Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

Come join our Pharmacy team at Saint Francis Hospital, a member of Trinity Health Of New England

Position Purpose

Looking for a motivated individual to support our retail pharmacy operations and serve as a liaison between patients and retail pharmacy for discharge medication prescriptions.

Coordinates with providers and patients to ensure smooth discharges and improved medication access for our patients. 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.

What you will do

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

• Assesses need for formulary items ordered accordingly initiates contact with prescriber or benefits provider for substitute

• Checks for allergies, potential drug-drug interactions/incompatibilities, and adverse drug reactions on all patients before dispensing medication and utilizes appropriate communication channels

• Verifies all narcotic orders are received, maintains perpetual inventory log, performs weekly C-II inventory and monthly controlled drug inventory

• Monitors appropriate lab data to ensure patients receive proper dose of medications/nutrition/electrolyte needs and when data is available

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Pharm D Degree in Pharmacy

• 6-12 months of previous related experience

• Licensure required as a Pharmacist by the state of Connecticut

Position Highlights and Benefits

Full time 40hr salaried, rotating weekends

Ministry/Facility Information

Saint Francis Hospital is committed to exceeding the expectations of our patients and families by providing world-class service in a progressive, people-centered, compassionate health care environment. We are licensed for 617 beds and 65 bassinets, are a major teaching hospital and the largest Catholic hospital in New England.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is 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, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran