PHARMACIST
About The Position
The Pharmacist fills and dispenses medication orders and ensures the proper handling, use, and storage of drugs in the Pharmacy. The role maintains departmental standards and translates policies and procedures into daily operations. The Pharmacist serves as an information resource for patients, physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals on medication therapy and drug-related information and literature, and coordinates with medical staff and nursing to deliver quality, cost-effective drug therapies. The role requires competency in providing pharmaceutical care to patients across relevant age groups and includes supervising and providing leadership to Pharmacy Technicians. Additional duties include maintaining effective working relationships, supporting the organization’s philosophy and objectives, prioritizing and completing work, incorporating new methods and principles, respecting patients’ rights and dignity, and handling patient and hospital property honestly. The Pharmacist participates in meetings, training, continuing education, safety and performance-improvement activities, and other duties as assigned. Responsibilities also include protecting patient information, following infection-control and workplace safety procedures, and responding appropriately to emergency and disaster procedures. The work environment generally has a moderate noise level. The job description does not specify particular physical demands.
Requirements
- Demonstrated competency in providing pharmaceutical care to patients of relevant age groups.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and complete duties within allotted time.
- Ability to interact tactfully and effectively with facility staff, Administration, patients, families, customers, vendors, and government agencies.
- Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Maintain applicable license and/or certification, including required continuing education.
Responsibilities
- Fill and dispense medication orders, ensuring proper handling, use, and storage of drugs.
- Maintain departmental standards and apply policies and procedures in daily operations.
- Provide medication-therapy and drug-information resources to patients and healthcare professionals.
- Coordinate with medical staff and nursing to support quality, cost-effective drug therapies.
- Provide pharmaceutical care to patients across relevant age groups.
- Supervise and provide leadership to Pharmacy Technicians.
- Maintain professional working relationships and promote the organization’s philosophy, mission, and objectives.
- Prioritize tasks and complete duties within allotted time; seek and incorporate new methods and principles.
- Respect patients’ rights, dignity, and individuality, and report suspected abuse or neglect.
- Maintain honesty and integrity in the care and use of patient and hospital property; comply with hospital policies.
- Attend and participate in facility meetings, in-service training, and continuing education required for applicable licensure or certification.
- Participate in hospital safety programs, performance improvement, data collection, and new employee orientation.
- Follow emergency, fire, disaster, safety, security, hazardous-materials, infection-control, and OSHA procedures.
- Enter and record information accurately and promptly, protect patient-information confidentiality, and report suspected security or confidentiality violations.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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