About this role
Cardinal Health manages the pharmacy at Cass Regional Medical Center and recruits PRN Pharmacists for as-needed coverage, primarily weekend shifts from 8AM-4:30PM. Health System Pharmacy provides customized solutions that reduce costs and improve patient care quality for hospitals. The Pharmacist verifies physician orders, adjusts medications per protocols, and provides patient education.
The Pharmacist II drives compliant and efficient operations in this outsourced hospital pharmacy. Daily tasks include interpreting medical orders, compounding sterile and chemotherapy products, and issuing controlled substances while maintaining accurate records. Monitors drug therapy for contraindications, interactions, allergies, and dosing appropriateness.
Supervises Pharmacy Technicians and manages compliance for accreditation, narcotics control, and inventory. Assists with pharmacokinetics consults, reviews culture data for antibiotics, and provides clinical consultation to practitioners. Works within expanded facility hours Monday-Friday 6:30AM-10PM and weekends 8AM-10PM.
The team welcomes new and developing practitioners, PharmD graduates, and PGY1 residency graduates. Participates in quality improvement, medication use reviews, and staff education programs. Documents all clinical activities and interventions accurately.
Requirements
- Licensed Pharmacist in good standing in Missouri
- In-patient hospital pharmacy experience preferred
- Flexibility to work various shifts including weekends
- IV experience preferred
- Ability to hear, write, and speak clearly to communicate with customers and health care professionals
- Strong customer service skills
- Manual dexterity
Responsibilities
- Interpret medical orders (verbal and written) and transcribe to computerized patient medication profiles accurately
- Compound and dispense pharmaceuticals, including sterile, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition products accurately
- Issue controlled substances to patient care areas and maintain records as required by law
- Monitor drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies, and appropriateness of drug and dose
- Assist with pharmacokinetics consult service and drug dosing per organizational protocol
- Review/interpret culture and susceptibility data for antibiotic appropriateness and recommend changes as needed
- Provide clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners and suggest cost-effective therapeutic alternatives
- Participate in quality improvement, medication use review activities, and staff education programs
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