Pharmacist, Healthcare

Job Details:

Job Location:

917 N 4th St - Wilmington, NC 28401, Education Level: 4 Year Degree, Job Category:
Health Care,

SUMMARY:

The Pharmacist working in conjunction with the Pharmacy Director is responsible for the overall, operation and maintenance of Med North Health Center’s pharmaceutical services.

include the following: (other duties may be assigned)

• Receive medication orders from patients.
• Takes a brief medication history regarding allergies and adverse reactions to drugs.
• Obtains birth date, address and telephone number of patient if not recorded on Prescription.
• Price prescription drugs and other items (supplies) to be dispensed.
• Package, prepare labels, and label medications for dispensing.
• Maintains an orderly prescription file for controlled substances and all other prescriptions.
• Takes a daily inventory of drugs and supplies and places orders when necessary.
• Maintains cleanliness and neatness of equipment and work area.
• Unpacks and stores in-coming supplies including controlled substances:
• Verify items against order
• Apply pharmacy labels to prepared items when necessary
• Stocks items in an orderly manner
• Ensures that pharmacy is operating in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations, including licensure and appropriate registration of pharmacy.
• Monitors proper storage and usage of pharmaceuticals in non-pharmacy areas, such as refrigerators, examination rooms and crash carts.
• Collects funds from patients for prescriptions dispensed.
• Ensures that work reflects established organizational standards and procedures, promotes introduction of new and innovative concepts when appropriate.
• Ensures adequate record keeping for pharmacy purchasing, packaging and distribution functions, including controlled substances.
• Acts as a consultant to patients and professional staff when requested.
• Checks for proper dosage.
• Screens for possible drug-interaction.
• Checks for safe use in children (age appropriate), pregnancy/lactation and specific disease states.
• Determines and records other drug therapy patients may be taking, pertinent lab values, drug allergies and chronic disease states.
• Assesses patient compliance, drug effectiveness and adverse drug reactions.
• Consults with health care providers, both verbally and in writing; via the medical record concerning patient drug therapy when appropriate.
• Using suitable verbal, written or audio-visual communication techniques and methods, the pharmacist should inform, educate and counsel patients (or their representative or guardian) about the following items for each medication in the patient’s drug regimen.
• Name.
• Intended use and expected action.
• Route dosage form, dosage and administration schedule.
• Special directions for preparation.
• Special directions for administration.
• Precautions to be observed during administration.
• Common side effects that may be encountered.
• Techniques for self-monitoring of drug therapy.
• Proper storage.
• Potential drug-drug or drug-food interaction, drug-lab test interactions.
• Prescription refill information.
• Informs patients of action to be taken in the event of a drug related adverse reaction.
• Answer patients’ questions about their specific disease (s) state.
• Prepares patient education materials and participate in community patient education programs, as requested.
• Assists in Drug Formulary maintenance, review and revision.
• Evaluates potential formulary products and prepares summary reports for presentation to the P & T Committee.
• Performs additional duties incidental to work described herein as directed by the Pharmacy Director.

It is an essential job element that everyone be compliant with the full law and fully cooperates with the compliance program without fear of retaliations…