Pharmacist
Company: Hartford HealthCare
Location: Fairfield
Posted on: May 3, 2024
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Job Description:
Description Job Schedule: Full Time Standard Hours: 40 Job
Shift: Shift 1 Shift Details: 40 hours per week mix of day &
evening shifts including rotating weekends & holidays
Work where every moment matters.Every day, over 30,000 Hartford
HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride
in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to
become part of Connecticut's most comprehensive healthcare
network.
St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport has more than 3,200
employees. It includes a 473-bed community teaching hospital, a
76-bed inpatient psychiatric facility in Westport, a large
multispecialty provider group, and special needs services for
adults and children. St. Vincent's is the first hospital in
Fairfield County to be integrated into the Hartford HealthCare
network, and is the system's second-largest hospital.
Pharmacists perform functions related to the control, monitoring
and dispensing of medications for all age groups of patients
according to department procedures and protocols in a safe, cost
effective and timely manner. Responsibilities include but, are not
limited to the following:
- Supervises the work of supportive personnel (i.e. pharmacy
technicians and associates) through monitoring and checking
activities to ensure safe and accurate preparation and dispensing
of drugs and to meet federal and state regulations.
- Optimizes drug therapy for the general patient population by
designing drug therapy that is appropriate, correct, and
cost-effective in order to maximize positive outcomes.
- May provide direct patient care for pain management through
patient evaluation, recommendations, and follow-ups in response to
the physician's request or as part of the critical path.
- Maintains safety of drug therapy for the general patient
population by utilizing a variety of screening mechanisms and input
from others (i.e. health care providers, the patient, and the
patient's family) in order to identify, prevent and resolve adverse
drug events.
- Provides useful drug information through participation on Health
Care Team activities and as a liaison between the HCT and the
pharmacy to facilitate rapid and effective patient care.
- Investigates and resolves drug and/or pharmacy related problems
for immediate need or broader, longer term review by conducting
investigative studies and/or utilizing effective problem solving
techniques to ensure a high performing medication use system.
- Documents interventions, outcomes, and other statistics manually
and/or through electronic documentation on a daily or sporadic
basis to demonstrate activity and success and provide an
opportunity for quality improvement.
- Demonstrates competencies, including knowledge and behaviors, to
meet age-specific patient needs.
- Maybe required to function as charge pharmacist.Qualifications
Education Requirements--- Pharm.D. RequiredMinimum Requirements---
Current CT Pharmacist license or eligible within 45 days of
hire.--- PGY-1 Pharmacy residency preferred--- Prior experience
with EPIC systems preferred.We take great care of careers.With
locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting
opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part
of an organization on the cutting edge - helping to bring new
technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to
countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving
organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a
competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance.
Every moment matters. And this is your moment.
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