Position Overview

Benefits and perks available for eligible positions include: robust educational assistance programs, generous paid time off, employee assistance and wellness programs, paid parental leave, qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program, plus more.

Job Highlights

For over 60 years, UAB Hospital-Callahan Eye and UAB Callahan Eye Clinics have been dedicated to preserving and restoring the vision of our patients, transforming the future of eye care, and curing the world’s blinding diseases. We have been recognized internationally for outstanding patient care, treatment of eye trauma, and crucial research in eye disease. UAB Callahan Eye is one of the busiest eye care centers in the nation, annually performing more than 15,000 surgeries at UAB Hospital-Callahan Eye and completing more than 120,000 clinic visits at UAB Callahan Eye Clinics. Our nationally ranked comprehensive center provides everything from preventive and routine eye care to trauma eye care at the region’s only 24/7 freestanding dedicated eye emergency department. As a proud part of UAB Medicine, UAB Callahan Eye is committed to delivering innovation at every level of eye care and critical research that will keep all of us seeing clearly into the future.

Job Description

To provide patient-focused pharmacy services including monitoring of therapy, interventions, basic pharmacokinetics, education and medication distribution. To support the mission, activities and programs of the division, department and the Hospital.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Compounds or dispenses outpatient prescriptions or inpatient drug requests in accordance with all legal requirements, hospital policies, and professional judgment. Responds to requests in a timely manner. Ensures that all billing information is accurate on prescription or internal requisitions.

2. Provides dispensing activities and pharmaceutical support for staff and patients according to state and federal laws. Reviews prescriptions to ensure accuracy, ascertain needed ingredients and to evaluate suitability. Accurately documents patient’s medication history profile; notifying appropriate physician or other healthcare professional as to any issues regarding compliance or medication therapy regimen. Assures responsible distribution of medications for administration in assigned area of coverage.

3. Accurately assesses the appropriateness of each medication as it is prescribed based on the patient’s diagnosis, condition, allergies, and medication history, informing physicians of potential adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, or alterations that could improve patient outcome. Promotes rational medication therapy by evaluating all orders in the context of current literature, UAB medication evaluations and the UAB Formulary, contacting the physician and making recommendation for changes when appropriate.

4. Provides drug information to patients and family members, physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other health care professionals. Shares clinical observations and new information from medical/pharmaceutical literature in order to positively impact the optimal use of medications.

5. Actively monitors patient specific response to prescribed therapies; reviewing potential adverse drug reactions and drug interactions to optimize therapy. As needed, re-evaluates prescribed therapy utilizing information gained from patients, patient charts, physician rounds, physician order forms and conversations with other health care professionals, suggesting appropriate changes.

6. Prepares or supervises the preparation of all sterile products including cytotoxic or immunosuppressive agents requested for patient care. Triages orders to meet immediate patient care needs. Ensures all prepared products meet with compatibility and stability guidelines. Ensures accuracy of all products prepared by technical staff and adherence to appropriate aseptic techniques.

7. Participates in the administrative functions of the Division by maintaining pharmacy pathways in the automated medication system, developing departmental policies and standards, maintaining departmental records and developing training materials as required.

8. Supports educational programs of the Division and the department by mentoring pharmacy students preparing for graduation or licensing and by maintaining all required licensure and certification as well as attendance at departmental and hospital programs.

9. Performs other duties as assigned.

Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy required. Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirement. Currently licensed or eligible to be licensed as a Licensed Pharmacist by the Alabama Board of Pharmacy (ALBOP) required.