What are the responsibilities and job description for the PHARMACIST, Part Time position at Northern Nevada Medical Center?
Job Summary
Northern Nevada Medical Center's tradition of providing quality healthcare in a comfortable, accessible environment means peace of mind for the thousands of patients served by the hospital each year. As a Pharmacist with our team, you will be part of a collaborative and compassionate environment where we value quality, empathy, and teamwork.
About Us
We are a 124-bed acute care hospital located on 23 hillside acres at 2375 E. Prater Way in Sparks, Nevada. Our values include compassion, empathy, teamwork, quality, ethics, respect, service excellence, and innovation.
Responsibilities
This Pharmacist opportunity is part time, offers full benefits and a convenient swing shift schedule. The Pharmacist will interpret physician prescriptions and medication orders. Acts as a drug information resource to patients, medical staff, nursing staff and ancillary department personnel. Compounds and dispenses prescribed medications and other pharmaceuticals for patient care by performing the related duties.
Key Responsibilities:
- Reviews prescriptions issued by physicians or other authorized prescribers to assure accuracy and determines formulas and ingredients needed.
- Compounds medications using standard formulas and processes, such as weighing, measuring and mixing ingredients
- Monitors all posting onto the patient profiles in order that accuracy, drug allergies, drug interactions, duplicate therapy, rational drug therapy and incompatibilities may be realized and better patient care received.
- Checks patient medication cassettes prior to delivery to patient care areas to ascertain that the correct drug, dosage form, schedule and strength is being dispensed
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive compensation, generous paid time off, excellent medical, dental, vision & prescription drug plans, 401K with company match and discounted stock plan, tuition repayment program, education reimbursement, and HealthStream online learning catalogue with plenty of free CEU courses.
About Universal Health Services
Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) is one of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services. We operate acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located across the U.S., Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.
