PHARMACIST (ACUTE/POST-ACUTE)

Job description

Overview Pharmacists are providers of pharmaceutical care and are concerned with the outcomes of their services and not just the provision of these services. These include leadership and practice management, drug information and education, activities to ensure rational medication therapy, drug distribution and control, maintaining a professional workspace, and participation in drug therapy research. Pharmacists are expected to practice in both the acute and post-acute settings. Responsibilities: POSITION SPECIFIC DUTIES (other duties may be assigned) 1 Inputs physician’s orders accurately and promptly onto the patient's drug profile to maintain workload and workflow. 2 Reviews the order for appropriateness of therapy against the patient's profile, noting and discerning all pertinent information for pharmacy (indication, dose, route, frequency, duration, contraindications, warnings,restrictions, drug allergies, drug-drug, drug-food interactions, drug-disease interactions) and takes appropriate actions to prevent related adverse events.3 Checks for and enforces adherence to the hospital drug formulary and other restrictions as established by the PT Committee or policies and p...