Retail Staff Pharmacist
About The Position
The Retail Staff Pharmacist is responsible for quality assurance of pharmacy services and for ensuring medications are dispensed accurately, safely, and efficiently. Daily work includes medication compliance monitoring, chronic disease state management, patient consultation, and communication with providers. The position is part of an interdisciplinary team that includes clinical pharmacists, technician supervisors, and mail and delivery department managers. The pharmacist performs prescription and medication quality assurance, clinical assessments and reassessments, and documents clinical interventions according to protocol. The role also involves dispensing medications, answering customer questions, maintaining pharmacy records and inventory data, assessing medication identity, purity, and strength, and maintaining procedures for controlled substances and hazardous drug waste. The pharmacist oversees pharmacy technicians and workflow, instructs interns and other medical personnel, and participates in Quality Management Committees.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Massachusetts Pharmacist license required.
- 0–1 years of related work experience required.
- Knowledge of drug information, disease state management, and legal requirements of pharmacy practice.
- Understanding of insurance and adjudication processes.
- Working knowledge of inventory processes.
- Advanced skills with Microsoft applications, which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Access, and other web-based applications.
Nice To Haves
- Doctoral degree in Pharmacy (PharmD).
- Experience in retail or academic outpatient pharmacy.
- Experience in a 340B pharmacy setting.
- Board of Pharmacy Specialty Certification.
- Pharmacy management experience.
Responsibilities
- Perform quality assurance of prescriptions and medications to be dispensed.
- Perform clinical assessments and reassessments and document clinical interventions according to protocol.
- Dispense prescribed medications and other pharmaceuticals; review prescriptions for accuracy.
- Direct pharmacy workers engaged in packaging and labeling pharmaceuticals.
- Answer customer questions and provide information about drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and storage.
- Maintain procedures for quality assurance, controlled-substance security, and disposal of hazardous waste drugs.
- Enter patient, medication, cost, and other data to maintain pharmacy files, charge systems, and inventory.
- Assay medications to determine identity, purity, and strength.
- Participate in Quality Management Committees to provide oversight of pharmacy operations and client satisfaction.
- Oversee pharmacy technicians and workflow, intervening according to protocol to correct information when necessary.
- Instruct interns and other medical personnel on pharmacy matters.
Benefits
- Annual base salary range of $123,760.00–$166,566.40 USD.
- Employment requires staff vaccination against influenza.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
