Pharmacist

About the role

This position oversees pharmacy operations, ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations while managing inventory, third-party claims, and staff performance. The role involves maintaining professional relationships with healthcare providers, supporting clinical functions, and upholding patient confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Follows the HealthDirect Standard of Practice to dispense prescriptions
• Performs all quality assurance steps to ensure a technically accurate prescription is dispensed
• Reports dispensing incidents in a timely manner, in accordance with company guidelines
• Follows all State and Federal regulations governing the practice of Pharmacy
• Oversees the initial submission, resubmission, and collection of all third-party claims
• Manages and balances the pharmacy inventory to ensure maximum turns while remaining in-stock for customer needs
• Ensures prescription files and other manual records are maintained in accordance with all state and federal guidelines
• Ensures outstanding customer service is exhibited by all employees at all times
• Ensures all loss prevention policies are followed by all employees and reports deviations from said policies to Loss Prevention
• Oversees the maintenance of the pharmacy department to ensure a clean and professional environment
• Maintains and develops professional relationships with doctors and others in the health service professions
• Maintains an awareness of developments in the Pharmacy and Health Care Services fields that relate to job responsibilities and integrates them into own practice
• Maintains confidentiality regarding all patient information
• Facilitates communication between professional staff and pharmacy personnel
• Works on-call schedule, where applicable
• Interacts with Facility Manager in the appropriate completion of hiring practices, performance reviews and disciplinary actions of pharmacy department personnel
• Performs MTM, IMMR, short stay reviews, delivery at discharge, and other clinical functions to support consultant pharmacists and maintain compliance at customer locations
• Assists in meeting or exceeding budgetary sales guidelines and operating the pharmacy within said guidelines
• Interfaces with various auditors and outside agencies, as needed
• Responsible for completing all mandatory and regulatory training programs
• Performs other duties as assigned