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OK-SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City
Regular
Job Highlights:
- Department: Retail Pharmacy located inside Physician Office Building
- Schedule: Part Time, Days, Mon thru Fri 9:30a to 6p, Sat & Sun 9a to 2p
- Starting Pay: $53.72 (Offers are based on years of experience and equity for this role.)
- Shift Differentials: Available for night, weekend, and additional shifts
- Location: SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital
Now Offering Daily Pay
This is a part time position working in our Retail Pharmacy.
The ideal candidate will be scheduled 28 hours a week. They are required to work every other weekend, Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 2pm.
Retail pharmacy experience preferred, but not required.
*Must be a team player with a positive attitude*
*New Grads Welcomed*
There are stackable shift differentials enabling you to also make more per hour, where applicable (evening, night and weekend shifts). At SSM Health, we know the healing power of presence begins with compassionate employees like you. As a Pharmacist, you’ve chosen a career where patients matter–a lot. Our Mission and Values put the patient first and place you in a position to improve each day.
You can expect a work environment where:
Pharmacists feel valued, respected and free to express themselves;
Each employee finds meaning in work, leveraging skills and talents toward a greater purpose;
Teamwork and collaboration is encouraged, while management is supportive.
If you’re a patient advocate first…
If you listen and respond with great care…
If the needs, wants and goals of each patient matter to you…
Then we’d love to learn more! Please fill out your application today.
Join a network of health care professionals just as kind and powerful as you..
Job Summary:
Assures the appropriate selection, dosing, administering and dispensing of medication orders. Provides supervision for actions of pharmacy technicians, residents, graduates and interns. Interacts with patients, physicians, and nurses concerning various clinical activities in order to provide proper drug therapy. Functions as Pharmacist in Charge (PIC) in the absence of the Pharmacy Supervisor/Manager.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Verifies prescription orders and dispenses medications as ordered by ensuring the accuracy of entered prescription orders, by performing DUR/DUE, verifying drug/drug interactions and completing visual verification of orders. Transfers prescriptions to and from other pharmacies following state and federal law requirements. Compounds prescription medications when necessary and assures appropriate documentation is completed. Ensures Medication Guides, CMS notices and other documents required by law are distributed with prescriptions. Monitors medication therapy and makes recommendations to therapy when appropriate.
- Counsels as required by all state and federal laws and provides information on drugs, their pharmacological action, dosage, contraindications, reactions, etc. to physicians, nurses, patients, and other interested parties. Identifies and completes medication therapy management opportunities and recommends, administers, and educates on immunizations as appropriate. Stays current with professional literature and maintains competence required for position.
- Oversee technical personnel who assist in the preparation, maintenance, and dispensing of medications and supplies. Able to perform all duties of a pharmacy technician. Assist with academic functions such as serving as a preceptor for pharmacy students.
- Maintain appropriate inventory of medications and supplies. Ensure inventory is rotated, expired stock is appropriately disposed of and orders are placed in a timely manner.
- Provide support and serve as a resource for nurses, physicians and other health care providers medication information and education.
- Collaborate with leadership to ensure policies and procedures are reviewed and makes recommendations for improvement.
- Actively assesses the security of medication areas and the compliance of personnel with established policies, procedures, state and federal laws including record keeping. Maintains established procedures for quality control and disposal of unusable medications and hazardous waste. Issue controlled substances and maintains records as required by law, pharmacy policies and procedures. Reviews controlled substances records for discrepancies/errors and reports discrepancies to appropriate authority(s).
- Operate cash register, including end of day check out, with minimal shortage/overages. Ensures all insurance claims are processed according to policy and procedures. Confirms accuracy of prescription billing, days’ supply, quantity, MME, source and DAW to avoid audit charge backs and ensure compliance with Fraud Waste and Abuse (FWA) Laws.
- Contributes to zero medication errors with injury by completion of Near Miss and Occurrence reports. Assists pharmacy supervisor in reviewing medication event reports and identifying and implementing process improvement opportunities.
- Provides excellent customer service, counsels patients on drug information with a high standard of confidentiality and in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
- Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D; Bachelor of Pharmacy) from an ACPE accredited school of pharmacy.
EXPERIENCE
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
- Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
- Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Rare climbing.
Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)
Employee
3902000040 St Anthony Midtown Pharmacy
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
28
SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Click here to learn more.
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