Job Information
Southern Home Care Services, Inc. Pharmacist Consultant in Louisville, Kentucky
Requisition: 2024-157760
| ID | 2024-157760 | Line of Business | PharMerica | Position Type | Full-Time | Pay Min | USD $120,640.00/Yr. | Pay Max | USD $135,200.00/Yr. |
PharMerica
Join our PharMerica team! PharMerica is a closed-door pharmacy where you can focus on fulfilling the pharmaceutical needs of our long-term care and senior living clients. Our organization is in high growth mode, which means advancement opportunities for individuals who are looking for career progression!
PharMerica's Consultant Pharmacist teams lead the industry in clinical excellence. Amid higher acuity, greater regulatory scrutiny, and staffing challenges, PharMerica Consultant Pharmacists provide clinical services that drive facility compliance, prescriber engagement, and optimized medication therapy for our residents.
Our Consultant Pharmacists are dedicated facility medication experts who:
- Lead care teams providing value to prescribers and nursing staff
- Navigate cost containment strategies to reduce drug spend and nursing time
Intensely focused on the local delivery of services, our consultant pharmacist team's high quality medication management and clinical support enables facilities to optimize care delivery, reduce regulatory risk, and adapt to rapid change.
The Pharmacist Consultant is a hybrid role (on-site and remote) with 50% travel in and around the Louisville, KY area.
An Immunization Certification through an accredited organization (ie. APhA) is required
We offer:
DailyPay
Flexible schedules
Competitive pay
Shift differential
Health, dental, vision and life insurance benefits
Company paid STD and LTD
Employee Discount Program
401k
Paid-time off
Tuition reimbursement
Non-retail/Closed-door environment
Our Pharmacy group focuses on providing exceptional customer service and meeting the pharmacy needs for hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, and other specialized care centers nationwide. If your passion is service excellence and top-quality care come join our team and apply today!
- 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.