Pharmacist
Grand Island, Nebraska
Grand Island Regional Medical Center

Pharmacist Position – Nebraska, Grand Island

Job Overview

• Employment Type: Contract Clinician
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Schedule Options (40 hours/week):

  • 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM (sole pharmacist until 7:30 AM)
  • 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM
  • 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
  • 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM (sole pharmacist after 4:30 PM until overnight coverage)
• Responsible for inpatient and outpatient medication orders

Key Responsibilities

• Verify and dispense medications for all patients
• Conduct patient workups and rounding
• Perform medication reconciliation and counseling
• Prepare and check compounded IVs
• Monitor drug therapy for efficacy and safety
• Identify drug interactions, adverse reactions, contraindications, allergies, sensitivities, and cost considerations
• Ensure rational drug therapy in medication dispensing
• Communicate with providers for medication clarifications
• Perform pharmacokinetic dosage calculations and evaluations
• Maintain clinical competency including age-specific skills and annual verifications
• Utilize hospital pharmacy drug distribution systems (unit dose, sterile products, floor stock)
• Use computer hardware and software relevant to pharmacy functions
• Maintain confidentiality and prioritize work with minimal supervision
• Establish effective working relationships with medical staff and personnel

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of a college of pharmacy
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in an institutional pharmacy environment preferred
• Pharmacist licensure in the State of Nebraska required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) or Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) preferred
• Experience with EPIC (EMR system), Medi-dose packaging, and BD Pyxis medication systems preferred

Orientation and Training

• On-the-job training with pharmacist staff
• New staff receive a training packet and work closely with a pharmacist to complete orientation

Dress Code

• Business casual or navy blue scrubs

Additional Considerations

• Candidate should ideally live within 50 miles of the facility