Pharmacist

Townsen Memorial Hospital is looking for a Pharmacist to join our team!

Responsible for the dispensing and procurement of medicinal products and supplies used in the hospital.

Essential functions

• Dispensing prescription medicines and supplies
• Working with other medical personnel to provide treatments and advice to patients
• Recording patient histories relating to medicinal use
• Ensuring the safe and secure storage of all medicines and hospital supplies
• Prepare medicines and conduct quality checks in instances when individual drug components need to be mixed before treating patients
• Stay up to date on pharmacy regulations, treatments and developments in research and design
• Serves patients by preparing medications, giving pharmacological information to multidisciplinary health care team, and monitoring patient drug therapies
• Prepares medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders and detecting therapeutic incompatibilities
• Dispenses medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals
• Controls medications by monitoring drug therapies; advising interventions
• Completes pharmacy operational requirements by organizing and directing technicians’ workflow, verifying their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals, and verifying order entries, charges, and inspections
• Provides pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals and counseling patients on drug therapies
• Develops hospital staff’s pharmacological knowledge by participating in clinical programs and training pharmacy staff, students, interns, externs, residents, and health care professionals
• Complies with state and federal drug laws as regulated by the state board of pharmacy, the drug enforcement administration, and the food and drug administration by monitoring nursing unit inspection
• Maintains records for controlled substances and removes outdated and damaged drugs from the pharmacy inventory
• Supervises the work results of support personnel
• Maintains current registration, studies existing and new legislation, anticipates legislation, and advises management on needed actions
• Protects patients and technicians by adhering to infection-control protocols
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations