Pharmacist

Founded in 1961, Dignity Health - Arroyo Grande Community Hospital is a 65-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Arroyo Grande, California. Serving over 90,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including, emergency care, and orthopedics. Additionally, Arroyo Grande Community Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and has the only inpatient Acute Rehabilitation Center between Salinas and Santa Barbara.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Responsible for procuring, manufacturing, compounding, dispensing, distributing, storing and administration of drugs, biologicals, and chemicals according to standard practices of the professional, State and Federal laws and regulations, and departmental policies and procedures. Responsible for provision of drug information to other health professionals, patients and their families, and the public.

• Reviews all orders for appropriate drug therapy, proper route dose, drug interactions, appropriateness for age and
  
  
  contraindications. Always obtains patient's allergies to medications and checks for potential allergies prior to dispensing any medications. Checks patient's profiles for interactions. Participates in physician intervention program and documents interventions.
• Reviews MIC reports daily checking report against antibiotic therapy. If antibiotic not appropriate will contact physician.
  
  
  Always documents actions taken on report.
• Performs daily assessment of drug therapy appropriateness for patients with renal impairment and those receiving narrow
  
  
  therapeutic range medications.
• Detects and reports on ADRs. Completes ADR report form with pertinent and complete information. Reports on at least
  
  
  two ADRs a month (each full time pharmacist).
• Researches and provides consultation to physicians and nurses relating to drug therapy, including incompatibilities of IV
  
  
  solutions and age-specific doses and dosage forms.
• Assesses the patient retrieving or ordering all necessary baseline data. Able to plan therapy and orders all medications
  
  
  and appropriate labs, documenting daily on pharmacy sheets all relevant data. Always follows established guidelines taking into account all patient variables. Performs thorough daily assessment, monitoring and documentation of patients on pharmacy protocol. Writes in patient's medical chart as necessary.

Required

• 1-3 years Two years hospital experience withparticipation in a clinical program if no residency. , upon hire 
• 1-3 years Two years managing andoverseeing pharmacy technicians., upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire 
• Pharmacist: CA, upon hire