Pharmacist - Inpatient
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Company: Decypher
Job Description Apply Now
Join Decypher and make a direct impact on the health and readiness of America’s service members, veterans, and their families. Since 2008 Decypher has offered healthcare industry professionals careers where their expertise is valued, and their work makes a meaningful impact. Decypher partners with the Defense Health Agency to deliver professional services, technology, and management solutions. Our mission is to provide and support quality care for our veterans, servicemembers and their families, across the United States.
Job Summary: We are seeking a dedicated and clinically skilled Inpatient Pharmacist to join our hospital pharmacy team. The ideal candidate will play a vital role in ensuring safe, effective, and evidence-based medication use for hospitalized patients. This position works collaboratively with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to optimize drug therapy, prevent medication errors, and support positive patient outcomes. This position is at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
Required Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy. Graduate from a college or university accredited by the Accreditation Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE).
- Certifications:
- Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross. (ARC)
- License: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a pharmacist.
- Experience: Have documented experience, ideally but not limited to 1 year, as an inpatient or outpatient pharmacist in the past 36 months.
U.S. Citizenship is required
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform a full range of pharmacist procedures.
- Deliver comprehensive pharmaceutical services within the personnel, supply, and equipment capabilities of the facility.
- Counsel patients regarding appropriate use of medications.
- Review patient profiles at the time of dispensing in order to closely monitor medication therapy.
- Ensure prescription directions for use, dose, medication interactions, therapeutic duplications or overlaps, allergy information, age specific dosage, and other pertinent data are appropriate for individual patients. Intervention with providers shall be made for noted discrepancy of above listed items.
- Compound medications as required.
- Ensure accuracy of all pharmaceutical products prepared or processed by technical staff.
- Supervise inventory control of all pharmaceuticals in the pharmacy, especially scheduled
- pharmaceuticals, and ensure pharmacy security. Maintain appropriate records and security of all scheduled controlled substances according to applicable regulations
Work Environment & Schedule: Onsite, Work shifts can vary from 8 to 12 hours (to include weekdays, nights, weekends, and holidays), with a 30-to-60-minute unpaid lunch break. A maximum of 84 work hours can be worked every two weeks.
Compensation & Benefits: $132,000 + benefits
Decypher is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce (M/F/D/V)