Hospital Pharmacist

Job Description - Contract to Hire

Overview

The Pharmacist serves patients by safely preparing medications; provides pharmacology and research protocol information to multidisciplinary health care teams and researchers; adheres to NYSBP, TJC, NYDOH, DEA, FDA, NIH, and all other applicable regulatory agency requirements.

Responsibilities:

Position responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Prepare all medications (research and standard of care treatment) by reviewing and interpreting physician orders; detect therapeutic incompatibilities;

Dispense medications by compounding, dispensing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceutical products;

Control medications by monitoring drug therapies; advises interventions where indicated;

Complete pharmacy operational requirements by organizing and directing technicians' workflow, verifying their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals, verifying order entries, charges, and inspections;

Provide pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals and researchers, counsel patients on drug therapies;

Develop hospital staff's pharmacological and research knowledge by participating in clinical research meetings and related activities;

Comply with state and federal drug laws as regulated by the NY State Board of Pharmacy, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Food and Drug Administration, the New York State Department of Health, the National Institute

of Health, and the other regulatory agencies that oversee hospital and hospital-based research programs. To be in compliance, the following measures must be taken:

Monitor nursing unit inspections; maintain records of all controlled substances; remove outdated and damaged drugs from the pharmacy inventory; supervise the work results of support personnel; maintain current pharmacist registration; study existing and new legislation; anticipate legislation; maintain investigational and commercial drug inventories, dispense research drug products according to protocol, advise management on needed actions, maintain required aseptic procedures, maintain the sterile product preparation area, maintain refrigerator/freezer temperature records, and other tasks as indicated by the Pharmacy Director or other supervisor;

Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed;

Perform additional duties as needed/assigned.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

At least 2 years working in a hospital pharmacy, preferably with significant activities involving both investigational drug products and sterile product preparation;

NYS Pharmacist license in good standing;

Proficient with hospital-based electronic health records, drug order entry systems, and controlled drug inventory systems;

Experience dispensing controlled drugs in a hospital setting and automated drug dispensing machines;

Ability to read and understand clinical trial protocols and dispense drug products (both sterile and non-sterile products) according to protocol instructions. Must be able to do this without supervision;

Ability to maintain pharmacy records in an ongoing manner and write drug dispensing procedures without supervision;

Must be able to commit to a full-time onsite, not hybrid, work schedule. The job requires the pharmacist to participate in the pharmacy on-call schedule, which provides pharmacist availability 24/7 for the Hospital. When called, the pharmacist is required to be able to both remotely connect with the Hospital EHR system and, if necessary, travel to the hospital to troubleshoot and solve any problems;

Must be able to have flexibility with schedule to accommodate planned medication administration times;

Ability to work as part of a research team in an academic environment, interest in publishing and writing articles involving pharmacy and science, write articles and collaborate on projects for publication;

Experience and interest in mentoring pharmacy interns and extern students.

Preferred Qualifications:

Certification in preparing sterile and non-sterile products (BCSCP) preferred, or ability to acquire certification;

Experience and interest in publishing and writing articles involving pharmacy and science.