Job Description

Starting at $65,400

MAJOR FUNCTION
The Staff Pharmacist reports to and works in collaboration with the Pharmacist-In-Charge (PIC) to serve patients of HJAHC and Henry J. Austin Pharmacy (HJAP) by preparing medications, processing medication renewal requests, providing pharmacological information to the health care team, and monitoring patient drug therapies.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Maintains the day-to-day operations of the pharmacy.
Maintains the management of the pharmacy in the absence of the PIC.
Serves in a leadership capacity to oversee the workflow of the pharmacy, including delegation of staff responsibilities.
Maintains established procedures concerning quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and disposal of hazardous waste drugs.
Oversees management and confidentiality of patients’ personal medical data and other personal identifiable information and provides appropriate training to pharmacy staff.
Ensures all services are in compliance with professional standards, state, and federal regulatory requirements.
Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
Maintains pharmacy inventories, including management of virtual inventories.
Reviews prescription orders for completeness, accuracy, and appropriateness.
Enters data, such as patient name, prescribed medication, and cost, to maintain pharmacy files, charge systems, and inventory.
Prepares and dispenses prescribed medications, drugs, and pharmaceuticals for high quality patient care.
Compounds medications using standard formulas and processes such as weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients.
Directs pharmacy personnel engaged in mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals.
Answers healthcare professional and patient drug information requests.
Provides counseling to patients regarding ordered medications, including, but not limited to, indication, directions for administration, potential side effects and interactions, expected time to desired effect, and appropriate storage.
Reviews department of health stock inventory and orders as completed by the pharmacy technicians for accuracy.
Reviews prescription renewal requests and authorizes or denies requests according to the renewal policy.
Maintains pharmacological knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
Promotes joy in the workplace to achieve organizational goals, mission, and vision.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Performs other duties and assumes other responsibilities as apparent and/or as assigned by Pharmacist in Charge. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

Graduate of an ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy with a B.S. or Pharm.D. degree required
Prior experience working in a community pharmacy and/or ambulatory care setting preferred
Experience working in an urban setting with racially and culturally diverse population preferred
Experience working in a low-income community preferred

LICENSURE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS:

Licensed pharmacist in the state of New Jersey (or eligible and able to obtain prior to start date)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND OTHER (KSAO’s)

Bilingual English/ Spanish preferred
High energy and enthusiasm, positive, “can-do” attitude with a high degree of initiative
Must be able to work in a team environment and collaborative environment
High attention to detail
Strong verbal communications skills and demonstrated ability to write clearly and persuasively
Demonstrated ability to think strategically
Commitment to working within low-income communities
Demonstrated ability to use Microsoft Office applications, including Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint

ORGANIZATIONAL/SUPERVISORY RELATIONSHIPS:

Supervise Pharmacy Technician/s

PHYSICAL & WORK REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position requires the manual dexterity sufficient to operate phones, computers and other office equipment. The position requires the physical ability to kneel, bend, and perform light lifting. This person must have the ability to write and speak clearly using the English language to convey information and be able to hear at normal speaking levels both in person and over the telephone. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Generally, the working conditions are good with little or no exposure to extremes in health, safety hazards and/or hazardous material.

About Henry J. Austin Health Center

Henry J. Austin Health Center, Inc. (HJAHC) is located in Trenton, New Jersey. Established in 1969 as Trenton's Neighborhood Health Center, HJAHC was incorporated in 1986 as a private, non-profit 501(c) (3) entity. The mission of Henry J. Austin Health Center is to provide quality, community-based, affordable, accessible primary health care services in a culturally sensitive manner with respect and dignity. Increasing access and decreasing barriers to quality care are the mainstays of HJAHC.

HJAHC is named after Dr. Henry J. Austin, an African-American, Princeton resident, who came to Trenton to practice medicine since Jim Crow laws prohibited this in his own home town. Austin was born on February 23, 1888 in Tallahassee, Florida and was brought to Princeton as a young boy. He attended Howard University Medical School and graduated in 1918.

HJAHC is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). FQHC is a federal designation from the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that is assigned to private non-profit or public health care organizations that serve predominantly uninsured or medically underserved populations. FQHCs are located in or serving a federally designated Medically Underserved Area/Population.

HJAHC is the largest non-hospital based ambulatory care provider in the city. Primary health care services include: adult medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, HIV treatment, dental care, podiatry, and ophthalmology. Additional services are nutrition, social service, substance abuse assessment and intervention, behavioral health, translation services, transportation, and an onsite pharmacy. Most forms of health insurance including Medicare and Medicaid are accepted and there is a sliding fee scale for the uninsured. Henry J. Austin Health Center provides care to approximately 13,000 individuals annually generating more than 50,000 visits from four locations.

Industry

Healthcare & Social Services

Company Size

51-200 employees

Headquarters

Trenton, NJ

Year Founded

1986

Website

henryjaustin.org

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