Pharmacist

RCCA is seeking an experienced and patient-focused Pharmacist to join our Belleville team. This is an excellent opportunity for a licensed pharmacist who is committed to delivering high-quality patient care, ensuring medication safety, and collaborating with healthcare professionals in a dynamic oncology environment.

• Employment Type: Full Time
• Location: Belleville, NJ
• Schedule: Monday - Friday
• Compensation: $111,416.97 - $171,410.72 annually
• Compensation packages based on your unique skills, experience, and qualifications

As of the date of this posting, RCCA offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, subject to eligibility requirements. In addition to the salary, we provide: Health, dental, and vision plans, Wellness program, Health savings account - Flexible spending accounts, 401(k) retirement plan, Life insurance, Short-term disability insurance, Long-term disability insurance, Employee

Assistance Program (EAP), Paid Time Off (PTO) and holiday pay, Tuition discounts with numerous universities.

We believe these benefits underscore our commitment to the well-being and professional growth of our employees.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Prepares and dispenses medication orders.

Maintains and evaluates patient profiles and comprehensive drug data files to assess orders for any incompatibilities.

Checks all orders for completeness of information, verifies patient information, and proper physician authorization.

Ensures insurance approval before admixing. Admixes drugs as ordered by physicians accurately and timely per department guidelines and prepares all drugs within OSHA and interoffice guidelines.

Ensures correct preparation of all formulas or medications.

Checks all prescriptions for completeness, calculates correct dosages, converting between metric and apothecary equivalents.

Organizes and directs technician workflow; verifies their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals; verifies order entries, charges, and inspections.

Provides pharmacological information by answering questions and requests from healthcare professionals and patients.

• Provides and documents drug counseling to all patients.
• Ensures adherence to all legal and professional requirements, including those for controlled substances.
• Consults with patients to determine pre-existing conditions to assess medication compatibility.
• Instructs patients on the effects of food and alcohol intake, warns of potential side effects, and provides professional drug information and assistance to medical staff.
• Participates in pharmacy teaching and in-service programs.
• Properly disposes of all materials used when mixing chemo or non-chemo IVs.
• Logs and dates all drugs in use, checks drugs monthly for outdates, and keeps accurate temperature logs.
• Maintains accurate logs on all protocol drugs and patient assistance drugs.
• Assists with inventory control of medications, orders supplies and medications, and receives and shelves medications.
• Ensures standard drug supplies are adequately stocked in all departments.
• Prepares labels, files, and prepares billing, and computes prices.
• Receives new drug education from drug representatives, staying abreast of new information.
• Maintains confidentiality of all information related to patients and medical staff.
• Prepares reports and monitoring activities as directed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited school of pharmacy.
• B-Corp certification
• Oncology background.
• Current license as a Pharmacist in the state of practice.
• May supervise the activities of pharmacy technicians.

Physical Demands

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 will be offered to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requires full range of body motion including manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination, and the ability to read and note appropriate measurements. Requires sitting/standing for extensive periods. Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to 40 lbs. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be offered to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to direct contact with patients with potential for exposure to toxic substances, medicinal preparations, and chemotherapeutic agents.