Consults w/ health care practitioners to establish high quality patient drug therapy plans & outcomes.
Essential Functions:
- Consults w/ health care practitioners to establish high quality patient drug therapy plans & outcomes.
- Monitors patient's to insure therapeutic outcomes & minimize adverse drug effects.
- Consults patients in a professional & efficient manner to ensure patient understanding of drug therapy plans & outcomes.
- Contacts & confers w/ the prescriber in a timely manner to clarify & answer questions regarding drug product selection to facilitate appropriate patient outcomes.
- Serves as a role model by demonstrating a contemporary attitude & focusing on patient care outcomes.
- Accurately reviews, interprets, & fills prescriptions/orders to ensure patient safety.
- Accurately compounds & prepares medications or supervises same.
- Improves patient care outcomes be developing knowledge & skills in new areas of pharmacy practice as they arise through literature review, continuing education, & collegial sharing of information.
- Demonstrates knowledge of department mission statement & objectives by assisting in development & achievement of location specific goals.
- Demonstrates a complete understanding & complies w/ all pharmacy department & location policies & procedures concerning the responsibilities of a pharmacist & support personnel.
- Mixes IV additive solutions & chemotherapy using aseptic technique.
- Monitors, surveys, & inspects facility medication storage sites to ensure safe, appropriate drug storage.
- Maintains a cost conscious attitude in the daily function of the pharmacy.
- Uses reference materials or alternative sources of information when necessary.
- Maintains a professional appearance, observes the suggested departmental dress code & wears identification badge.
- Maintains a professional attitude & image; leads by professional example.
- Attends to personal affairs so as not to interfere w/ the work schedule.
- Maintains cleanliness of self & work area.
- Demonstrates good judgment in the ability to organize & assist in directing workflow to maintain appropriate service levels.
- Demonstrates ability to set goals, plan, organize, & take tasks to completion.
- Demonstrates consistent ability to be a productive employee.
- Answers phone calls as necessary.
- Exercises independent judgment w/in the limits of authority.
- Influences others to strive towards location & departmental objectives.
- Maintains current knowledge of & complies w/ state & federal laws, rules & regulations.
- Demonstrates knowledge & support for continuous quality improvement programs in the location, department, & region.
- Demonstrates a complete understanding & complies w/ established regional employee relations policies & procedures.
- Demonstrates working knowledge of inventory control principles to establish/ensure appropriate cost effective asset management.
- Demonstrates working knowledge of professional practice standards.
- Demonstrates knowledge of Kaiser Permanente pharmacy benefit structure.
- Maintains a contemporary working knowledge of Kaiser Permanente automated systems.
- Communicates appropriate information regarding formulary & target drug alternatives & is effective in increasing provider compliance & member acceptance to assure appropriate drug utilization.
- Consults w/ appropriate personnel in mattes of uncertainty.
- Makes informed, rational, & timely decisions.
- Perform other duties as requested.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Degree in Pharmacy
- Current Pharmacy license in OR or WA, or receipt of Pharmacy license upon hire.
Salary Range:
$58.27 - $66.31
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.