The pharmacist is responsible for verifying and filling medication orders, monitoring patient therapies, and providing drug information to ensure safety and efficacy. They also supervise support personnel and participate in clinical rounds and quality assurance activities.
Requirements summary
Candidates must be graduates of a school of pharmacy and hold a valid pharmacist license in the state of practice. Completion of Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) or Techniques for Effective Aggression Management (TEAM) certification is also required.
For more than 30 years, Adventist Health Vallejo has been helping people of all ages reach their fullest potential.
We are comprised of a freestanding 61-bed facility with short-term psychiatric care for children, adolescents and adults.
We also provide partial hospitalization programs for adults.
Our extensive range of treatment programs are designed to foster empowerment, connection and a meaningful life.
Vallejo offers one of the most versatile locations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Vallejo's proximity to San Francisco and Oakland's vibrant art, food and sports entertainment venues is unparalleled.
Vallejo's historic downtown, waterfront and ease of access to the world-class Napa Valley provide many local opportunities for exploring.
Job Summary
Verify and fills orders for medications, monitors patient medication therapies, provide drug information, identifies and troubleshoots potential medication safety hazards, documents all interactions for medical review, and supervises and directs support personnel.
Job Requirements
Education and Work Experience
Graduate of school of pharmacy: Required
Doctor of
Pharmacy (PharmD) degree: Preferred
One year's technical experience: Preferred
Inpatient clinical pharmacy experience: Preferred
Licenses/Certifications
Pharmacist license in the state of practice: Required
All licensures and certifications needed to fulfill the duties required of a
Pharmacist at the state level: Required
Department Specific License/Certifications
Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) or
Techniques for
Effective
Aggression
Management (TEAM): Required
Essential Functions
Processes, enters, verifies, and distributes medication orders within the institution in a timely manner and in compliance with department and hospital policies, as well as Joint Commission and other regulatory guidelines. Actively ensures that medication therapy is efficacious, safe, cost effective, and achieves the best therapeutic outcomes. Assures that medication prescribing is optimal with respect to indication, dose, route, frequency, history of allergy, and does not duplicate or negatively interact with other drugs.
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits program
Conducts and manages daily reports on medication utilization based upon daily rounds to identify, catalogue, and subsequently analyze areas in which medication improvement is needed. Consistently performs quality assurance procedures in related work areas.
Participates in all pharmacy-related tasks and programs such as clinical rounds, unit based and/or population based medication management activities, remote order verification, and all other areas as directed/necessitated. Expedites changes needed to meet regulatory, accrediting, licensing, and government agency standards and laws.
Participates in department cost savings. Complies with drug formulary and appropriate documentation. Collaborates with appropriate leadership and buyer to purchase, contract, and procure medications and related supplies to ensure that product and vendor selection is based upon the highest medication safety standards.
Assists in making recommendations on process improvement or development of new pharmacy services.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Organizational Requirements
Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.
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Adventist Health is a faith-based, nonprofit, integrated health system serving more than 100 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii with over 440 sites of care, including 27 acute care facilities. Founded on Adventist heritage and values, Adventist Health provides care in hospitals, clinics, home care, and hospice agencies in both rural and urban communities. Our compassionate and talented team of more than 38,000 includes employees, physicians, Medical Staff, and volunteers driven in pursuit of one mission: living God's love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope.
