Description
Overview
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital includes 385 general acute beds, 48 licensed critical care beds, 13 state-of-the-art surgical suites, and a full-service Emergency Department with an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Nationally Certified Stroke Center. In addition, we offer a beautiful Family Care and Birthing Center, the Lauren Small Children's Center including the area's only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Family Care Center, a Level II NICU, the Sarvanand Heart, and Brain Center with Kern County's first Bi-Plane Interventional Suite, the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics, and many more services. Memorial Hospital is a Children's Miracle Network Hospital and is home to the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House. Memorial Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner, serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality, compassionate care since 1956. Click here to learn more about Bakersfield Memorial Hospital.
Responsibilities
Position Summary:
The Staff Pharmacist is responsible for drug preparation and distribution, both personally and through general supervision of pharmacy interns and technicians. Assists physicians and other health care professionals by providing patient specific drug information and drug therapy recommendations, screens medication orders for appropriateness, physical and therapeutic compatibilities and allergies, maintain patient profiles, and consults with physicians when necessary. Manages drug therapy for selected patients per protocol and with physician authorization, and manages pharmacy inventory, both personally and through supervision of pharmacy technical personnel.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
* Current license as a registered Pharmacist in the State of California.
* Education level necessary to obtain required licensure and certifications.
Preferred Qualifications:
* A minimum of 2 years hospital experience preferred.
Special Skills:
* Good working knowledge of a unit dose system, an I.V. admixture program as well as Total Parenteral Nutrition and nutrition issues.
* Computer skills are necessary as well as good understanding of automation in pharmacy.
* A solid clinical base in pharmaceutical care and the ability to interact with physicians, fellow staff, nursing, and other hospital personnel.
