St. Joseph's Health

Responsible for performing and documenting patient pharmacy clinical interventions, education, and counseling that pertains to medication management and safety. Interprets, evaluates and reviews of physician inpatient orders and outpatient prescriptions in order to prepare, calculate, compound, admix and dispense appropriate medication and dosages consistent with optimum patient care. The interpretation, evaluation and review must include but is not limited to patient drug allergy review, drug-drug, drug-food interaction determination, assessment of therapeutic duplication, over/under dosing and inappropriate therapy and the prompt resolution and documentation of deficiencies found. (I.E., pharmacist is responsible to ensure the dispensation of the right medication, at the right dosage, for the right medical indication, at the right time, to the right patient. Engages in practices that promote and advance professional practice, education, patient safety, and collaboration with other health care practitioners.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Works in a normal patient care area or office environment where there are relatively few physical discomforts due to dust, dirt, noise and the like.
• Works with equipment or performs procedures where carelessness would probably result in minor cuts, bruises or muscle pulls.
• Works in an area in which there is exposure to hazardous chemicals or carcinogenic agents which requires caution and use of established safety guidelines and equipment.
• Work requires exposure to blood and various body fluids which requires caution and use of established safety guidelines and equipment.
• Work requires handling of hot liquids, toxic or flammable chemicals, or contaminated materials which requires caution and use of established safety guidelines and equipment.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Lifting objects weighing up to 50 pounds
• Standing for more than two hours at a time
• Stooping or bending
• Manual dexterity, reach and grasp objects
• Color vision - the ability to identify and distinguish colors
• Ability to hear and communicate orally
• Pushing or pulling supply carts
• Proofreading and checking documents for accuracy
• Using a keyboard to enter and transcribe words or data
• Using a video display terminal to receive or audit information or data

St. Joseph’s Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s “100 Best Places to Work in Health Care”.

• Work requires the knowledge of theories, principles, and concepts acquired through completion of a PharmD (BS Pharmacy degree may be accepted as entry level for pharmacist position).
• NJ Board of Pharmacy Licensure and registration required. Pharmacy Residency and Board Certification in clinical pharmacy practice (e.g. Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy BCPS) Certificate is preferred.
• New hires have one year from date of hire to receive Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (ACLS). Work requires providing direct patient care to neonate, pediatric, adolescent, young adult, adult and geriatric patients.
• Work requires 25 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) annually as approved by Pharmacy Management.
• Work requires staffing a minimum of 4 shifts per month on weekends and/or weekdays to meet the needs of the department.

St. Joseph’s University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures.

The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women’s health, imaging and pediatrics.

The nursing team at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, which includes St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession’s highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize™ - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.