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Vighter Medical Group Inpatient Pharmacist in Baltimore, Maryland
Inpatient Pharmacist
Job Details
Job Location
Baltimore, MD - Baltimore, MD
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
Doctorate (PharmD)
Job Category
Health Care
Description
Title:Inpatient Pharmacist
Location:Maryland VA Health Care System, Baltimore, MD
Our Company Promise
We are committed to providing our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Vighter’s Mission is to provide efficient, fast, high quality healthcare staffing to our clients.
Our Culture’s key elements are crucial to the effectiveness of our employees in accomplishing our mission. The key elements include:
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Creating and cultivating this Culture within the organization is our commitment to our employees. Above all, Vighter employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude that they are expected to share externally with every Vighter Client and Customer.
Job Summary:
Vighter is seeking Inpatient Pharmacists to join our dynamic healthcare team and make a significant impact on the well-being of the veteran community served by the Maryland VA Health Care System. We are seeking highly skilled and compassionate professionals to provide exceptional patient care. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a collaborative team, dedicated to advancing patient health.
Reports to:
Project Manager
Principle Accountabilities:
Responding to Cardiac Arrest and ‘Code Blue’ life support situations in an urgent manner.
Identifying and monitoring appropriate clinical and laboratory endpoints to determine the effectiveness and safety of prescribed medications.
Conducting and coordinating clinical investigations and research approved by a local or regional Investigational Review Board (IRB) and participating in outcome studies generated by the department of pharmacy and approved by the P&T Committee.
Ensuring prescription directions for use, dose, medication interactions, therapeutic duplications, allergy information, age specific dosage, and other pertinent data are appropriate 15 for individual patients (intervention with providers shall be made for noted discrepancy of above listed items).
Assessing metabolic needs, ordering, and preparing therapeutic enteral or parenteral nutrition products in the inpatient settings.
Conducting patient discharge interviews with appropriate medication counseling including storage, side effects, dose, administration, indication, drug-drug and drug-food interactions.
Maintaining controlled substance prescription requirements and dispensing procedures for inpatient orders, discharge prescription orders, and after-hour prescriptions.
Maintaining all documentation for controlled substance inventory, usage, returns and wastage.
Properly signing out controlled substances for PCA pumps or controlled substance IV infusions.
Ensuring accuracy of all pharmaceutical products prepared or processed by technical staff including chemotherapy agents.
Attending medical rounds and intervening on pharmaceutical issues with medical staff.
Qualifications:
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree
Full, current, and unrestricted license to practice pharmacy in any state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States.
Proficiency in spoken and written English.
United States Citizenship.
Experience:
2+ years of experience in an inpatient setting.
Vighter, LLC is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.