Shift Timings - 6AM - 4PM 

Description of Duties 

The contractor shall provide pharmacist services which will include, but are not limited to:

• Serves as a resource person to the medical providers in the field of medicine as itrelates to proper pharmacy practice, patient profiles, and review of prescriptions written. 

• Conveys proper pharmacy procedures and practices to medical staff via writtenmemorandums, direct personal contact, and through personal observation. 

• Monitors drug therapy for contraindications, interactions, allergies and appropriateness. 

• Maintains patient medication records to include medication profile formats. 

• Responsible for the documentation of work performed. 

• Familiarization with administrative guidelines of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, Drug Enforcement Administration, Food and Drug Administration and Bureau of Prisons. 

• Provides a balanced and efficient pharmacy service, establishes and maintains standards of service, and maintains maximum efficiency in economy of operations. 

• Incumbents make independent decisions in the performance of duties and as such makes recommendations for revision or improvement as appropriate. 

• Responsible for the selection, dispensing, and preservation of drugs, medicines, and other therapeutic agents consulting updated references, journals, reports, etc. 

• Required to identify and ascertain differences between drugs as it relates to the therapeutic efficacy of the product. 

• Periodically inspects drugs for adequacy, overstocking, arrangement, storage, proper rotation and deterioration. 

• Assists in maintaining an inventory of commonly utilized drugs and assumes responsibility for security of drugs in his/her custody. 

• Uses the proper techniques for the storage of drugs, such as refrigeration or protectionfrom heat and light. 

• Obtains familiarity of the Bureau of Prison’s National Drug Formulary. 

• Provides a wide range of drug information to medical staff. 

• Maintains adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting system by investigating events to determine if an ADR has occurred. 

• Incumbent is available to the medical staff relative to consultations of the patient treatment aspects of medication as it relates to drug compatibility, mode of action, drug reactions, latest developments in the field of pharmacy. 

• Review of medication orders prescribed by the medical staff, this is accomplished through individual consultations with the medical staff and review of medical records as indicated. 

Professional Qualifications/Credentialing/Certificatio 

• Valid and current License that allows for the practice of Pharmacy (Verified). 

• Proof of CPR certification