Pharmacist, Healthcare

Job Description

• Check outpatient prescriptions to make sure there are no errors and that theyre appropriate and safe for the individual patient.
• Reviews prescriptions issued by physicians or other authorized prescribers to assure accuracy and determines formulas and ingredients needed.
• Monitor all posting onto the patient profiles in order that accuracy, drug allergies, drug interactions, duplicate therapy, rational drug therapy and incompatibilities may be realized and better patient care is provided.
• Perform all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Provide information to physicians, nurses, patients and other healthcare professionals on the appropriate use of medications, drug interactions, side effects, dosage and storage.
• Assist in teaching programs (departmental, medical, nursing, community).
• Ensure the maintenance and proper operation of equipment and supplies in the work areas.
• Understand that there are dosage variations between newborn, pediatric, adult and geriatric patients and know where to find appropriate information.
• Treat patients and their families with respect and dignity. Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic and religious/spiritual needs of patients and their families.
• Assist the Chief of Pharmaceutical Services on special assignments.
• Assist the Chief of Pharmaceutical Services with responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s mission, policy and any applicable laws.
• Demonstrate ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as dosage calculations, formulation of pharmaceutical preparations and data analysis.
• Demonstrate ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions and deal with several abstract variables.
• Answer questions about medicines from within the hospital, other hospitals and the general public.
• Follow insurance companies’ policies and procedures.

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• Follow MOH rules and regulations.
• Monitor the nearing expiry / expired items in order to dispose them according to the policy.
• Responsible for completion of third-party insurance forms and other paperwork.
• 24 hours coverage duty to cover emergency department needs of urgent medicines.
• Assure the accuracy of every prescription processed.