Job Information
Southern Home Care Services, Inc. Pharmacist Consultant / Part Time in Louisville, Kentucky
Requisition: 2024-157764
ID | 2024-157764 | Line of Business | PharMerica | Position Type | Part-Time | Pay Min | USD $60.00/Hr. | Pay Max | USD $65.00/Hr. |
PharMerica
Join Our PharMerica Team!
PharMerica is a closed-door pharmacy where you'll have the opportunity to focus on fulfilling the pharmaceutical needs of our long-term care and senior living clients. As a rapidly growing organization, we're excited to offer advancement opportunities for those looking to progress their careers!
PharMerica's Consultant Pharmacist teams lead the industry in clinical excellence, meeting the challenges of higher acuity, greater regulatory scrutiny, and staffing constraints head-on. PharMerica's Consultant Pharmacists provide clinical services that enhance facility compliance, strengthen prescriber engagement, and optimize medication therapy for our residents.
Our Consultant Pharmacists Are:
- Leaders in Care: Guiding care teams and adding value to prescribers and nursing staff.
- Cost Management Navigators: Implementing strategies to reduce drug costs and nursing time.
- An Immunization Certification through an accredited organization (ie. APhA) is required.
With an intense focus on local service delivery, our consultant pharmacist team provides high-quality medication management and clinical support. This enables facilities to enhance care delivery, minimize regulatory risks, and adapt to rapid changes.
About the Role:
The Pharmacist Consultant is a hybrid role (on-site and remote) with 50% travel in and around the Louisville, KY area.
This is a part time position for 16 hours/week.
What We Offer:
- DailyPay
- Flexible schedules
- Competitive pay
- Shift differentials
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits
- Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Employee Discount Program
- 401k
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Non-retail, closed-door work environment
Our pharmacy group is dedicated to exceptional customer service, meeting the unique pharmacy needs of hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, and other specialized care centers nationwide. If you are passionate about service excellence and top-quality care, come join our team and apply today!
Note: This position will be posted for a minimum of 7 business days.
- Evaluates physician medication orders for appropriateness of drug, dosage, potential interactions, route of administration and stability. Makes recommendations for therapy changes to the physician and facility staff as appropriate
- Reviews the drug regimen and clinical indicators of each resident as assigned at least monthly and reports any irregularities to the Director of Nursing, Administrator and the attending physicians with a written report of findings and recommendations
- Documents all communication with physicians, nurses, other members of the healthcare team and patients/residents and their family members
- Maintains knowledge of pharmacy laws and federal and state regulations concerning long-term care
- Works cooperatively as a member of a team
- Maintains knowledge of pharmaceutical care practices for long term care residents
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited School of Pharmacy or Pharmacy Doctorate
- Current license required. Dual license preferred
- One-year experience in acute, long-term care or home health preferred
- Consultant or Clinical Pharmacist experience preferred
- IV clinical experience preferred
- Must be able to work weekends or outside of normal business hours when needed
- Ability to lift patient charts repetitively
- Ability to stand for long periods of time
- Good customer service skills
- Ability to learn and understand state and federal regulations for long-term care
- Understand of formulary management
Res-Care, Inc., dba BrightSpring Health Services (“ResCare”), is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ResCare does not discriminate against any person on the basis of gender, r ace, color, national origin, r eligion, disability, age, veteran status, gender identity or s exual orientation in admission, treatment, or participation in its programs, services and activities, or in employment, or on the basis of gender in its health programs and activities.