Pharmacist

Job Description

• Quality and Accuracy
• Review physician’s orders and prescriptions to ensure appropriateness of drug therapy.
• Inputs physician’s medication orders into Pharmacy Patient Medication Profile and maintains this profile and related records.
• Monitors patient medication profiles in order to prevent drug interactions and allergic and adverse drug reactions.
• Provides drug information and communicates with prescribers, nurses and other staff regarding drug therapy or safe drug handling.
• Performs patient teaching functions on appropriate use of medications.
• Monitors and oversees that the Pharmacy is kept in a neat, clean and orderly fashion.
• Performs quality control checks in accordance with departmental procedures.

Quantity /Organizational Skills

• Clarifies any physician’s medication order with the physician and transcribes the physician’s telephoned orders onto the physician’s order sheet for Counter-signing by the physician.
• Supervises and maintains the routine pick-up and delivery of medication and the unit dose cart fill and cassette exchange process.
• Conducts quality improvement tasks in conjunction with other staff members.
• Participates in assigned hospital committees
• Gathers and analyzes data for selected drug utilization reviews.
• Performs all duties in a professional, effective and confidential manner.
• Performs all other duties as required or assigned
• Maintains a high level of performance on I.V. preparation utilizing the proper aseptic technique.