Exciting new opportunity for an experienced Staff Floater Pharmacist to work Per Diem (PRN) at Allies for Health + Wellbeing Pharmacy and other Maxor managed pharmacies in the greater Pittsburgh area. This is a unique and rewarding opportunity for a pharmacist with a retail pharmacy background and an active PA pharmacist license to work in a specialty pharmacy. Maxor manages pharmacies across the nation.

Hours of Operation Mon-Fri 9:00am-5:30pm

About Allies Health and Wellbeing

Allies for Health and Wellbeing, a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit, provides integrated medical care, supportive human services and community-based education for individuals living with or at-risk of HIV, viral hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections.  We strive to deliver services that are inclusive, in an environment free of stigma and discrimination.

We provide inclusive, holistic care by recognizing our clients’ full lived experience. We remove financial barriers and stigma to make sure everyone can access the care they need, and we build trusting relationships with each client. Informed by nearly 40 years of experience working with the community, we create a culture of quality and respect through all of our services.

Our services are open to everyone, and we specialize in HIV, hepatitis C, and STI testing and care, gender-affirming care, and inclusive primary care. With us, you always have an ally

OUR COMPANY

The pharmacy is managed by Maxor National Pharmacy Services.

WHY MAXOR?

Did you know that patients see their pharmacist an average of 12 times a year? Pharmacy is at the heart of healthcare. Come join Maxor and make a direct impact on patients’ lives. Improve your own wellbeing with our robust benefits and flexible work environment. At Maxor, you have a career with limitless possibilities and the charge to make a difference. A company of 1,000 diverse people and almost 100 years of pharmacy experience, we offer the stability of a Fortune 500 company with the energy and innovation of a startup. We provide services and technology that fuel the entire pharmacy ecosystem, but we are more than pharmacy services. We enable pharmacy care.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (These duties must be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.  This document in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position):

1. Interpret and fill drug orders.
2. Provide patient information and counseling.
3. In the absence of store Pharmacist-In-Charge/Pharmacy Manager, may be required to act as the alternate store leader, responsible for managing ongoing functions of the pharmacy.
4. Contact and confer with physicians regarding questions or irregularities on prescriptions.
5. Dispense prescriptions, compound, and prepare I.V. admixtures (if applicable).
6. Monitor drug therapy for contraindications, interactions, allergies and appropriateness.
7. Maintain patients’ medication records.
8. Maintain inventory and records of controlled drugs and other drugs as required by law.
9. Supervise pharmacy technicians in routine performance of their duties.
10. Provide drug information to professional staff and patients as necessary.
11. Participate in inventory control programs such as ordering, inventorying and monitoring correct pricing and quantities.
12. Attend and participate in programs, committees, meetings, and functions as required by the facility or pharmacy.
13. Participate in educational programs for professional staff as necessary.
14. Participate in pharmacy orientation programs, pharmacy staff meetings and in-service educational programs.
15. Participate in activities resolving unsafe and unsanitary practices.
16. Exemplify excellence in customer communications and service.
17. Work cooperatively with other staff members to enhance the team concept.
18. Participate in the Performance Improvement Program.
19. Maintains regular attendance in accordance with established policies.
20. Promptly report any allegations of impropriety to the Compliance Department.
21. Comply with Maxor’s Ethical Business Conduct policy and Maxor’s Compliance Program.
22. Remain free from exclusion under the OIG and SAMS Medicare/Medicaid lists.
23. Complete required training and ensure the departmental staff training is completed as required.
24. Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
25. Othere duties as assigned.

Education:                             

• Bachelor’s degree, or Pharm. D., from an approved school of pharmacy and registration by the state board of licensure.
• Licensed to practice pharmacy in Pennsylvania

Experience:                            

• One-year experience as a practicing pharmacist is preferred
• Knowledge of drugs and their indications, contraindications, dosing, side effects, and proper administration.
• Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical personnel.
• Knowledge of polices and regulations pertaining to the disbursement of pharmaceutical drugs.
• Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
• Ability to supervise and train assigned staff.
• Skill in the use of personal computers and related software applications.
• Ability to assume essential responsibilities and duties in the absence of the Pharmacy Manager