Job Description
NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is a full-service teaching hospital and Level I trauma center located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The hospital is central to a comprehensive network of affiliated ambulatory and outpatient practices, and serves as NYU Langone Health's anchor for healthcare access, growth, and delivery in the entire borough. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. Learn more about NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn, and interact with us on LinkedIn , Glassdoor , Indeed , Facebook , Twitter , YouTube and Instagram . Position Summary: We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Pharmacist - Brooklyn. In this role, the successful candidate Responsible for safely preparing, compounding, and dispensing medications to patients in accordance with the laws and regulations governing pharmacists and the practice of pharmacy by the NYS Board of Pharmacy and NYU Langone Health- Brooklyn's pharmacys policy and procedure. Responsible for the optimization of drug therapy by identification, resolution, and prevention of drug related problems and improving therapeutic outcomes. Work independently within the limits of established pharmacy policies and procedures as a member of the inpatient care team. Directs and coordinates the activities of a pharmacy service area. Assignment will include covering satellite pharmacy preparing IV products, distributing controlled substances, providing drug information. All pharmacists will be knowledgeable on the safe management and handling of hazardous medications stored and dispensed. Job Responsibilities: Pharmacoeconomic: Responsible for ensuring that medication therapies are cost effective and safe. Narcotic management: Responsible for distributing and maintaining controlled substances to all Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADCs) at NYU Langone Health- Brooklyn's. Duties may include, but not limited to the followings, Restocking of controlled substances. Destocking of expired/recall controlled substances. Assigning/Unassigning/Removing/Returning controlled items in the ADC. Receiving controlled substances into the cage. Responsible maintaining, inventory control, safety and security of controlled substances at all times. Responsible for proper record keeping and proper maintenance of appropriate records of all narcotic transactions. Responsible for ensuring proper narcotic inventory control and informing pharmacy director of controlled substances to be ordered. Responsible for dispensing and verifying of compounded narcotic IV products and proper inventory control of compounded narcotic IV products. Responsible for reporting discrepancies discovered to pharmacy manager immediately. Responsible for overall aspects of security and control of narcotic cage. Responsible for ad hoc restock and supply of controlled substances. Responsible for conducting narcotic inventory as required and to report any discrepancies to manager in a timely manner. Responsible for assigning patient's own controlled substance(s) bins in the Automated Dispensing Cabinet. Responsible for collecting and management of narcotic returns via External Return Bins (ERBs). Responsible checking and removal of expired/near expired narcotics from all ADCs. Responsible for preparing ambulance boxes. Clinical Support: Responsible for completing assignments under the direction of the clinical pharmacist or clinical staff. Attend and participate in daily medical and multi disciplinary rounds as required. Attend and participate in daily patient discharge counseling and patient education as required. Participate in the training of medical, nursing, and allied health professionals Order Checking, Verification: Responsible for coverage in the main pharmacy or satellite pharmacy for routine staffing as part of a rotation or other coverage (break coverage). Responsible for verification of Adult and Pediatric/Neonatal Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) orders. Responsible for checking emergency trays, emergency carts, ambulance boxes, etc. Work in the sterile products area, ensuring the accuracy and sterility of all compounded products based on USP 797 regulations. Responsible for preparation and the verification of Adult IV orders. Responsible for preparation and the verification of all Neonatal and Pediatric IV orders. Responsible for ensuring the safest environment possible. Responsible for compliance with USP 797 regulations (temperature, humidity, room pressure differential, aseptic techniques, etc). Responsible for supervising and monitoring IV technicians. Responsible for supervi