What are the responsibilities and job description for the Consultant Pharmacist position at Synchrony Pharmacy?
Overview : Careers close to home and your heart Since our founding in 1997, we've been making long-term care better for our residents and more rewarding for our team members. We're a Fortune Best Places to Work in Aging Services, a certified Great Place to Work, and one of Glassdoor's Top 100 Best Companies to Work. If you're looking for a place that embraces you for who you are, helps you achieve your full potential, and makes working hard feel less like hard work, then look no further than Trilogy. Responsibilities : Are you compassionately committed to customer service? If so, we would like to hear from you Synchrony Pharmacy, a subsidiary of Trilogy Health Services LLC, is seeking a Consultant Pharmacist for the Pharmacy division. We invite you to learn more about our unique culture and the exciting opportunities that exist within our organization. Qualifications : Job Summary Serves patients by reviewing medication regimens and identifying medication issues and trends. Ensures that medications are appropriate, effective, safe, and used correctly. Reviews and analyzes medicationrelated problems that may interfere with the goals of therapy. Assists facilities with compliance of regulatory standards, providing expertise with federal and state laws and regulations governing pharmacy services and long-term care. Roles and Responsibilities
- Performs Medication Regimen Reviews (MRR), as required by regulation, and provide written reports of these reviews to applicable facility staff
- Participates in resident assessment and care planning as a member of the interdisciplinary team.
- Participates on relevant nursing facility committees, including quality assessment and assurance, pharmacy services, infection control, care planning, and assists facilities in developing and implementing appropriate policies and procedures, as required.
- Assists the facility in developing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations related to ordering, storage, handling, labeling, destruction and administration of drugs and biologicals
- Coordinates or perform review of controlled substance utilization, reconciliation and documentation.
- Provides counseling on medications to residents and / or their caregivers, including, but not limited to staff in-services, individual counseling and delivery of educational materials, as requested.
- Oversees all aspects of pharmacy services related to the medication use process, which include prescribing, ordering, dispensing, delivery, storage, handling, administration, and medication disposal.
- Conducts an exit conference when the period's services are completed with the Administrator and / or Director of Nursing, as required by facility contract
- Provides assistance with issues or questions that arise either prior to or on the day of any survey of the facility.
- Supports campuses, departmental goals and the overall objectives of the Company.
- Complies with all laws, regulations and standards of ethical conduct.
- Performs all job duties with a friendly positive and team-oriented approach.
- Maintains required licenses or certifications in good standing with the State.
- Travel as needed for facility visits, overnight stay as necessary.
- Complies with all Company policies, procedures, rules and standards. Qualifications Education : Bachelor Degree License : Active Pharmacist License in Iowa and Nebraska. Experience : 1-3 years Physical Requirements Sitting, standing, bending, reaching, stretching, stooping, walking, and moving intermittently during working hours. Must be able to lift at least 50lbs. Must be able to maintain verbal and written communication with co-workers, supervisors, residents, family members, visitors, vendors, and all business associates outside of the health campus pharmacy
