The Role
Dispenses, compounds, and administers medications, including oncology, TPN, controlled substances, and investigational drugs. Reviews medication orders for safety and efficacy, provides counseling and reconciliation, maintains pharmacy records, supervises support staff, participates in quality initiatives and medication management programs, educates healthcare professionals, and provides rotating holiday and on-call coverage.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Department of Pharmacy at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Pharmacist. The successful candidate will:
- Dispense, compound, admix drugs and other pharmaceuticals.
- Provide medication counseling and reconciliation.
- Review medication orders for safety and efficacy and then approves orders within our CPOE system to main medication profiles.
- Review and approve Pyxis profile orders.
- Administer oncology, TPN, and investigational drug solutions as needed.
- Dispense controlled substances as needed and maintain files.
- Participate in drug utilization review studies, QA, and PI programs.
- Actively participate in new technologies and operational programs.
- Maintain the records of Pharmacy.
- Supervise technicians and support staff.
- Report to Senior Pharmacists, the Director, and Associate Director of Pharmacy.
- Provide in-service education to healthcare professionals on demand.
- Rotate with medical teams and/or participate in specific medication management programs.
- Be available for holiday coverage rotation and on-call/recall rotation as required.
Required Qualifications
- New York State Pharmacist Licensure.
- Pharm D. from an Accredited College of Pharmacy
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior hospital Pharmacist experience.
- Completion of a PGY-1 Residency.
Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.
About the Team Equal Employment Opportunity
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.
Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at [email protected].
Skills Required
- New York State Pharmacist Licensure
- PharmD from an accredited college of pharmacy
- Prior hospital pharmacist experience
- Completion of a PGY-1 residency
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What We Do
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is Brooklyn’s only academic medical center and part of the State University of New York. Through five schools and University Hospital at Downstate, it educates physicians, nurses, scientists, public-health leaders, and allied health professionals; advances biomedical, healthcare, and public-health research; and delivers patient-centered care while promoting health equity for New York’s diverse communities across the borough.
