Pharmacist (SO)

Req Number 135281

Job Description

Compounds and dispenses medicine and preparations requested. Prepares and sterilizes medications manufactured in hospital. Furnishes information concerning medications to physicians and nurses. Assists in purchasing supplies, preparing of reports, and maintaining of records and other related duties.

Job Responsibility

Dispensing

Fills and labels prescriptions for inpatients, outpatients and personnel.

Supervises dispensing of ward stock drugs for nursing stations and other departments

Replenishes drugs stocked in emergency stat tray

Dispenses ward stock control drugs and maintains inventory records.

Makes periodic checks of drugs stored at nursing stations and in other departments.

Compounding Does extemporaneous prescription compounding.

Does bulk compounding of stock products used in hospital

Maintains basic drug stocks used in compounding

Packages and labels compounding supplies

Maintains manufacturing records and controls.

Supervision and Manufacture of Sterile Solutions

Maintains equipment, basic chemicals and utensils used in production

Manufactures and dispenses ophthalmic solutions; sterile surgical solutions, local and topical; sterile small volume injectable solutions; and sterile large volume parenteral solutions.

Supervision of containers and closure stock

Supervision of cleansing and sterilization of glassware, containers and equipment.

Supervision of labeling, manufacturing records and control records

Dilution of antibiotics, and sterile products prescriptions.

Operation of special equipment used in manufacturing of solutions.

Miscellaneous

Supervises work of pharmacy intern and technician

Assists with purchasing of supplies.

Maintains complete records as required by department

Furnishes information concerning medications to physicians and nurses

May instruct student nurses in courses in materia medica and pharmacology.

Performs related duties, as required.

ADA Essential Functions

Job Qualification

Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy, required.

Current license to practice Pharmacy in New York State.

Minimum one (1) year experience in hospital pharmacy.

Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team members base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

The salary range for this position is $66.10-$74.96/hour

It is Northwell Health’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity and treat all applicants and employees equally regardless of their age, race, creed/religion, color, national origin, immigration status or citizenship status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, sex/gender, gender identity, gender expression, disability, pregnancy, genetic information or genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital or familial status, partnership status, victim of domestic violence, sexual or other reproductive health decisions, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.