Job Description
Interprets, compounds and dispenses medications and other pharmaceutical supplies, using standard physical and chemical procedures to fill written prescriptions issued by physicians, and other qualified prescribers. Enters drug orders into computer profile.
Job Responsibility
- Dispenses medications to inpatient in accordance with established policy and procedures.
- Documents non-formulary drug approvals, restricted drug approvals and unusual medication orders.
- Receives medication orders and reviews the order for completeness, interactions, and incompatibilities/inconsistencies; Consults with prescriber for discrepancies.
- Reports prescription discrepancies to the leadership and documents unusual medication orders in the intervention log.
- Dispenses medications; Ensures dispensed medications are labeled.
- Compounds intravenous admixtures and parenteral mixtures.
- Maintains each record utilized when dispensing controlled drugs, ensuring the appropriate, completed documentation as per required regulations.
- Initiates computer generated label and maintains records/statistics, as required.
- Orders medications and supplies; receives and checks medications and supplies for accuracy.
- Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.
Job Qualification
- Bachelor of Pharmacy required.
- Current License to practice as a Pharmacist in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed.
- 1-3 years of relevant experience, required.
*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).
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What We Do
Northwell Health is New York’s largest private employer and health care provider, with 23 hospitals and nearly 800 outpatient facilities. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 74,000+ employees – 18,500+ nurses and 14,200+ credentialed physicians, including about 4,500 employed doctors and nearly 3,300 members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu. Interested in a career at Northwell Health?
