Pharmacist

About Us

Cornerstone Healthcare Group, a segment of ScionHealth, provides excellent healthcare services to our patients, residents and their families by empowering the hands that heal. 

Our employees make a difference, join us so you can too! We pride ourselves on our quality of care, responsive service, and commitment to excellence. We treat each employee, patient and resident like we would a member of our own family, and measure our success by the direct impact we have on improving the quality of life for our employees, patients and residents.

Responsibilities:

The Pharmacist is responsible for providing pharmaceutical services within the hospital that has a patient population ranging in age from 18 years to geriatric experiencing medically complex conditions, general medical-surgical conditions, with rehabilitation and/or wound care needs. 

The Pharmacist duties include:

• Verification of medication orders for accuracy and appropriateness. Review of
• medication profiles.
• Assists in the resolution of drug therapy problems.
• Participation in medical and multidisciplinary rounds.
• Perceive and evaluate the medication information needs of patients and families, health care professionals, and other person.
• Use a systematic approach to address medication information needs by effectively searching, retrieving, and evaluating the literature and appropriately communicating and applying the information to the patient care situation.
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, QA program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Compounds, packages, labels and dispenses medications.   
• Maintains proper inventory control and storage including the secure storage of
• controlled substances and inventory records.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in
• educational programs, current literature, in-services and workshops.
• Participates in training pharmacists, technicians, students and residents.
• Participates in education programs for pharmacy staff, attends meetings as
• required and participates on committees as needed.
• Consults with and advises healthcare providers regarding optimal and cost effective utilization of drugs. Where appropriate, documents clinical activities.
• Responsible for adherence to the Department Compliance Plan for Controlled
• substances.
• Performs dispensing and compounding functions utilizing automated technology
• Perform additional duties assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• • Ability to project a professional image.
• • Knowledge of regulatory standards and compliance requirements.
• • Working knowledge and ability to apply professional standards of practice in job situations.
• • Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• • Working knowledge of personal computer and software applications used in job functions (Word processing, graphics, databases, spreadsheets, etc.).