Job Title: Pharmacist I

Location: Mountainside (MTN)

Department Name: Pharmacy

Req #: 0000242161

Status: Hourly

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $70.00 - $70.00 per hour

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Job Overview:

Pharmacist team members are responsible for dispensing medication and review of physicians’ orders for appropriateness and safety. Pharmacists provide consultation to other healthcare providers, patients and patient family members as necessary and participate in pediatric clinical pharmacy services. The pharmacist role serves as a leader and provides guidance to pharmacy technicians.

Qualifications:

Required:

• B.S. or Pharm.D. from an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy
• Registered Pharmacist in NJ
• AHA BLS Certification

Preferred:

• Completion of a PGY1 residency program or experience equivalent
• Pediatric pharmacy experience
• Board Certified in area of pediatric practice or equivalent experience

Certifications and Licenses Required:

• Registered Pharmacist in NJ
• AHA BLS Certification

Scheduling Requirements:

• Per Diem

Essential Functions:

• Prepares and dispenses medication orders per provider order according to established policies, procedures and protocols
• Identifies, resolves and prevents drug-related problems
• Interprets medication orders and transcribes them into the EMR accurately if necessary
• Maintains accurate and complete patient medication profiles
• Completes accurate calculations for pediatric drug therapy for compounding, dispensing and drug therapy monitoring
• Interacts with patients, family, and other health care providers as appropriate to assure continuity of services and to achieve desired patient outcomes through safe, timely, cost-effective drug therapy
• Identifies and selects specific dosage forms as appropriate for the pediatric population
• Assures compliance with organizational policy regarding medication management
• Assures integrity of medication including visual review, adequate storage and expiration management
• Participates in the prevention of drug diversion per department and facility policy and procedure
• Ensures universal pharmaceutical waste and hazardous pharmaceutical waste policies and procedures are appropriately completed
• Successfully utilizes automated dispensing system
• Performs assigned nursing station inspections every other month as assigned
• Demonstrates effective direction, supervision and evaluation of technical staff
• Consistently collaborates with medical and hospital staff to provide an environment which assures the safety and well-being of pediatric patients
• Accurately reports all patient care or medication errors, adverse events and near misses as soon as possible and documents appropriately
• Consistently uses error prevention processes, especially those identified with high risk procedures or medication delivery systems
• Consistently demonstrates knowledge of the chain of command policy and applies in appropriate situations
• Consistently adheres to all patient safety and medication management policies and procedures
• Assesses, collaborates, and coordinates the patients discharge planning needs and readiness for discharge with other members of the health care team as necessary
• Completes mandatory online educational sessions in a timely manner
• Demonstrates awareness and respect to the patient, family and/or significant other as an individual and family unit (identifies cultural and religious needs, language barriers, physical and psychological limitations, etc.)
• Ensures timely and accurate communication of patient information with all members of the health care team
• Consistently complies with all hospital and department HIPAA polices and preservation of patient PHI
• Service: Strives to meet expectations/needs of customers; responds to concerns with sense of urgency; seeks equitable solutions for unreasonable customer expectations
• Quality/Ethics/Integrity: Seeks opportunities for improvement; effectively manages issues and change; pays attention to detail; follows instructions and protocol/procedures; adheres to company code of conduct; maintains integrity in all aspects of his/her work
• Relationships: Builds effective working relationships; finds and provides information to clarify situations; expands on original ideas; contributes own ideas; seeks stakeholder engagement to support ideas; clearly explains rationale behind ideas/goals; demonstrates sensitivity to differing cultural views and needs; meets attendance and punctuality requirements
• Adaptability: Seeks to understand current and changes to work tasks/processes; treats change and new tasks/processes as opportunities for learning and personal growth; speaks positively about changes to others; quickly modifies behavior to deal effectively with change
• Basic Skills: Able to complete basic pediatric pharmaceutical calculations along with basic mathematics and practice appropriate grammar (verbal and written)
• Tactical Ability: Able to solve problems using analytical thinking

Physical Demands

• Requires prolonged sitting, some bending, stooping and stretching
• Requires eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity sufficient to operate a keyboard, photocopier, telephone, calculator and other office equipment
• Requires normal range of hearing and eyesight to record, prepare and communicate reports. Requires occasional lifting of boxes or totes up to 50 pounds
• May be exposed to toxic/ caustic/chemicals/detergents
• Work is performed in an office, and in the pharmacy and hospital environment
• Work may be stressful at times. Contact may involve dealing with angry or upset people
• Staff must remain flexible and available to provide staffing assistance for any/all disaster or emergency situations

Work Environment:

• May be subjected to noise and disagreeable odors
• Moving mechanical parts are found in the work environment
• Universal precautions must be followed when working in any clinical area and especially when entering patient care areas
• Chemotherapy and hazardous medication preparation requires some exposure to potentially harmful chemicals and medications. Workers are exposed to chemical hazards and must use appropriate personal protective equipment as trained
• Sterile product/IV preparation exposes employee to “clean” needle stick injury

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Benefits and Perks:

• Retirement Plans
• Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more!

Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!

RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering a best-in class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.

RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey—whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.