Job Description

Full job descriptionPurpose and Scope of the Job:Serves patients by preparing medications giving pharmacological information to multidisciplinary health care team, monitoring patient drug therapies.Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards:Prepares medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders; detecting therapeutic incompatibilities.Dispenses medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals.Controls medications by monitoring drug therapies; advising interventions.Completes pharmacy operational requirements by organizing and directing Pharmacy assistants work flow; verifying their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals; verifying order entries, charges, and inspections.Provides pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals; counseling patients on drug therapies.Develops hospital staff's pharmacological knowledge by participating in clinical programs; training pharmacy staff and health care professionals.