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Department:
CC014250 Acute Care PharmacyFull Time, 10k Sign on Bonus, Monday - Thursday 9:30am-8:00pm, No weekends
Supervises day to day pharmacy operations to ensure safe and efficient patient care. Works as online supervisor and performs duties of a registered pharmacist.
Doctorate
Direct - 4 years with 1 year of leadership experience
Pharmacist - Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy
1. Hires, fires, evaluates, coaches, counsels and trains Pharmacy staff. Supervises professional and technical staff in their day-to-day responsibilities.
2. Verifies appropriateness of all doses in reference to the child’s diagnosis, weight, age and body surface area.
3. Identifies and intervenes when problems involving drug therapy arise e.g.. allergies, drug interactions, therapeutic duplications, adverse drug reactions, compatibility etc.
4. Verifies appropriateness of drug selected, initiates drug therapy when needed and suggests equally efficacious but less expensive therapy.
5. Evaluates need for all non-formulary drugs.
6. Assures that patients receive the ordered medication as to dose, route, salt, regimen and generic substitution.
7. Assures that all medications meet the highest standards in quality and preparation of the final dosage form and that all drug products are neatly prepared and labeled, including the use of appropriate auxiliary labels/comments.
8. Participates in the education and training of pharmacists, technicians, interns, students and patients.
9. Performs drug information activities. Reviews patients and assesses compliance with AC criteria for food-drug interactions, breast milk drug assessment, therapeutic drug monitoring and DUE as required. Completes documentation.
10. Organizes staffing schedules, handles call-ins and adjusts staffing as dictated by workload including calling in additional staff if workload requires additional staffing. Approves changes to staffing plan when appropriate.
11. Investigates all Safety Tracker incidents and performs follow-up. Advises management team on operational changes needed to improve safety.
12. Takes call and fills in for staff pharmacists as needed or requested.
13. Manages specific responsibilities to maintain safe and effective medication use system.
14. Will act as the Senior Clinical Staff Person when assigned to the Specialty Pharmacy.
15. Ensure the medication use process is compliant with Arkansas Board of Pharmacy, Joint Commission, CMS, FDA, specialty pharmacy accreditation bodies, and other regulatory agencies when assigned to the Specialty Pharmacy.
16. Performs other duties as assigned.
Arkansas Children's is the only healthcare system in the state solely dedicated to caring for Arkansas' more than 700,000 children. The private, non-profit organization includes two pediatric hospitals, a pediatric research institute and USDA nutrition center, a philanthropic foundation, a nursery alliance, statewide clinics, and many education and outreach programs — all focused on fulfilling a promise to define and deliver unprecedented child health. Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) is a 336-bed, Magnet-recognized facility in Little Rock operating the state’s only Level I pediatric trauma center; the state's only burn center; the state's only Level IV neonatal intensive care unit; the state's only pediatric intensive care unit; the state’s only pediatric surgery program with Level 1 verification from the American College of Surgeons (ACS); the state’s only magnetoencephalography (MEG) system for neurosurgical planning and cutting-edge research; and the state's only nationally recognized pediatric transport program. Arkansas Children’s Hospital is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in seven pediatric specialties (2022—2023): Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Pulmonology and Urology. Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW), the first and only pediatric hospital in the Northwest Arkansas region, is a level IV pediatric trauma center. ACNW operates a 24-bed inpatient unit; a surgical unit with five operating rooms; outpatient clinics offering over 20 subspecialties; diagnostic services; imaging capabilities; occupational therapy services; and Northwest Arkansas' only pediatric emergency department, equipped with 30 exam rooms. Generous philanthropic and volunteer engagement has sustained Arkansas Children's since it began as an orphanage in 1912, and today ensures the system can deliver on its promise of unprecedented child health. To learn more, visit archildrens.org.
