes.
• Dispenses controlled drugs following state and federal regulations and hospital policy including proper documentation and maintenance of inventory levels as well as the dispensing unit for controlled substances.
• Maintains proper inventory control by monitoring stock levels to ensure adequate drug supplies to maintain pharmaceutical services and expiration dates to ensure quality control.
• Performs computer operations to enter physician orders, maintain patient profiles, generate reports, fill patient medication needs for a twenty-four hour period, repackage unit dose, understand and operate the interfacing of various systems and utilize the dispensing unit for controlled substances.
• Performs unit inspections of designated patient care areas by checking controlled drugs, refrigerators, stock levels, medication carts, expiration dating of multi-dose vials, medication stashes, expiration dates, and overall medication handling practices.
• Monitors nonprofessional staff including the pharmacy students, assistants and messengers.
• Performs related duties, as required.

*ADA Essential Functions

Job Qualification

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy, required. PharmD, preferred.
• Current license to practice Pharmacy in New York State.
• Minimum of one (1) year full time related hospital experience to ensure familiarity with hospital pharmacy practice.
• Minimum of six months full time experience in oncology order review and compounding

*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).