Pharmacist

Mednorth Health Center•Wilmington, NC

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Pharmacist, working in conjunction with the Pharmacy Director, is responsible for the overall operation and maintenance of MedNorth Health Center’s pharmaceutical services. This role involves receiving medication orders, taking medication histories, pricing and packaging prescriptions, maintaining inventory, ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, and acting as a consultant to patients and staff. The pharmacist also plays a key role in patient education, drug formulary maintenance, and potentially supervisory responsibilities for Pharmacy Technicians. A strong emphasis is placed on corporate compliance and maintaining patient confidentiality.

Requirements

Minimum of BS Degree in Pharmacy.
North Carolina licensure in good standing.
At least three to four years retail pharmacy experience.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Excellent record-keeping skills.
Working knowledge of state and federal laws and regulations regarding pharmacy practice.
Ability to speak English fluently.
Must be able to identify a problem, make a decision on one of the possible solutions, implement the decision, and evaluate the results.
Pharmacy, medical terminology, accurate keyboarding skills, ability to process work error free.
Ability to use standard office equipment, including computers, photocopiers, and facsimile machines.
Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
Teamwork and communication skills essential.
Treat all patients, co-workers, and managers with courtesy and respect.
North Carolina Pharmacy License.

Nice To Haves

Experience in providing comprehensive clinically oriented ambulatory care pharmacy services preferred.
The ability to speak other languages is a plus.

Responsibilities

Receive medication orders from patients.
Take a brief medication history regarding allergies and adverse reactions to drugs.
Obtain birth date, address and telephone number of patient if not recorded on Prescription.
Price prescription drugs and other items (supplies) to be dispensed.
Package, prepare labels, and label medications for dispensing.
Maintain an orderly prescription file for controlled substances and all other prescriptions.
Take a daily inventory of drugs and supplies and place orders when necessary.
Maintain cleanliness and neatness of equipment and work area.
Unpack and store in-coming supplies including controlled substances: Verify items against order.
Apply pharmacy labels to prepared items when necessary.
Stock items in an orderly manner.
Ensure that pharmacy is operating in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations, including licensure and appropriate registration of pharmacy.
Monitor proper storage and usage of pharmaceuticals in non-pharmacy areas, such as refrigerators, examination rooms and crash carts.
Collect funds from patients for prescriptions dispensed.
Ensure that work reflects established organizational standards and procedures, promotes introduction of new and innovative concepts when appropriate.
Ensure adequate record keeping for pharmacy purchasing, packaging and distribution functions, including controlled substances.
Act as a consultant to patients and professional staff when requested.
Check for proper dosage.
Screen for possible drug-interaction.
Check for safe use in children (age appropriate), pregnancy/lactation and specific disease states.
Determine and record other drug therapy patients may be taking, pertinent lab values, drug allergies and chronic disease states.
Assess patient compliance, drug effectiveness and adverse drug reactions.
Consult with health care providers, both verbally and in writing; via the medical record concerning patient drug therapy when appropriate.
Inform, educate and counsel patients (or their representative or guardian) about medication details using suitable communication techniques.
Inform patients of action to be taken in the event of a drug related adverse reaction.
Answer patients’ questions about their specific disease (s) state.
Prepare patient education materials and participate in community patient education programs, as requested.
Assist in Drug Formulary maintenance, review and revision.
Evaluate potential formulary products and prepare summary reports for presentation to the P & T Committee.
Perform additional duties incidental to work described herein as directed by the Pharmacy Director.
Ensure compliance with the full law and cooperate with the compliance program without fear of retaliation.
Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and procedures as well as applicable law.
Upkeep of pharmacy logs as required by law.