Living Guidelines
This position requires residency within the Compass Memorial Healthcare service area. For more information about our service area, please contact Lesa Waddell, Human Resources Director, at lwaddell@compassmemorial.org or 319-642-8026.
Schedule
This position rotates 4 10 hour shifts Monday through Friday with occasional coverage of our North English retail pharmacy. Hours of operation are Mondays 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. and Tuesday through Friday 7:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
*Position will be staffed at either CMH Pharmacy-Marengo or CMH Pharmacy-North English
*Provide tele-pharmacy coverage and supervision of the North English CMH Retail Pharmacy and provide staffing as needed to meet minimum requirement of 16 pharmacist hours per month per Iowa law.
*Interprets and evaluates all physicians’ medication orders with clarification as deemed necessary.
*Advises the prescriber, nurse and patients as required regarding the contents, therapeutic action, utilization, and possible adverse reactions or interactions of drugs.
*Accurately labels and dispenses medications to patients.
*Participate in patient counseling in accordance with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy laws and regulations for new prescriptions.
*Complete monthly inspections of CMH Pharmacy and CMH Pharmacy – North English, as required by Iowa Board of Pharmacy.
*Controls the disposition of narcotics, other scheduled drugs, dangerous drugs, and investigational drugs as required by state and federal regulations.
*Directly supervises technicians and interns in the proper packaging, labeling, and distribution of medications.
*Assists with the check-in and storage of all drugs and supplies in the absence of the pharmacy technician.
*Has working knowledge of compliance issues (specific to job responsibilities), about federal, state, and local law and regulation. Job performance is consistent with regulatory guidelines.
*During downtime, may assist with the technical operations of the inpatient pharmacy including, but not limited to, anti-coagulation services and discharge patient counseling.
This position may qualify for potential loan forgiveness.
Iowa’s Rural Health Transformation Program, Healthy Hometowns, Combat Cancer Health Hub Program is supported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $209,040,063.71 with 100 percent funded by CMS/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CMS/HHS, or the U.S. Government.
