Travel Pharmacist
Danville, KY
Talent4Health
5x8 hrs, Days

Seeking an experienced Pharmacist to provide inpatient pharmacy services, ensure safe medication dispensing, monitor drug therapy, and support clinical pharmacy initiatives. The ideal candidate will have hands-on hospital pharmacy experience, EPIC proficiency, and strong clinical knowledge of medication reconciliation, antimicrobial stewardship, pharmacokinetic dosing, and anticoagulation management.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain medication inventory, procure medications, and ensure availability of emergency drugs and antidotes.
• Review, interpret, prepare, verify, and dispense medication orders accurately.
• Prepare and label sterile products and parenteral medications according to hospital policies and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain accurate medication records, controlled substance documentation, inventory records, and billing information.
• Monitor medication storage conditions and conduct routine inspections of pharmacy and patient care areas.
• Perform medication reconciliation, including obtaining patients’ prior-to-admission medication lists and completing discharge medication lists.
• Provide discharge medication counseling and education to patients and families.
• Monitor drug therapy for appropriate dosing, allergies, contraindications, drug interactions, and adverse reactions.
• Participate in antimicrobial stewardship, including culture result interpretation and recommendations for infections such as UTIs, pneumonia, and skin/soft tissue infections.
• Perform pharmacokinetic dosing and monitoring, as well as anticoagulation dosing and monitoring.
• Provide clinical consultation and medication-related recommendations to physicians and other healthcare professionals.
• Participate in formulary management, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee activities, medication-use reviews, and quality-improvement initiatives.
• Support pharmacy staff training, patient safety, regulatory compliance, and hospital accreditation requirements.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and comply with applicable federal and state pharmacy regulations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Active Pharmacist license appropriate for the state of practice.
• Hospital/inpatient pharmacy experience preferred.
• EPIC experience required.
• Experience with medication reconciliation and discharge medication counseling.
• Clinical knowledge of antimicrobial stewardship and culture-based treatment recommendations.
• Experience with pharmacokinetic dosing and monitoring.
• Experience with anticoagulation dosing and monitoring.
• Strong communication, clinical assessment, and medication management skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with physicians, nurses, patients, and multidisciplinary teams.

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