PHARMACIST

Company: Forrest General Hospital
Location: Hattiesburg
Posted on: May 7, 2025

Job Description:

Job Summary: -

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• Fulfills professional responsibility in dispensing, procurement, control, and consultation involved with medication. -
  
• Displays strong leadership skills and great customer service skills.
  
• Knowledgeable and capable of performing any pharmaceutical duty in the hospital pharmacy department and throughout the hospital. -
  
• The Pharmacist must utilize a growth and development knowledge base in medication for children (pediatric), adolescent, and geriatric patients. -
  
• Possesses the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs, and to provide the care needed. -
  
• Responsible for the daily workflow and efficiency of the pharmacy.
  
• Works to improve processes, financial and business related issues within the pharmacy.
  
• Supervises and directs support personnel, including pharmacy students and pharmacy technician students.
  
• Responsible for inventory management in outpatient pharmacy.
  
• Included within this role assignment is the responsibility to be a positive role model for all peers always reflecting the WE CARE philosophy.
  
• Will serve and assist as team leader during any Mass Disaster.
  
• Performs other job duties as assigned.
  
• Will be designated as PIC (pharmacist in charge) per MS State Board of Pharmacy regulations if needed.
  
  
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  Performance Expectations:
  
  Performance expectations will be covered in the orientation and preceptor phases of your orientation to your job.
  
  
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  • Demonstrates basic understanding of the 340b program.
    
  • Demonstrates knowledge and competency in treatment of stroke patients using Alteplase.
    
  • Demonstrates effective communication skills and interaction with staff.
    
  • Demonstrates ability to supervise and direct support personnel - technicians, cashiers and couriers.
    
  • Demonstrates initiative to keep all pharmacy areas neat, clean and uncluttered at all times.
    
  • Demonstrates ability to improve efficiency and processes of the pharmacy.
    
  • Demonstrates excellent customer service skills.
    
  • Demonstrates initiative to maintain/meet licensure and certification requirements.
    
  • Demonstrates ability to complete and fulfill duties of a pharmacist.
    
  • Demonstrates understanding of Pioneer RX software.
    
  • Demonstrates understanding of USP 800 compliance.
    
    
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    Qualifications:
    
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    Education/Skills - - - - - - - -
    
    Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy required.
    
    Must have 2 hours of stroke education annually.
    
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    Work Experience: - - - -
    
    Retail experience preferred but not required. - -
    
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    - - - - - - - - - - - Certification/Licensure-DUE UPON HIRE
    
    
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    • Registration with the Mississippi State Board of Pharmacy.
      
      
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      Mental Demands: - - - -
      
      - - - - - - - - - - - Ability to work cooperatively with hospital and pharmacy staff; handle frequent interruptions
      
      - - - - - - - - - - - and adapt to changes in workload; set priorities, make critical decisions and respond quickly to
      
      - - - - - - - - - - - emergency requests; exercise professional judgment; communicate effectively (orally and in
      
      - - - - - - - - - - - writing); meet the needs of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatric, psychiatric,
      
      - - - - - - - - - - - oncology, obstetric, chemically dependent, and rehabilitation patients.
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