Role Overview: Serves as a pharmacist at a retail pharmacy, ensuring safe, accurate medication dispensing, patient counseling, and collaboration with healthcare professionals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Interpret prescriptions, evaluate drug interactions, perform drug utilization reviews, and dispense medications accurately.
- Process prescriptions received via phone or in person, review for sensitivities, contraindications, and duplications.
- Maintain complete patient medical, demographic, and insurance profiles for accurate billing and record-keeping.
- Provide counseling to physicians and patients to promote proper medication use and adherence.
- Resolve routine prescribing issues, suggest formulary substitutions, and oversee pharmacy operations.
- Supervise pharmacy technicians, ensuring accuracy and adherence to regulatory standards.
- Consult with physicians on drug therapy, formulary status, and medication information.
- Prepare specialized medications, including compounding and sterile products, using aseptic techniques.
- Assist in inventory management, ordering medications and supplies as needed.
- Contribute to process improvements and assume designated operational responsibilities.
Qualifications & Skills: Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy required. Strong knowledge of medication therapy, regulatory standards, and supervisory skills. Excellent communication, attention to detail, and problem-solving abilities necessary.