Honor Health

Nonprofit healthcare system providing comprehensive care

Pharmacist

PharmacyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeScottsdale, AZ, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy is required.
A registered Pharmacist license is required upon hire.

Responsibilities

Provide daily pharmaceutical services to patients, ensuring the appropriate selection, dosing, administration, and dispensing of medication orders.
Support clinical programs and practices within the hospital and accurately review medication orders; check technician-prepared products before release; maintain pharmacy and controlled-substance security; train new staff; and participate in continuous quality-improvement activities, including drug-level monitoring, adverse-event monitoring, and medication-error reporting.
Serve on unit-based decentralized teams when applicable, monitor patients for optimal therapeutic outcomes, and assess drug regimens for contraindications, interactions, adverse reactions, and appropriateness of drug and dose; identify and intervene in drug-therapy problems.
Work collaboratively with providers as a therapeutic consultant on medication use, clinical pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, disease-state management, and nutrition; recommend evidence-based therapy regimens and monitoring plans, and suggest cost-effective alternatives.
Read, extract, and accurately interpret patient-chart information.
Document clinical activity and interventions.
Provide pharmacokinetic consultation services as directed by protocol.
Follow and adjust medications based on patient-specific factors, including renal function and weight, as directed by hospital protocol.
Review culture and susceptibility data for antibiotic appropriateness and recommend changes as needed.
Review medication orders for appropriate IV-to-PO interchanges as directed by hospital protocol.
Evaluate non-formulary medication requests and initiate approved therapeutic substitutions; sustain the formulary by minimizing non-formulary procurements, using therapeutic-substitution protocols, and promoting rational drug selection.
Assess total parenteral nutrition monitoring and documentation according to pharmacy guidelines and communicate therapeutic recommendations.
Consult with healthcare professionals and patients regarding pharmaceutical therapies, responding promptly with evidence-based and cost-effective recommendations.
Provide direct patient interaction through bedside encounters, medication reconciliation, discharge counseling, or as otherwise directed.
Perform patient assessments promptly and participate in multidisciplinary clinical rounds on the patient-care unit as directed.
Ensure dispensed products meet departmental and regulatory guidelines and that patients receive medication with the ordered dose, route, salt, regimen, and generic substitution.
Ensure medication doses are appropriate to diagnosis, weight or body surface area, age, allergies, and drug interactions; recommend drug therapy when needed and clarify incomplete or unclear orders.
Accurately and efficiently enter and verify medication orders in the computer processing system.
Complete intervention documentation and submit information according to departmental guidelines.
Accurately complete controlled-substance documentation when dispensing controlled substances.
Maintain investigational-drug study records and documentation as required by the study sponsor and accrediting bodies.
Initiate and process medication-event and adverse-drug-reaction reports as needed.
Resolve medication-administration-record clarifications and corrections.
Verify and monitor preparation of sterile and non-sterile compounded admixtures.
Demonstrate aseptic technique and proficiency in chemotherapy preparation and order processing.
Oversee and direct pharmacy support personnel, including technicians’ daily activities.
Reprioritize work based on workload and patient needs and ensure medication doses are delivered within departmental guidelines.
Serve as a preceptor for pharmacy students and meet College of Pharmacy requirements; participate in education and training of new pharmacy employees and interns.
Participate in network quality-improvement initiatives and assist with data collection and testing as directed.

Desired Qualifications

One to three years of experience as a hospital pharmacist or completion of a PGY1 pharmacy residency is preferred.
A Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree is preferred.
Prior inpatient experience is preferred.

Primary City/State:

Osborn Medical Center - 7400 E Osborn Rd Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Category:

Pharmacy

Shift:

Night

Department:

Pharmacy Hospital



Location: Osborn Medical Center, 7400 E Osborn Rd, Scottsdale
Hours: Full-Time Nights, 7:30pm-7am, 7-on, 7-off
Prior Inpatient Experience Preferred!
Up to $10, 000 Sign-on Bonus Available!

Great care starts with great people. (Like you.)

At HonorHealth, you’ll find something special. From humble beginnings in 1927 to one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness. Behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and an unwavering dedication to what matters most — caring for the health and well-being of people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.

Responsibilities:

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for the daily provision of pharmaceutical services to the patients of HonorHealth. Assures the appropriate selection, dosing, administration, and dispensing of medication orders. Provides support for clinical programs and practices within the hospital as well as medication order review with accuracy; check technician-prepared products before release; maintain security of pharmacy and controlled substances; aid in the training of new staff; participate in continuous quality improvement activities, such as drug-level monitoring, adverse event monitoring and medication error reporting. Serves in a professional capacity on unit-based decentralized teams. Provides drug information and participate in the education of patients, staff and physician on drug therapy.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Serves in a professional capacity on unit-based decentralized teams when applicable. Monitors patients to assure optimal therapeutic outcomes. Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, adverse drug reactions, and appropriateness of drug and dose. Identifies and intervenes when problems involving drug therapy arise (i.e. allergies, drug interactions, therapeutic duplication, and adverse drug reactions).
Functions as a therapeutic consultant and works collaboratively with providers to provide guidance on appropriate use of medications, clinical pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, disease state management, and nutrition. Recommends evidence-based medication therapy regimens and monitoring plans. Suggests appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff as needed.
Reads, extracts, and interprets information in patient charts accurately
Documents clinical activity/interventions as performed.
Provides pharmacokinetic consultation services as directed per protocol.
Follows and adjust medications based on patient specific factors (renal function, weight, etc.) as directed per hospital protocol.
Reviews/interpret culture and susceptibility data for antibiotic appropriateness and recommend changes as needed.
Reviews medication orders for appropriate IV to PO interchanges as directed per hospital protocol.
Evaluates need for all non-formulary medication requests and initiates approved therapeutic medications substitutions. Sustains formulary by minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic ¬substitution protocols, and promoting rational drug therapy selection
Assesses total parenteral nutrition (TPN) monitoring and documentation per pharmacy guidelines and communicates therapeutic recommendations.
Acts as a consultant to healthcare professionals and patients regarding utilization of pharmaceutical therapies.
Promptly respond to inquiries with evidence-based and cost-effective therapy recommendations.
Provides direct patient interaction via bedside encounters, medication reconciliation, discharge counseling or as otherwise directed.
Promptly performs patient assessments and participate in the multidisciplinary clinical rounds on the patient care unit as directed.
Assures the quality of products dispensed meets established departmental and regulatory guidelines and that the patient receives the ordered medication as to dose, route, salt, regimen, and generic substitution.
Ensures appropriateness of all medication doses in reference to patient’s diagnosis, weight/body surface area, age, allergies, and drug interactions. Recommends initiation of drug therapy when necessary. Clarifies incomplete and unclear orders.
Enters/verifies medication orders in the computer processing system accurately and efficiently.
Completes intervention documentation and submits information according to departmental guidelines.
Accurately completes controlled substance documentation records when dispensing controlled substances.
Accurately maintains investigational drug study records and documentation as required by the study sponsor and accrediting bodies.
Initiates and processes medication event reports and adverse drug reaction reports as needed.
Resolves medications administration record (MAR) clarifications and corrections.
Verifies and monitors the preparation of sterile and non-sterile compounded admixtures.
Demonstrates aseptic technique and proficiency in chemotherapy preparation and order processing.
Oversees and directs pharmacy support personnel including the daily activities of technicians.
Demonstrates proficiency in chemotherapy preparation and order processing.
Accurately re-establishes priorities based on workload and patient needs and ensures that medication doses are delivered within established departmental guidelines.
Serves as a preceptor for pharmacy students and meets requirements of the College(s) of Pharmacy. Actively
participates in the education and training of new pharmacy employees and pharmacy interns.
Participates in Network quality improvement initiatives.
Initiates and processes medication event and adverse drug reaction reports as needed.
Clarifies medication administration records and completes corrections as required.
Assists in data collection and testing for quality improvement as directed.

EDUCATION

Bachelors BS Pharmacy Degree from an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy Required
Doctorate PharmD Degree Preferred

EXPERIENCE

1 year, to 3 Years experience as a hospital Pharmacist or Pharmacy residency (PGY1) Preferred

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS

Pharmacist - License, Registered Registered Pharmacist Upon Hire Required

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About the Company

Honor Health

Nonprofit healthcare system providing comprehensive care

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Headquarters: Scottsdale, AZ
Founded: 2013

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Desired Qualifications

Location: Osborn Medical Center, 7400 E Osborn Rd, Scottsdale

Hours: Full-Time Nights, 7:30pm-7am, 7-on, 7-off

Prior Inpatient Experience Preferred!

Up to $10, 000 Sign-on Bonus Available!

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