• Job Description

  Req#: 20224

  Job Summary:

  • Fulfills professional responsibility in dispensing, procurement, control, and consultation involved with medication.
  • Displays strong leadership skills and great customer service skills.
  • Knowledgeable and capable of performing any pharmaceutical duty in the hospital pharmacy department and throughout the hospital.
  • The Pharmacist must utilize a growth and development knowledge base in medication for children (pediatric), adolescent, and geriatric patients.
  • Possesses the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs, and to provide the care needed.
  • Responsible for the daily workflow and efficiency of the pharmacy.
  • Works to improve processes, financial and business related issues within the pharmacy.
  • Supervises and directs support personnel, including pharmacy students and pharmacy technician students.
  • Included within this role assignment is the responsibility to be a positive role model for all peers, always reflecting the WE CARE philosophy.
  • Responsible for inventory management in the outpatient pharmacy.
  • Will serve and assist as team leader during any mass disaster.
  • Performs other job duties as assigned.

  Performance Expectations:

  Performance expectations will be covered in the orientation and preceptor phases of your orientation to your job.

  • Demonstrates basic understanding of the 340b program.
  • Demonstrates knowledge and competency in treatment of stroke patients using Alteplase.
  • Demonstrates effective communication skills and interaction with staff.
  • Demonstrates ability to supervise and direct support personnel – technicians, cashiers and couriers.
  • Demonstrates initiative to keep all pharmacy areas neat, clean and uncluttered at all times.
  • Demonstrates ability to improve efficiency and processes of the pharmacy.
  • Demonstrates excellent customer service skills.
  • Demonstrates initiative to maintain/meet licensure and certification requirements.
  • Demonstrates ability to complete and fulfill duties of a pharmacist.
  • Demonstrates understanding of Pioneer RX software.
  • Demonstrates understanding of USP 800 compliance.

  Qualifications:

  Education/Skills:

  Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy required.

  Must have 2 hours of stroke education annually.

  Work Experience:

  Retail experience preferred but not required.

  Certification/Licensure: (DUE UPON HIRE)

  Registration with the Mississippi State Board of Pharmacy.

  Mental Demands:

  Ability to work cooperatively with hospital and pharmacy staff; handle frequent interruptions

  and adapt to changes in workload; set priorities, make critical decisions and respond quickly to

  emergency requests; exercise professional judgment; communicate effectively (orally and in

  writing); meet the needs of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatric, psychiatric,

  oncology, obstetric, chemically dependent, and rehabilitation patients.

• About the company

  Forrest General is the flagship hospital of Forrest Health which continues to expand and provide healthcare services to 19 counties across Mississippi and beyond with our network of Hospitals.

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