NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America's oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue's clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children's Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services. At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.
Job DescriptionA.Unit Dose Responsibilities:Pharmacist prepares and dispenses medication orders per physician request according established policies, procedure, and protocols.1. Review and accepts orders on the hospital computerized physician order entry (CPOE) for accuracy prior to dispensing.2. Fill unit-dose medication carts by each nursing unit.3. Compound and dispenses pharmaceuticals, including sterile, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition preparationsaccurately.4. Issues controlled substances to patient care areas and maintains records as required by law.5. Communicate pending issues to other pharmacy personnel prior to leaving each shift (hand-off).6. Replace medications removed from emergency carts accurately within established time frames.7. Ensure integrity of emergency cart locks.8. Replace expired medications in emergency carts.9. Ensure that emergency cart expiration date is within time period specified by departmental policy.10. Prepare requests for medication from the stock room.11. Store medications and hazardous chemicals safely and securely12. Review STAT orders within 1-hour period.13. Review non-Stat order within 2-hour period.
B.Non-Unit Dose Responsibilities:Ensure safe, appropriate, cost-effective medication therapies for patients according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.Know the policies and procedures of the department and hospital standards.1. Monitor drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, drug-laboratory testinteractions, allergies, appropriateness of drug and dose, and therapeutic duplications.2. Contact prescribers when needed and document interventions.3. Detect and reports suspected adverse drug reactions and medication errors in a timely manner.4. Sustain the formulary by minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols, andpromoting rational drug therapy selection.5. Provide clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners.Suggests appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff as needed.6. Provide drug information to medical staff, nursing, other healthcare professionals, patients and their families.7. Document all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely.8. Participate in the quality improvement and medication use review activities of the department.Collects data; conductsquality monitors and inspections; and maintain logs, records, and other documentation as assigned.9. Attend pharmacy staff meetings.10. Complete all competence/skills assessment requirements11. Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.12. Abide to National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs).13. Convert IV to PO regimen for patient safety.14. Arrive to work area on a timely basis.
C. Investigational:1. Meet with investigators, study monitors, and other in coordinating study logistics.2. Receive copies of investigational and study procedure and protocols.3. Obtain IRB, HHC approved letters, informed consent form, and inventory control form.3. Review documents and determine pharmaceutical materials and professional services required to satisfy the studydescriptions.4. Provide randomization, blinding, and other activities as required.5. Develop procedures for preparation, dispensing and distribution of study drugs.6. Assist in establishing and maintaining adequate and easily retrievable record keeping for protocols, study subjects, druginventory, manufacturing, and dispensing investigational drugs.7. Prepare drug data sheet and documents for nursing and pharmacy personnel.8. Maintain standards which assure the quality, proper storage, and safe use of all investigational agents and related supplies.9. Ensure required documentation is completed and retained, and that study drugs are handled according to the requirements ofsponsoring agencies.10. Responsible for and assist with the development of statistical reports and activity summaries.11. Assist in the department as required.
D.Other Responsibilities:1. Supervise and direct pharmacy support personnel.2. Verify the daily activities of pharmacy technicians.3. Participate in the performance appraisal of pharmacy support personnel.4. Work independently as per professional standards.5. Organize and prioritize work assignments.6. Ensure pharmacy services are provided in a timely manner.7. Identify and replace outdated and unusable drugs.8. Answer the telephone, identifying self and department.Direct calls to appropriate personnel.Answers requests at thewindow.9. Keep pharmacy areas and equipment clean, neat, and well-organized.10. Work a minimum of 1 weekend, 1 night, 1 evening per month as required by the department.11. Rotate to all areas as needed by the department.12. Participate in multidisciplinary rounds.13. Participate in patient care counseling activities.14. Knows how to reconstitute, prepare, store and administer Covid-19 Vaccines
Minimum QualificationsPossession of a valid NY State license to practice pharmacy.§Hospital experienced preferred, but not required.§BS or PharmD Pharmacy degreeNYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
- Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
- Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
- Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
- Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
- College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
- Multiple employee discounts programs