Pharmacist - Pharmacy (Flexible Scheduling Options for Per-Diem Positions, Shift-Differentials)
Glens Falls Hospital
Glens Falls, NY
The Impact You Can Make
The Pharmacists main responsibilities are to ensure the safe and appropriate use of drugs, optimize the pharmaceutical care of the patient, and to provide authoritative drug information to other healthcare professionals and patients. The Pharmacist also coordinates the timely manufacturing and dispensing of pharmaceuticals. Provided immediate supervision for Pharmacy Technician functions within the pharmacy.
The Glens Falls Hospital Impact
Mission
Our Mission is to improve the health of people in our region by providing access to exceptional, affordable, and patient-centered care every day and in every setting.
How You Will Fulfill Your Potential
Responsibilities
- Interprets, reviews and evaluates medication orders for optimal dose, dosage form, frequency, concentration, duration, drug-drug interactions, drug-disease state interaction, drug allergy interaction, and potential cross allergenicity, taking into account the patient's special or age related needs, to ensure optimal drug therapy, high quality patient care and timely dispensing of accurate and appropriate medications.
- Dispenses medications by reviewing patient specific bulk medications and pyxis fills and refills for accuracy of the right medication, dose, dose form, strength, size, quantity to ensure accurate, timely and safe pharmaceutical care.
- Participates in process improvement teams within the department and organization to build strong relationships with staff members, demonstrates GFH core values and enhances financial viability.
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy or Doctorate of Pharmacy from a pharmacy program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
- Hospital Pharmacy experience preferred.
Licenses/Certificates/Registrations
- Current, active license to practice pharmacy New York State; or eligible to reciprocate licensure from another state
- Pharmacy Registration in New York State
Skills/Abilities:
- The pharmacist needed to following:
- Communication and language skills to read analyze and interpret medication orders and information, the ability to respond appropriately to emergent situation, staff, physicians, and patient inquiries or complaints and the ability to effectively communicate important information to
- management peers and other health professionals.
- Ability to perform complex Pharmaceutical calculations and an understanding of statistical concepts such as frequency, distribution, standard deviation and variances.
- The pharmacist needs the ability to solve clinical problems related to pharmaceutical care and drug therapy.
- Knowledge of current pharmacy principles and practices
- Knowledge of computer order entry
- Knowledge of federal and state laws governing pharmacy practices
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements and standards
- Ability to work independently within established policies and procedures
- Ability to accomplish established program goals and objectives
- Ability to exercise judgment, tact, and diplomacy
Communities We Serve
Located in the foothills of the beautiful Adirondack mountains, Glens Falls is conveniently located a short drive away from the capital region and Lake George. Work at the top of your profession and jumpstart your next career here at Glens Falls Hospital!
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law.
Salary Range
The expected base rate for this Glens Falls, New York, United States-based position is $48.99 to $73.48 per hour. Exact rate is determined on a case-by-case basis commensurate with experience level, as well as education and certifications pertaining to each position which may be above the listed job requirements.
Benefits
Glens Falls Hospital is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are available to active, full-time and part-time employees who work at least 30 hours per week, can be found here.
About the Company
Glens Falls Hospital
Glens Falls Hospital is the largest hospital between Albany, NY, and Montreal, Canada, and the comprehensive health care system for New York's Warren, Washington, northern Saratoga, Essex, Hamilton and northern Rensselaer counties. In addition to our main acute care hospital campus, we operate 29 regional health care facilities, including health centers in the communities of Cambridge, Corinth, Granville, Greenwich, Hoosick Falls, Salem, Whitehall and Wilton. Simply put, our not-for-profit hospital provides a health care safety net for individuals and families from the immediate Glens Falls area to smaller, geographically remote communities tucked away in the heart of the six-million-acre Adirondack Park. Recognizing the Hospital's importance to the wellbeing of this broad, far-flung population, the Hospital's volunteer Board of Governors and our administrative and medical staffs have worked diligently over the years to recruit outstanding physicians and provide local people with a broad scope of services and expertise that would otherwise not be available without traveling to more distant cities. We have more than 225 affiliated physicians, ranging from primary care practitioners to surgical subspecialists. Our physicians are board-certified in more than 25 specialties. We have also established a diverse array of community outreach programs, bringing our expertise and services to people in outlying portions of our service area. These outreach programs are especially important for low-income individuals and families who may otherwise fail to seek out health care due to financial or transportation concerns. Our objective is to prevent health care problems and detect existing conditions earlier, keeping local people healthier and reducing future medical costs.