Pharmacist, Full Time - Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Core
Ensures safe, appropriate, and cost-effective use of medications and delivers medications to patients in a cancer center, with a heavy emphasis on preparing and monitoring chemotherapeutic therapies.
Role type
Staff Pharmacist (Inpatient/Outpatient)
Builds
Chemotherapeutic therapies, total parenteral nutrition solutions, injectable chemotherapy, antibiotics, and unit-dose medications for intravenous therapy.
Domain
Healthcare / Oncology / Pharmacy
Required skills
Pharm.D. degree, Florida pharmacy licensure, chemotherapy preparation, IV admixture, drug interaction monitoring, compounding, inventory management, controlled substance handling, drug information provision, staff supervision
Preferred skills
Knowledge of pharmacy computer systems, experience with centralized intravenous admixture programs
Technologies
Pharmacy computer systems, software programs, Pyxis units
Responsibilities
Monitor and supervise the operation of the centralized intravenous admixture program; ensure accurate preparation and delivery of total parenteral nutrition and injectable chemotherapy; review patient profiles to prevent drug interactions; compound and dispense special medicinals; provide drug information to healthcare professionals and patients; supervise unit-dose drug distribution; train and supervise technical staff; inspect nursing units for proper drug storage; participate in drug use evaluation and quality improvement activities.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC