Staff Pharmacist - Per Diem

Responsibilities and Duties:

All dispensing functions Compounding and preparing ordered pharmaceutical preparations, including irrigation solutions, intravenous additive solutions, and chemotherapy as required using aseptic technique in the appropriate environment. Contacting and conferring physicians if there are any questions or irregularities regarding medication orders. Monitoring patients' drug therapy as required, in regard to drug therapy. Maintaining patient profiles. Filling and checking medication cassettes Completing patient charges if necessary - "charge on chart". Making computer entries as required. Supervising inventory levels as required. Filling employee prescriptions. Consulting with physician and nursing staff concerning availability, form, side effects, and incompatibilities of currently available drugs. Participation in the pharmacy department's anticoagulant consult program, including ordering medications and ordering and monitoring required lab work. Participation in the pharmacy department's aminoglycoside pharmacokinetic consult service including ordering of medication and ordering and monitoring of required lab work. Maintaining inventory and records of narcotics. Organizing daily operational activities. Pharmacy interns and pharmacy assistants are under the supervision of pharmacists Additional duties as may be assigned, such as nursing unit inspections, Inservice education, etc.