Staff Pharmacist - Internal Medicine

Job Detail

• Job Title:

  Staff Pharmacist - Internal Medicine

• Department:

  60002-UConn Health Pharmacy Services Inc.

• Location:

  Farmington

• FTE%:

  1

• Shift

• Search #:

  2025-1069

• Closing Date:

  03/30/2025

• Recruiter:

  Alexander, Donna

Additional Links:

• This position is Benefit eligible; click here for an overview of available benefits.
• This position is covered by the UHP Bargaining Unit; click here to review the current UHP Contract.
• This position is in salary group UHP-16; click here to review the current UHP Pay Plan.

Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership, and Innovation are the values that define UConn Health. We are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top-rated organization is looking to add a pharmacist to our growing retail pharmacy team. This class is accountable for the preparation and distribution of all medications to patient care areas and providing clinical pharmacy services to both inpatient, outpatient physicians and other hospital personnel. If you have a background in this field, we want to hear from you. This position works under UConn Health Pharmacy Services Inc. located in Farmington, CT.

At UConn Health, this position will work primarily days within Internal Medicine in the outpatient pavilion providing medication therapy management services to support providers and enhance healthcare outcomes for patients. This position may be required to work in other clinical areas on a limited basis and may require travel to other sites within CT.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Works under the general supervision of an employee of higher grade.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

May lead/supervise Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy residents/students and other employees of lower rank as assigned.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

Provides prescription services to inpatient/outpatient

Checks unit dose medication for appropriate drug, dose quantity and packaging integrity

Facilitates availability of first doses and specialty items

Maintains adequate medication supplies

Completes monthly controlled substances audits and quality assessment rounds

Maintains and enforces the documentation and security of narcotic supplies

Checks medication orders for therapeutic appropriateness

Checks transcription of medication orders

Updates medications on administrative records

Provides pharmacokinetic monitoring of patients receiving specific drugs and ensures that serum levels are drawn

Monitors parental nutrition

Responds to emergency codes

Observes for adverse drug reactions

Documents all medication incident reports

Responds to stroke alert

Provides medication counseling to patients

Provides drug information to physicians, nurses, patients and other health care professionals

Documents interventions with health care personnel related to drug therapy

Oversees deliveries to patient care floors

Compounds IV medications, including chemotherapy meds

Prepares hyper alimentation solutions

Dispenses/provides information on investigational drugs

Performs drug utilization evaluations on medications

Assists in narcotic discrepancy investigation and resolution

Performs quality assurance rounds and audits as assigned

Participates in patient care rounds attends departmental staff meetings, educational seminars

Contributes to pharmacist continuing education seminars

Preceptors' hospital pharmacy residents

Provides in service education to hospital health care professionals

Troubleshoots pharmacy technology related issues

May be clinical instructor for university undergraduate clinical pharmacy externship and pharmacy experience course

Lectures students in undergraduate program

Maintains patient confidentiality

Performs related duties as required

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY:

Knowledge of the principles and practices of pharmacy and pharmacology and their application to the operation of hospital pharmacy, long-term care pharmacy, home-infusion pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, and outpatient clinics

Knowledge of pharmaceutical waste management

Knowledge of relevant Federal and State laws and regulations, including USP 797 and USP 800

Considerable interpersonal, oral and written communication skills

Ability to work with technical automated equipment and information systems

Ability to precept students

Ability to maintain records

Teaching ability

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING

General Experience:

PharmD or bachelor's degree in pharmacy from an accredited Pharmacy program.

Must possess and maintain license as a Registered Pharmacist in the State of Connecticut.

PREEFERRED KNOWLEDGE/ EXPERIENCE:

2 years of experience in Ambulatory pharmacy.

Expected completion of PGY-1 at time of hire (can substitute for 2 years' experience).

WORKING CONDITIONS:

May be exposed to hazardous materials, infectious/communicable diseases and some disagreeable conditions.

SCHEDULE: Full time, 80 hours every two weeks, primarily 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, schedule includes evenings, weekends and holidays as assigned, 30-minute unpaid meal break.

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.