Staff Pharmacist, FT

Family & Children's Services•Tulsa, OK

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Pharmacist is responsible for overseeing the distribution of medications to patients with various physical or mental health conditions. Duties include communicating with medical providers to ensure safe medication delivery and patient counseling on complex medication issues. The Pharmacist demonstrates knowledge of co-occurring disorders and makes appropriate interventions while problem solving to ensure all operations of the pharmacy are running efficiently and following all applicable Federal and State regulations. Family & Children's Services utilizes the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model of care. As a member of a multi-disciplinary care team, you will successfully support clients by providing whole person care with this transformative model.

Requirements

Ability to work with the public, maintain an effective working relationship with agency employees.
Ability to stand for long periods of time
Maintain a professional manner at all times and maintain confidentiality.
Must obtain and carry a cellular phone during working hours.
Must have ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Must have ability to document activities, write reports, business correspondence and procedure manual.
Must have ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from colleagues, clients, customers, and the general public.
Must be able to communicate effectively and interact with colleagues, clients, clients’ families, and third-party payer personnel
Displays good and prompt patient service orientation.
Has ability to operate pharmacy software and has current knowledge to operate pharmacy in an effective manner.
Has good working knowledge of mental health medications and counseling points

Responsibilities

Checks prescriptions efficiently and accurately
Utilizes critical thinking in performing final checks of prescriptions to solve prescription or prevent prescription problems
Performs Drug Utilization Reviews, intervenes appropriately, and in a timely manner
Ensures compliance with all company procedures, federal and state Laws, rules and regulations.
Maintains an accurate perpetual inventory keeping track of purchased, non-purchased, controlled, non-controlled drugs
Processes all buy and bill prescriptions through Third Party Liability for claim submission
Receives controlled medication, documents, approves, and routinely sends all medication invoices to Finance
Assists technicians in resolving insurance issues
Maintains up to date knowledge on drug information
Communicates effectively with clinical staff regarding medication issues
Counsels patients appropriately and speaks on a level they can understand
Effectively de-escalates clients as necessary
Gives and receives constructive feedback appropriately
Enters appropriate notes in pharmacy software in order to expedite service
Facilitates effective communication between pharmacy and other programs
Completes assigned work on time without continual reminders
Stays on task at assigned station and able to multi-task effectively
Finds ways to keep busy and productive when workflow is slower than normal or when there is downtime
Attends work regularly, schedules PTO appropriately, and avoids tardiness and unscheduled absences
Maintains a positive attitude while working with others
Looks for opportunities to help others when needed
Continually monitors for best customer service practices
Maintains good rapport with co-workers, patient care personnel, clients and others to ensure a smooth-running pharmacy.
Recognizes and rewards team–supportive actions and behaviors
Facilitates a positive work environment
Engages clients in a friendly and welcoming manner
Maintains strict cleanliness standards.
Prioritizes tasks to ensure that clients who are waiting are taken care of in a timely manner
Assists coworkers in a way that is conducive to fast, efficient service
Uses critical thinking to enhance client access to medications
Attempts to utilize all available resources to fix a problem before asking for help
Looks ahead in the process to predict potential problems and notifies supervisor before issues arise
Communicates and directs pharmacy technicians in error correction and helps establish efficient workflow
Assists in training pharmacists and technicians
Supervises and teaches pharmacy interns
Assists in operational decision-making, technician workflow, and leadership opportunities
Monitors daily activities to ensure that quality, production, customer service, and pharmacy regulations are maintained.
Assists in interviewing, training, and/or evaluating new employees.