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Steele Memorial Medical Center PRN Pharmacist in Salmon, Idaho
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The primary purpose of this position is to assist the director of pharmacy with the responsibility for implementing and overseeing all activities and programs relating directly to the pharmacy department. This position is also responsible for assisting director of pharmacy in planning, developing and implementing the scope and function of services provided by this department. In addition, this position involves assisting the director of pharmacy in establishing policies, procedures, standards of pharmacy care, departmental goals and objectives, along with the responsibility of departmental human resources, fiscal/budget, safety, legal compliance, and all other leadership and supervisory activities.
- Assists the director of pharmacy in working directly with the departmental medical director, and the members of the medical staff, to identify the scope of services and function of the quality patient care services delivered by the pharmacy department.
- Besides performing duties as a working pharmacist, assists the director of pharmacy in organizing the total operation of the department into an effective unit. This includes safety, education, testing procedures and protocols, equipment research, records/files confidentiality, and everyday problem solving as needed.
- Assists the director of pharmacy in extensive responsibilities in the area of validation of physician pharmaceutical orders in areas of completeness, drug/drug and drug/food incompatibilities, allergic reactions, and appropriateness of doses. Assists the director of pharmacy in working closely with the medical staff and nursing regarding irregularities, recommendations, forms of delivery, side effects, reactions, and proper dosing to obtain optimal therapeutic results at safe and quality patient care levels.
- Assists the director of pharmacy in collaboration with the medical staff and nursing, of improving the process and effective implementation of a pain management program and the reduction of medicine errors.
- Assists the director of pharmacy in maintaining department-related policies/procedures, has knowledge of & implements hospital wide policies/procedures & guidelines, this includes; current job description, accessing competency levels of the staff, age specific protocols, CQI/quality assurance measures, orientation, delegation, staff mandatory education, payroll, and appropriate staffing needs as required to cover the departmental scope of services and levels of quality patient care.
- The department also plays an important role in education of the staff and patients while hospitalized and at discharge. Trains both patients and families on the use, expected results, side effects, allergic or toxic, and food/drug or drug/drug interactions.
- Assists the director of pharmacy in attention to financial issues in related areas, including; budgeting, over- site and control of expenses, and staffing. Growth, planning and controlling are key areas of responsibility for financial positioning of these related areas.
- This individual continues to gain the required knowledge to keep the hospital and his/her area current and up-to-date on all issues in his/her appropriate areas of responsibility. They will attend all in-house and out-of-facility education meetings relevant to this position.
- Assists the director of pharmacy in planning and implementing procedures in hospital pharmacy according to hospital policies and legal requirements.