Pharmacy Resident

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(Determined by the knowledge, skills, and experience of the applicant.)

Job Summary

Monument Health offers competitive wages and benefits on qualifying positions. Some of those benefits can include:

*Supportive work culture

*Medical, Vision and Dental Coverage

*Retirement Plans, Health Savings Account, and Flexible Spending Account

*Instant pay is available for qualifying positions

*Paid Time Off Accrual Bank

*Opportunities for growth and advancement

*Tuition assistance/reimbursement

*Excellent pay differentials on qualifying positions (extra pay for working evening, nights or weekends)

*Flexible scheduling

Job Description

Essential Functions:

• Collaborates with the health care team to provide safe and effective patient care following a consistent patient care process. Interacts effectively with the health care team, patients, family members and caregivers. Collects, analyzes and assesses information on which to base safe and effective medication therapy for patients. Designs and implements safe and effective patient-specific medication therapy plans and takes appropriate follow-up actions to ensure implementation of the plan. Documents direct patient care activities appropriately in the medical record. Demonstrates responsibility to patients.
• Ensures continuity of care during transitions of patients between care settings.
• Manages and facilitates delivery of medications to support safe and effective drug therapy for patients.
• Manages formulary and medication-use processes. Prepares and participates in drug class reviews, monographs, treatment guidelines, protocols medication-use evaluations, and medication event reporting. Identifies opportunities for improvement of the medication-use system.
• Conducts a quality improvement or research project to improve patient care and/or the medication use system and presents, orally and in writing, this project at local, regional and national pharmacy meetings and to appropriate audiences within the organization.
• Demonstrates personal, interpersonal and teamwork skills critical for effective leadership. Contributes to pharmacy departmental management. Manages one's own practice effectively.
• Provides effective medication and practice-related education to patients, caregivers, health care professionals, students and the public.
• Effectively employs preceptor roles (instructing, modeling, coaching, or facilitating) when engaged in teaching students, pharmacy technicians, or fellow health care professionals.
• All other duties as assigned.

Additional Requirements

Required:

Education - Bachelors in Pharmacy
Certification - Pharmacist - South Dakota Board of Pharmacy

Pharmacist Licensure

• PGY1 and PGY2 residents must sit for the pharmacist licensing exams (NAPLEX & MPJE) by August 1.
• If South Dakota licensure does not occur by October 31 for PGY1 residents and within 60 days after the start date of the residency for PGY2 residents, the resident will be dismissed from the program unless an exception is made and documented by the Residency Program Director (RPD) and RAC.
• If an exception is made for licensure past October 31, the residency year may be extended for up to three months to ensure two-thirds of the residency year is completed as a licensed pharmacist. A written residency completion plan will be developed. If an extension is approved, the resident will be suspended without pay until licensed as a pharmacist. If the resident is not licensed as a pharmacist by the end of the extension, the resident will be dismissed from the program.
• See Monument Health Licensure/Certification Policy.

Preferred:
Education - Doctorate degree in Pharmacy
Certifications - Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA); Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA)

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