NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America's oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue's clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children's Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description

Pharmacist prepares and dispenses medication orders per physician request according established policies, procedure, and protocols.
1. Review and accepts orders on the hospital computerized physician order entry (COE) for accuracy prior to dispensing.
2. Fill unit-dose medication carts by each nursing unit.
3. Compound and dispenses pharmaceuticals, including sterile, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition preparations accurately.
4. Issues controlled substances to patient care areas and maintains records as required by law.
5. Communicate pending issues to other pharmacy personnel prior to leaving each shift (hand-off).

Replace medications removed from emergency carts accurately within established time frames.
7. Ensure integrity of emergency cart locks.
8. Replace expired medications in emergency carts.
9. Ensure that emergency cart expiration date is within time period specified by departmental policy.
10. Prepare requests for medication from the stock room.
11. Store medications and hazardous chemicals safely and securely
12. Review STAT orders within 1-hour penod
13. Review non-Stat order within 2-hour period.

Minimum Qualifications

Qualifications:
• Maintain current New York State pharmacy license and registration " Hospital experienced preferred, but not required
• BS or PharmD Pharmacy degree

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs