Pharmacist - Part-Time/Extra Help (Open)

Are you a motivated, dedicated, and professional Pharmacist – Extra Help who enjoys a fast-paced environment? Do you welcome the opportunity to work with other skilled professionals and provide quality service to the community? If so, San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) has a wonderful career opportunity for you!
San Mateo Medical Center is a public hospital and clinic system fully accredited by The Joint Commission. The Medical Center operates outpatient clinics throughout San Mateo County and an acute-care hospital in San Mateo. The mission of San Mateo Medical Center is to "partner with patients to provide excellent care with compassion and respect." As part of an integrated Health System, the Medical Center serves the healthcare needs of all residents of San Mateo County, with an emphasis on education and prevention.
There is currently one vacancy for a Part-Time, Extra Help Pharmacist.
At the Pharmacy, we are seeking dedicated Clinical Staff Pharmacists to perform a full range of professional pharmaceutical duties at SMMC, including medication therapy monitoring for SMMC patients. The Pharmacy serves both inpatient and outpatient clients at the hospital, outpatient clinics, a skilled nursing facility and the County Correctional Facilities.
The position will start primarily working in our Outpatient Retail pharmacy. Reporting to the Supervising Pharmacist, you will be responsible for directing, selecting, preparing and distributing drugs, solutions and materials for medical and scientific use, directing supportive personnel involved in these same activities, providing clinical judgments necessary to proper utilization and administration of medications in cooperation with the medical and nursing staff, and providing patient counseling and medication education services. This includes active involvement in the Antibiotic Stewardship program, pharmacokinetic dosing, medication counseling upon discharge and many other non-dispensing functions.
NOTE: This Job Announcement was edited on May 16, 2023 regarding the definition of the extra help assignment. This is an extra-help, at-will assignment, paid on an hourly basis. Extra-help hours are dependent on the business needs of the department and therefore work hours may vary from week to week. Extra help employees shall not exceed 1,040 hours of work per fiscal year. Some extra help positions are eligible for benefits under the Affordable Care Act. Extra help employees are not guaranteed permanent status at the end of the assignment.

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Act as pharmacist-in-charge when so designated.
• Assure that strict aseptic techniques are followed in preparing sterile solutions and that records are properly completed.
• Prepare intravenous (IV) medications for all nursing stations and chemotherapeutic IV medications for oncology out-patient clinics.
• Participate in management of medical emergencies, adverse drug interactions or reactions, acute and chronic disease states.
• Participate in the education of health-care practitioners.
• Perform related duties as assigned.
• Provide drug information to prescribers and other health care practitioners; assist prescribers in the proper selection and adjustment of drug therapy.
• Prepare reports on activities within the section as required.
• Direct and participate in the stocking, inspection, storage, preparation, dispensing, and administration of medications in the patient care area and functionally direct assigned personnel and operations of the pharmacy area to which assigned.
• Maintain records of controlled medications as required by federal and state laws.
• Develop and utilize systems for cost effective fiscal management and reimbursement.
• Monitor the safety and efficacy of drug therapy through the maintenance of medication profiles in a computerized data base.
• Estimate needs and order pharmaceuticals and chemicals.
• Participate in Pharmacy/hospital committees as required.
• Maintain and keep in order pharmaceutical and chemical supplies.
• Initiate and participate in drug use reviews, quality assurance programs, patient care audits, clinical drug investigations, and development of systems for improved delivery of services.
• Advise patients of drug use, giving information on the medication regarding proper use, storage, common side effects, and drug interactions.
• Maintain a perpetual inventory of all controlled substances and dispense them to nursing stations according to federal and state laws.

Licensure/Certification:

• License to practice pharmacy in California.

• Legislation governing pharmacy practice and hospital pharmacy services/hospital operations as they relate to pharmacy services.
• Physiology, anatomy, pathology, chemistry and mathematics as they relate to pharmacy practice.
• Influence of patient's age, sex, concomitant disease states, concurrent drug therapy, foods and diagnostic procedures on drug activity and disposition.
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing methods.
• Prescription and non-prescription drugs and drug products and their indications, efficacy, dosage, mechanisms of action; fate and disposition (if known), major contraindications and potential side effects.
• Major reference sources to answer drug information/ingestion questions.

• Deal tactfully and work cooperatively with hospital staff and patients.
• Learn and carry out pharmacy procedures and practices.
• Communicate clearly and effectively.
• Compound and manufacture a wide variety of medications.
• Prepare IV medications.
• Identify, achieve, maintain and use those competencies directly relevant to his/her area of practice.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships and provide functional direction to para-professional personnel.
• Effectively counsel patients regarding use, possible side effects and storage of medications.
• Effectively advise and consult with medical, nursing and other personnel regarding properties of drug substances.
• Use and evaluate information in appropriate reference sources and clinical literature.
• Maintain records and prepare reports as required by federal and state laws.
• Prepare unit dose medications.
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions.

If you are interested in being considered for these extra help positions, the following materials must be electronically submitted in a Word or PDF format.

• Resume
• Cover letter