Staff Pharmacist Jobs in Connecticut

INTRODUCTION

Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership, and Innovation. These values define UConn Health. We are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top-rated organization is looking to add a pharmacist to our growing Ambulatory Care Pharmacy team. Our areas of focus will include but are not limited to: Dermatology, Neurology, Cardiology, Pulmonary, and Internal Medicine. If you have a background in this field, as well as a passion for customer and patient experience, we want to hear from you.

At UConn Health, this class is accountable for the preparation and distribution of all medications to patient care areas and providing clinical pharmacy services to both inpatients, outpatients, physicians, and other hospital personnel. This position will work primarily in Farmington, CT with some shifts in other nearby communities we serve.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Works under the general supervision of an employee of higher grade.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

May lead/supervise Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy residents/students, and other employees of lower rank as assigned.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

• Provides prescription services to inpatients/outpatients.
• Checks unit dose medication for appropriate drug, dose quantity, and packaging integrity.
• Facilitates availability of first doses and specialty items.
• Maintains adequate medication supplies; completes monthly controlled substances audits and quality assessment rounds.
• Maintains and enforces the documentation and security of narcotic supplies.
• Checks medication orders for therapeutic appropriateness.
• Checks transcription of medication orders.
• Updates medications on administrative records.
• Provides pharmacokinetic monitoring of patients receiving specific drugs and ensures that serum levels are drawn.
• Monitors parental nutrition.
• Responds to emergency codes; observes for adverse drug reactions; documents all medication incident reports.
• Responds to stroke alert.
• Provides medication counseling to patients.
• Provides drug information to physicians, nurses, patients, and other health care professionals.
• Documents interventions with health care personnel related to drug therapy.
• Oversees deliveries to patient care floors.
• Compounds IV medications, including chemotherapy meds.
• Prepares hyper alimentation solutions.
• Dispenses/provides information on investigational drugs; performs drug utilization evaluations on medications.
• Assists in narcotic discrepancy investigation and resolution.
• Performs quality assurance rounds and audits as assigned; participates in patient care rounds attends departmental staff meetings, educational seminars; contributes to pharmacist continuing education seminars.
• Preceptors' hospital pharmacy residents; provides in-service education to hospital health care professionals.
• Troubleshoots pharmacy technology related issues.
• May be clinical instructor for university undergraduate clinical pharmacy externship and pharmacy experience course, lecture students in undergraduate program.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITY:

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of pharmacy and pharmacology and their application to the operation of a hospital pharmacy or outpatient facility, long-term care pharmacy, home-infusion pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, and outpatient clinics.
• Knowledge of relevant Federal and State laws and regulations, including USP 797 and USP 800, USP 795.
• Considerable interpersonal skills.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to maintain records, teaching ability.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical waste management.
• Independent decision-making, clinical judgement, and in-depth knowledge of pharmacy and therapeutics.
• Ability to work with technical automated equipment and information systems.

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:

PharmD or bachelor's degree in pharmacy from an accredited Pharmacy program.

Must possess and maintain license as a Registered Pharmacist in the State of Connecticut.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• One (1) or more years of experience in an acute healthcare setting as a pharmacist or pharmacy residency.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• May be required to travel within the state of Connecticut.
• May be exposed to hazardous materials, infectious/communicable diseases, and some disagreeable conditions.

SCHEDULE: Full time, 80 hours every two weeks, primarily Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, variable days and evenings, weekends and holidays as assigned, 30-minute unpaid meal break.

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.

Additional Links:

This position is Benefit eligible; click here for an overview of available benefits.
This position is covered by the UHP Bargaining Unit; click here to review the current UHP Contract.
This position is in salary group UHP-16; click here to review the current UHP Pay Plan.