Pharmacist Consultant

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Job Requirements

Must be a Licensed Pharmacist in Washington State and Oregon State.

Position Summary

The consultant pharmacist interacts with professional staff, technical staff, lay staff and clients in an effort to promote and maintain superior standards of quality that is professionally acceptable to Skilled Nursing Pharmacy and the consumers that are served by Skilled Nursing Pharmacy. In addition, the consultant pharmacist will assist the consultant pharmacist manager and management in implementing regional objectives as determined and directed by the governing body.

The consultant pharmacist will be responsible for performing drug regimen reviews and nursing unit inspection. He/she will participate at the long-term center’s Quality Assurance Committee, infection control committee, and other committees requiring a pharmacist’s expertise.

The consultant will provide pharmacist-to-nursing in-services. The consultant pharmacist will review with the Director of Nursing and the Administrator all relevant changes in state and federal pharmacy regulations and changes in Skilled Nursing Pharmacy policy and procedures.

The consultant pharmacist will serve on the implementation team of their assigned center. The consultant pharmacist must attend consultant pharmacist meetings and work the schedules proposed by the consultant pharmacist manager.

Essential Duties

• Provide regular and timely consultant services to client facilities and make recommendations as appropriate.
• Review patient drug regimen in assigned facilities.
• Report any drug regimen irregularities to the Attending Physician and Director of Nursing.
• Provide physicians, nurses, and patients with therapeutic recommendations and/or medication information.
• Establish a system of records of receipt and disposition of all controlled drugs in sufficient detail to enable an accurate reconciliation.
• Assist client facilities in developing and implementing policies and procedures
• Actively participate in client facility’s quality improvement process and attend facility’s quarterly meetings.
• Submit monthly reports to SNP in a timely basis.
• Perform duties as outlined in SNP Pharmacist Consultant Standards