Hospital Staff Pharmacist- FT Parsons

at Labette Health in Parsons, Kansas, United States

Job Description

Pharmacy

Pharmacy

Summary:

• Prepares, compounds and dispenses prescribed medication for patient care within the hospital as per established policies and procedures.
• Calculates and monitors drug dosages for safe and effective therapy, especially as authorized by medical staff or individual physician instructions.
• Fully uses departmental and hospital processes and systems to insure correct distributive and clinical pharmaceutical care activities.
• Is able to maintain the pharmacy services for routine patient care activities in the absence of the department director, with independent decision-making performance for the immediate situations that arise during daily work situations.
• Supervises pharmacy technical personnel in their performance of drug therapy preparations, with responsibility for double-checking those activities prior to distribution to patients.
• As a Clinician, will include monitoring dosing services and drug therapy consultation meetings with patients.
• Maintains educational competency in progressive hospital pharmacy standards and with available resources, is able to provide drug informational services to physician, patients and hospital personnel appropriate for accomplishment of the pharmacy mission to "insure effective drug therapy".

Education Requirements:

Graduation from an accredited school of pharmacy. Completion of pharmacy internship or one year experience as pharmacist desired. Current license as Pharmacist in the State of Kansas.

EOE