IV Pharmacist - Long Term Care - Full Time
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CVS Health
Salt Lake City, UT (In Person)
$140,504 Salary, Full-Time
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AI Summary & Insights Summary Insights IV Pharmacist
- Long Term Care
- Full Time The insights provided are generated by AI and may contain inaccuracies. Please independently verify any critical information before relying on it. IV Pharmacist
- Long Term Care
- Full Time The insights provided are generated by AI and may contain inaccuracies.
- helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supervise IV and equipment management technician.
- Ensure compliance with all pharmacy laws and regulations, and sterile compounding guidelines.
- Maintain all required IV documentation and clinical monitoring.
- Fully assess new patients and new orders on existing patients for appropriateness of therapy, high risk medications, allergies, adverse indications or interactions, and other potentially adverse outcomes.
- Thorough knowledge of prescriber/facility notification process for drug interaction, allergy, and other adverse patient safety situations.
- Performs accurate dose calculations based on medication, patient condition, volume and administration rates.
- Program infusion pumps
- Consistent and ongoing clinical monitoring of all infusion patients.
- Thorough knowledge of medication occurrence reporting process.
- Have a thorough understanding of the Omnicare Long Term Care Pharmacy/Home Infusion Pharmacy Policy and Procedure Manual and internal pharmacy policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of other facility infusion therapy manuals if not using the Omnicare Customer Infusion Procedure manual.
- IV order processing only when technical support unavailable.
- Excellent care coordination with home health agencies, nursing facilities, physicians, and the IV nurse consultant.
- Answer drug-related questions as related to IV therapy and management in a timely manner.
- Communicate with facility consultant pharmacists and clinical staff pharmacists regarding IV patient management.
- Orient and provide competency assessment for all pharmacists who rotate from oral pharmacy to IV pharmacy and orient and assess competency on all IV technicians and infusion pump technicians, when appropriate; this includes making certain that all pharmacists and technicians rotating into the IV room have completed the approved Omnicare Infusion Training Program.
- Excellent understanding of the GCPG, formulary initiatives, and Omnicare clinical programs.
- Review consultant customer action request reports and other reports for facilities at which IV therapy is provided.
- Maintain a current knowledge if infusion drugs and therapies.
- Maintain a current knowledge of aseptic technique.
- Maintain knowledge of currently available infusion devices, products, and supplies.
- Oversee cleanroom monitoring and pump maintenance.
- Attend continuing education seminars and annual meetings as provided to maintain clinical pharmacy skills.
- On-call duties as required.
- Follow all applicable government regulations including HIPAA.
- Other duties as assigned; Job duties may vary by location.
- $84.
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