Job Description

Pharmacist Job Responsibilities:

• Serves patients by preparing medications, giving pharmacological information to multidisciplinary health care team, and monitoring patient drug therapies.
• Prepares medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders and 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 technicians’ workflow, verifying their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals, and verifying order entries, charges, and inspections.
• Provides pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals and counseling patients on drug therapies.
• Develops hospital staff’s pharmacological knowledge by participating in clinical programs and training pharmacy staff, students, interns, externs, residents, and health care professionals.
• Complies with state and federal drug laws as regulated by the state board of pharmacy, the drug enforcement administration, and the food and drug administration by monitoring nursing unit inspection.
• Maintains records for controlled substances and removes outdated and damaged drugs from the pharmacy inventory.
• Supervises the work results of support personnel.
• Maintains current registration, studies existing and new legislation, anticipates legislation, and advises management on needed actions.
• Protects patients and technicians by adhering to infection-control protocols.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Pharmacist Qualifications / Skills:

• Analyzing information
• Administering medication
• Judgment
• Verbal communication
• FDA health regulations
• Pharmacology
• Managing processes
• Legal compliance
• Productivity
• Quality focus
• Attention to detail

Pharmacist Job Requirements—Education, Experience, and Licensing:

• Graduate degree from an accredited pharmacy college recognized by the American Council of Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE)
• Completion of an emergency contraception training course approved by the American Council of Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE), curriculum-based programs from an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy, applicable state or local health department programs, or programs recognized by the board of pharmacy upon hire
• Valid state pharmacist license (or must meet education requirement(s) for state licensure)
• Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification upon hire