• Address: New York, NY 10008 (map)
• Date Posted: 11/04/09
• Job Type: Full-time

Company Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Position Title Pharmacist
Job Code 145710
Job Location New York City
Description
Under direction, provides compounds prescribed medications, drugs, IV mixtures and other pharmaceutical according to professional standards and practices in the Division's Faculty Clinical Practices Centers: reviews and interprets medication orders written by physicians or other authorized health care providers; prepares or supervises preparation and accurate dispensing of medication to outpatients, including unit dose dispensing; maintains responsibility for resolving medication dispensing system problems for one or more patient care areas; oversees and participates in maintaining and properly storing an adequate inventory of pharmacy items; participates in training and continued competency activities of RNs if necessary; develops new policies and/or protocols for drug use or handling and/or treatment protocols for implementation or review in a specialty area of pharmacy practice; performs other job related duties as required.
Licensure required as a pharmacist by the state of New York; must have 3 years experience in general pharmacy practice as a pharmacist or additional experience or education in a specialty area of pharmacy practice; position requires knowledge normally acquired through completion of a Bachelor's degree plus up to one year of post-degree course work and/or an internship and less than one year; Bachelor's degree or major must be in Pharmacy.
No relocation assistance is provided for this position.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Founded in 1898, and affiliated with what is now New York-Presbyterian Hospital since 1927, Weill Cornell Medical College is among the top-ranked clinical and medical research centers in the country. In addition to offering degrees in medicine, Cornell also has Ph.D. programs in biomedical research and education at the Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and with neighboring Rockefeller University and the Sloan-Kettering Institute, has established a joint MD-PhD. program for students to intensify their pursuit of Cornell's triple mission of education, research, and patient care.

Weill Cornell Medical College's educational mission emphasizes the importance of combining a strong foundation in the medical sciences with extensive clinical training in patient care. By promoting a true social commitment, stimulating creativity, and fostering independent thought and study, Weill Cornell Medical College continues to cultivate the best of tomorrow's leaders in the field of medicine.
Weill Cornell Medical College is an equal opportunity, affirmative action educator and employer.