Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

Come and join our dedicated team of pharmacy professionals at Johnson Memorial Hospital, located in Stafford Springs, CT

You would manage the Pharmacy day-to-day operations as well as pharmacy staff at Johnson Memorial Hospital. Ensures the safe and effective use of pharmaceuticals through their proper storage, handling, evaluation, preparation, compounding, labeling, dispensing, and administration in conjunction with state and federal regulations and departmental policies. Maintains proper records. Follows department guidelines with regard to clinical interventions and provides drug information as required and /or requested.

Position Purpose

Manage the Pharmacy day-to-day operations as well as pharmacy staff at Johnson Memorial Hospital.  Ensures the safe and effective use of pharmaceuticals through their proper storage, handling, evaluation, preparation, compounding, labeling, dispensing, and administration in conjunction with state and federal regulations and departmental policies.  Maintains proper records.  Follows department guidelines with regard to clinical interventions and provides drug information as required and /or requested.

What you will do:

• Hire, train, schedule, and evaluate the performance of pharmacy staff

• Provide input into development of departmental policies and procedures, goals and objectives

• Orders and oversees controlled substance inventory in the hospital and participates in the hospital drug diversion committee

• Prepare, dispense, and supervise the preparation of all medications for patient consumption

• Check for allergies, potential drug-drug interactions/incompatibilities, and adverse drug reactions on all patients before dispensing medication

• Assess need for formulary items ordered and accordingly, initiates contact with prescriber or benefits provider for substitute

• Monitor appropriate lab data to assure patients receive proper dose of medications/nutrition

• Advise other health care professionals on drug interactions, incompatibilities, side effects, and proper administration of medications.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy or a Pharm D degree

• One (1) to three (3) years of previous related pharmacist experience.  Previous management experience preferred.

• Licensure required as a Pharmacist by the state of Connecticut.

• Work requires the ability to counsel and educate patients and their families, communicate effectively with physicians and other health care professionals, assign and follow-up on the work of other employees, or performs other duties requiring a comparable level of communication skill.

• Work requires competency in providing direct patient care to pediatric, adolescent, young adult, adult, and geriatric patients.

Position Highlights and Benefits

• Full time 40hr salary position, normally Mon-Fri days with flexibility to work off hours and on call to support the needs of the department

• Great benefits and Health Insurance Coverage starting day 1

Ministry/Facility Information

Johnson Memorial Hospital and Home & Community Health Services provide a continuum of health care services to those living and working in north central Connecticut and western Massachusetts. The 92-bed hospital and home health and hospice agency have been anchor institutions in north central Connecticut for more than 100 years. 

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.