Pharmacist

Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are recruiting for the following position:

Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization

Position Summary

The staff pharmacist, in cooperation with the pharmacy director, will be involved in providing all pharmacy services.

Duties and Responsibilities

As a mission-driven organization, the core values of, and the services offered at Sea Mar are based on the belief that everyone deserves to be respectfully treated in a way that preserves dignity and enhances self-worth. Sea Mar is an advocate for its clients and aims to achieve industry-leading, client-centered, culturally-aware services. 

Sea Mar employees serve as an extension of this mission and demonstrate their commitment to an excellent client experience by:

• Understanding and empathizing with client needs
• Surpassing client expectations
• Demonstrating a high level of integrity
• Exhibiting compassion and commitment
• Advocating for social justice
• Taking pride in individual work as well as that of the team
• Continually learning to stay current with industry standards, best practices and technology

As a Sea Mar employee, the individual in this position commits to adherence to these values to their utmost ability and endeavors to strengthen and embody this mission daily.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• The staff pharmacist will work in coordination with the medical providers and other appropriate staff to meet the patients' medication related needs. The staff pharmacist will be available for clinical consultations to providers, medical staff in-services and community lectures for patient medication education.
• The staff pharmacists duties will include receiving, filling, recording, and all dispensing of prescriptions written by Sea Mar Providers as well as those received from outside sources. Duties in this area will also include establishing and maintaining patient medication profiles on each patient including allergy information and medication history. These profiles will be screened for drug and/or allergy interactions. The staff pharmacist will also provide needed information on medication and possible side effects.
• The staff pharmacist along with the pharmacy director will have the general responsibility for ordering and maintaining all pharmacy inventory, third party billing and daily management reports.
• The staff pharmacists will be responsible for checking pre-packaged products for use in other clinics, which do not have a pharmacy on-site. Pre-packaging for the nursing home, as well as other Sea Mar sites, will be done as needed. A log/record will be kept and maintained documenting all transactions in accordance with applicable state laws.
• The staff pharmacist will perform other duties as assigned by the pharmacy director.

Clinical

• The staff pharmacists duties will include all duties in regards to patient care, including:
  • Demonstration of knowledge and skill necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
  • Ability to identify and categorize each patient's age specific grouping of needs, such as those for infant, adolescent or geriatric patients.

Condition of Employment

• The staff pharmacist is required to have an employment application on file with furnished references and subject to background screening.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must meet the qualifications set by the Washington State Board of Pharmacy to hold a license as a registered pharmacist.

Language Skills

• Should be fluent in English and either know or be able to learn Spanish.

Mathematical Skills

• The staff pharmacist must possess those math skills necessary to obtain a license to practice pharmacy and perform the task necessary to pharmacy practice.

Reasoning Ability

• The staff pharmacist should be able to perform the necessary tasks and reasoning that will produce safe and effective pharmacy services.

Education, Certificates, Licenses, Registrations, and Medical Screening

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

• Graduation from accredited College or School of Pharmacy.
• The staff pharmacist should have a minimum of one (1) year experience in retail and/or clinical pharmacy practice.
• Must have a current Washington State Pharmacists License.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must complete a pre-hire and annual TB screening.

• Annual influenza vaccine required.  Only exception is for employees with a medical or religious exemption approved by Administration.  Employees with an approved medical or religious exemption must wear a mask at all time during the flu season.

Work Environment

The pharmacy is a closed environment, where the staff is separated from the customers. The staff pharmacist must be able to interact with coworkers, customers and other health care entities in person and over the phone.

Physical Requirements

The staff pharmacist must be able to stand for long hours. The staff pharmacist must also be able to handle the stresses of dealing with the public and do so in a courteous and professional manner.

What We Offer:

Sea Mar offers talented and motivated people the opportunity to work in a dynamic and growing community health organization. Working at Sea Mar Community Health Centers is more than just a job, it’s a fulfilling career with opportunity for advancement. The fringe benefits surpass most companies. For example, Full-time employees working 30 hours or more, receive an excellent benefit package of:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Prescription coverage
• Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Paid-time-off starting at 24 days per year + 10 paid Holidays.
• We also offer 401(k)/Retirement options and an exciting opportunity to work in a culturally diverse environment. 

Sea Mar is an equal opportunity employer.

Please visit our website to learn more about us at www.seamar.org. You may also apply thru our Career page at this link.