Pharmacist - Adult

Job Summary

To fill prescriptions, dispense medicines, and provide information to patients and other health practitioners regarding the nature and use of medications. To advise physicians and other health practitioners on the selection, dosage, interactions, and side effects of medications.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree or Pharm D from an accredited School of Pharmacy
• Experience cannot be substituted for educational requirement

Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required

• Licensed as a pharmacist in Mississippi or eligible for licensure
• Possession of a controlled substance license or eligible for licensure

Responsibilities

• Prepares and/or oversees the preparation and dispensing of prescription medications
• Affords assessments of the identity, strength, and purity of medications
• Advices physicians and other health practitioners on drug indications/contraindications, dosage, drug interactions, and side effects
• Provides other drug and pharmaceutical information as appropriate
• Maintains records such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, inventories, and control records
• Maintains methods and manner of storage and recordkeeping systems to provide for safekeeping of pharmaceuticals
• Supervises, trains, monitors, and coordinates the activities of pharmacy technicians
• Oversees the acquisition and disbursement of drugs and medications to various locations
• Plans, implements, and maintains procedures for mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals according to policy and legal requirements to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal

Physical and Environmental Demands

• Occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold
• Occasional exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations
• Occasional travelling to offsite locations
• Occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature
• Constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality
• Frequent sitting, frequent standing, frequent walking
• Occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, occasional reaching, occasional twisting