Staff PharmacistLouisville, KY

Shift: Monday- Friday- 12 PM - 8:30 PM. (Closed-Door Pharmacy Production Environment). 

Job Summary/Objective 

Staff Pharmacists at Vytal must possess a high level of responsibility and knowledge, provide leadership, and set a professional example for the entirety of the organization.  The Pharmacist is responsible for ensuring that each prescription is filled accurately and in a timely manner and provide meaningful and applicable pharmacological and regulatory information to internal and external customers. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Ensure Vytal processes and procedures adhere to all state and federal regulations 
• Maintain HIPAA regulations and ensure Vytal remains compliant in all aspects of PHI. 
• Interpret and evaluate drug orders utilizing informed and autonomous determinations. 

• Provide professional guidance, judgement, and oversight for Pharmacy Technicians, Support, Customer Service, and any other employees engaged in the chain of processing a prescription order.  
• Conduct prescription verification for accuracy at the order entry and dispensing levels for all prescriptions processed by Vytal.  
• Identification and resolution of potential or actual quality concerns in all aspects of prescription processing. 
• Sharing of best practices for workflow and quality enhancement. 
• Conduct DUR in accordance with systematic edits and professional decision-making. 

• Ensure proper distribution, labeling, and storage of drugs. 
• Safeguard and promote regulatory adherence for essential and required documentation and record keeping as related to prescription services and processing.  
• Accept additional responsibilities or projects as assigned by your direct supervisor.  

Critical Skills 

• Current pharmacist licensure in home state with a minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy required. 
• Licensure in other states desirable and may be required as business needs arise 
• Broad knowledge of company policies and procedures. 
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills; with demonstrated ability collaborate with individuals representing diverse interests to accomplish goals. 
• In depth knowledge of regulatory and patient safety standards as related to the practice of pharmacy.  

Qualifications 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily and exercise professional judgement and decision making on a routine basis. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Ability to apply clinical education and training to prescription services provided by Vytal. 
• Must have strong communication and leadership skills to facilitate and engage quality processing of prescription services with the entire associated team 

• Superior problem-solving skills with the responsibility of meeting the highest standards in the health care business. 
• Exhibit ongoing decision-making skills within the confines of regulatory adherence, promoting, and improving patient outcomes.    

Physical Demands 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. 

Work Environment 

Ability to sit at a computer terminal and stand for an extended length of time. 

Supervisory Responsibility 

This position has no supervisory responsibilities. 

Other Duties 
 
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.