NEEDED: Pharmacist

LOCATION: 350 Elk Avenue Oxford, Wisconsin 53952

SCHEDULE: 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday. Between 6:00 AM – 4:00 PM

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Shall possess the necessary skills, abilities, and credentials to perform professional Pharmacist services.
• Shall have current certification that permits you to practice and provide Pharmacy services in the State of Wisconsin.
• Failure to submit evidentiary documentation including a valid and current Pharmacist license and proof of CPR certification may result in elimination from consideration.

JOB DUTIES:

• Serves as a resource person to the medical providers in the field of medicine as it relates to proper pharmacy practice, patient profiles, and review of prescriptions written.
• Conveys proper pharmacy procedures and practices to medical staff via written memorandums, direct personal contact, and through personal observation.
• Monitors drug therapy for contraindications, interactions, allergies and appropriateness.
• Maintains patient medication records to include medication profile formats.
• Responsible for the documentation of work performed.
• Familiarization with administrative guidelines of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, Drug Enforcement Administration, Food and Drug Administration and Bureau of Prisons.
• Provides a balanced and efficient pharmacy service, establishes and maintains standards of service, and maintains maximum efficiency in economy of operations.
• Incumbents make independent decisions in the performance of duties and as such make recommendations for revision or improvement as appropriate.
• Responsible for the selection, dispensing, and preservation of drugs, medicines, and other therapeutic agents consulting updated references, journals, reports, etc.
• Required to identify and ascertain differences between drugs as it relates to the therapeutic efficacy of the product.
• Periodically inspects drugs for adequacy, overstocking, arrangement, storage, proper rotation and deterioration.
• Assists in maintaining an inventory of commonly utilized drugs and assumes responsibility for security of drugs in his/her custody.
• Uses the proper techniques for the storage of drugs, such as refrigeration or protection from heat and light.
• Obtains familiarity of the Bureau of Prison’s National Drug Formulary.
• Must be alert to avoid any possible changes which may result in deterioration of the product and loss of its potency, formation of toxic products, or other undesirable effects in addition to adverse patient care.
• Provides a wide range of drug information to medical staff.
• Maintains adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting system by investigating events to determine if an ADR has occurred.
• Incumbent is available to the medical staff relative to consultations of the patient treatment aspects of medication as it relates to drug compatibility, mode of action, drug reactions, and latest developments in the field of pharmacy.
• Review of medication orders prescribed by the medical staff, this is accomplished through individual consultations with the medical staff and review of medical records as indicated.

BENEFITS: Competitive hourly pay rate, accrued vacation, accrued sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays, 401K opportunity, and healthcare benefits contributions.