FLSA Employment Status:

Nonexempt/Hourly

JOB SUMMARY

Under the direction of the Director of Pharmacy, performs clinical and professional functions related to pharmacotherapy in the inpatient, outpatient, retail, and long-term care settings

Reporting Structure:

Reports to the

Director of Pharmacy Supervisory Responsibilities:

May supervise and train pharmacy technicians

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Education Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BSPharm) or Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) from an accredited college of pharmacy Work Experience One (1) year of previous hospital pharmacy experience preferred, prior oncology experience preferred License/Certification Current license to practice pharmacy by the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy

CORE COMPETENCIES

Mission, Vision Core Values/Standards of Conduct AIDET/Organizational Expectations Safety Quality Flexibility Customer Service Diversity and Inclusion Finance Abuse and Neglect of Adult Patient Abuse and Neglect of Pediatric Patient Acute Coronary Syndrome/Chest Pain Protocols Biohazard Waste CC Hand Hygiene

JOB SPECIFIC CORE COMPETENCIES

Pharmacy clinical problem solving, judgment, and decision making General pharmacy practice Ambulatory pharmacySpecialty pharmacy Long-term care pharmacyRetail pharmacyOncology pharmacy servicesReimbursementHealth informaticsHospital pharmacyLean healthcare

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Prepares, fills, compounds, and/or checks/verifies medication orders by physicians and other authorized healthcare providersChecks incoming shipments and arranges for their storageAssesses and maintains narcotic inventory and other records such as inventory, prescriptions, and quality assuranceCharges patients' medications as applicableFills patient-specific and batch intravenous solutions and chemotherapyResponsible for providing oversight for drug distribution, expired medications, and the filling of automated dispensing cabinets, trays for emergency use, and the correct filling of long-term care facility medication cartsProvides clinical monitoring for patients in the hospital, affiliated clinics, and long-term care setting (when applicable), providing such services as renal dosing adjustments, intravenous to oral suggestions when feasible, interaction checking, monitoring of antimicrobials, assessment of "prn" orders, duplicate orders, and other monitoring as applicableAvailable to other hospital personnel and the medical staff to answer questions and provide drug informationVerifies orders for accuracy and completeness in the electronic medical recordAnalyzes prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactionsDispenses and reviews prescriptions to ensure accuracy and compliance with professional, state and federal regulatory requirementsEducates patient on medication use, storage, and side effects as appropriateSolicits information from patients regarding past and current medication to prevent drug interactions

OTHER DUTIES

May collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, and evaluate patient effectiveness.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, talk, and hear. The employee must occasionally lift or move office products and supplies up to approximately 20 pounds. Must be able to see with corrective eye wearMust be able to hear clearly with assistanceMay be exposed to infectious and contagious diseasesMay be in contact with patients under a variety of circumstancesAble to handle emergency or crisis situationsMay be occasionally subject to irregular work hoursMay be required to wear protective equipment as necessaryAbility to pass all required health and other screening tests including random and reasonable suspicion drug

PHYSICAL ABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS

Activity Occasionally (1-33%) Frequently (34% to 66%) Continuously (67% to 100%) Sitting X Walking X Standing X Bending X Squatting X Climbing X Kneeling X Twisting X Lifting X Carrying X Pushing X