Role Overview: Acts as a pharmacist at the retail pharmacy, delivering accurate, safe medication services by filling prescriptions, evaluating medication needs, consulting references, and counseling healthcare professionals and patients.
Key Responsibilities:
- Interpret prescriptions, assess drug interactions, perform drug utilization reviews, and ensure correct dispensing.
- Process prescriptions received via phone or in person, reviewing for sensitivities, contraindications, and duplications.
- Update patient medical, demographic, and insurance information for complete medication profiles and billing.
- Provide counseling to physicians and patients to ensure proper medication use and adherence.
- Resolve routine prescribing issues, suggest formulary substitutions, and coordinate pharmacy operations.
- Supervise pharmacy technicians, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulatory standards.
- Collaborate with healthcare providers on drug therapy, formulary status, and medication information.
- Prepare specialized medications, including compounding, IV admixtures, and sterile products.
- Assist in inventory management, ordering medications and supplies, and improving pharmacy operations.
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