Primary ResponsibilitiesÂ
Prepares, reviews and dispenses medication orders by interpreting physician orders and detecting therapeutic incompatibility and advising on interventions.
- Manage pharmacy operations, supervising staff, performing administrative duties, and buying and selling non-pharmaceutical merchandise.
- Assess the identity, strength and purity of medications.
- Teach pharmacy students serving as interns in preparation for their graduation or licensure.
- Provide educational information for other pharmacists, doctors, and/or nursing staff for the benefit of patients.
- Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
- Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage and proper medication storage.
- Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.
- Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, and drugs under supervision, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.
- Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, and registries of hazardous drugs, narcotics, and controlled drugs.
- Collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of drugs and drug regiments, providing advice on drug applications and characteristics.
- Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and nursing staff, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.
- Prepare sterile solutions and infusions for use in nursing homes, when IV certified.
- Plan, implement, and maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security and proper disposal.
- All other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Indirect supervisor of pharmacy technicians when on duty.
Competency Statement(s)
- Creative – Ability to think in such a way as to produce a new concept or idea.
- Decision Making – Ability to make critical decisions while following company procedures.
- Customer Oriented – Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures.
- Autonomy – Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Detail Oriented – Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
- Financial Aptitude – Ability to understand and explain economic and accounting information, prepare and manage budgets, and make sound long-term investment decisions.
- Honesty/Integrity – Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
- Judgement – Ability to formulate a sound decision using the available information.
- Organized – Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
- Relationship Building – Ability to effectively build relationships with customers and co-workers.
- Working Under Pressure – Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.
- Analytical Skills – Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
- Team Builder – Ability to convince a group of people to work toward a goal.
