Job Description

Provides pharmacy services to patients/medical practitioners. Receives, compounds, fills prescriptions, dispenses pharmaceuticals, consults with patients/clients regarding the nature and use of drugs, and trains and/or supervises personnel. Performs routine quality control testing procedures; prepares and maintains all necessary records required by federal, state and local regulations. Responsibilities Reviews, compounds, prepares and/or oversees the compounding, preparation and dispensing of pharmaceuticals to patients or medical practitioners; makes decisions regarding generic substitution of prescribed pharmaceuticals. Consults with patients and/or medical practitioners on drug indications/contraindications, dosage, drug interactions, and side effects; provides other drug and pharmaceutical information as appropriate. Oversees the acquisition and disbursement of drugs and medications to various offices, clinics, and other sites. Provides education, guidance and training to students, pharmacy interns, and or trainees during course of work and monitors performance. Establishes and maintains methods and manner of storage and recordkeeping systems to provide for safekeeping of pharmaceuticals. May take patient\'s histories as required; makes initial clinical assessments and refers patients to appropriate clinicians. Performs routine quality control testing of equipment, environment and record keeping as required by federal, state and local regulations. Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards. Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned. Attributes Position requires: a) practice of professional pharmacy in a clinical pharmacy setting; b) independent preparation, dispensing, and compounding of prescription medications; c) use of independent judgment in the provison of information and consultation to the public and health care professionals on the nature and use of drugs; d) training and supervision of pharmacy interns and/or technical support staff; e) utilization of a computerized pharmacy data entry system. Qualifications Bachelor\'s degree in Pharmacy or Pharm.D.; at least 6 months of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified. Newly-certified pharmacists are encouraged to apply. Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.

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