Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is Louisiana’s leading cancer care organization, caring for more patients each year than any other facility in the region. And with strategic hospital and physician partnerships, we are delivering on our mission to improve survivorship and lessen the burden of cancer.

Mary Bird Perkins and its partners work together to provide state-of-the-art treatments and unparalleled collaborative, comprehensive cancer services. This culture of innovation helps attract the best cancer minds in the country, from expert physicians and highly specialized scientists to forward-thinking leaders in supportive care and other disciplines.

Together, with our hospital and physician partners, we are one-hundred percent focused on cancer care.

Why Join Us? We are looking for talented and highly-motivated individuals who demonstrate a natural desire to support the meaningful work of community oncologists and the patients we serve.

Job Description:

SCOPE: Responsible for providing leadership, development, and coordination of Mary Bird Perkins pharmacy services. Operational & clinical oversight for treatment regimen review, drug utilization and preparation of chemotherapy/infusion medications. 

FUNCTIONS:
1.    Leadership
2.    Operational Management 
3.    Personnel Management
4.    Quality Management
5.    Inventory Management

MARGINAL FUNCTIONS

The Lead Oncology Pharmacist is responsible for the oversight of pharmacy services to include the clinical review, clean room operations chemotherapy preparation and compounding of infusion medications in compliance with FDA and established federal, state, and local regulations and participation in treatment regimen review for standardization.

QUALIFICATIONS:

LA Pharmacy License in good standing with state board required

PharmD preferred

BCOP preferred

4 - 5 years of experience as a pharmacist
Oncology experience required
Management of pharmacy support personnel experience preferred

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE:

Disease states, therapeutic use of drugs, clinically significant drug interactions, and adverse drug reactions and their interrelatedness.

Knowledge of drug names, strength, dosage forms, generic equivalent, and storage requirements.
Basic pharmacy compounding and dispensing
Inventory control procedures and practices

State laws and regulations regarding practice of pharmacy
Knowledge of regulatory requirement related to dispensary and infusion area
Knowledge of USP 797/800 clean room standards
Thorough knowledge of HIPAA, OSHA and other regulatory policies and requirements