Retail Pharmacist - Outpatient Pharmacy

Job Functions

• Prepares and dispenses drug orders per physician request according to established policies, procedures and protocols.
  • Interprets prescriptions (verbal and written) and transcribes to computerized patient medication profiles accurately.
    • Maintains accurate, complete pharmacy patient medication profiles.
    • Dispenses pharmaceuticals accurately.
    • Issues controlled substances to patients and maintains records as required by law.
  • Ensures safe, appropriate, cost effective drug therapies for patients according to established policies, procedures and protocols.
    • Maintains drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose.
    • Detects and reports suspected adverse drug reactions accurately and in a timely manner.
    • Provides clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners, suggests appropriate cost-effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff as needed.
    • Documents all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely.
    • Participates in the quality improvement and medication use review activities of the department; collects data, conducts monitors and inspections and maintains logs, records and other documentation as assigned.
    • Contributes to the quality and effective operation of the department through supervision of pharmacy support personnel.
      • Verifies the daily activities of pharmacy technicians and participates in performance appraisal of pharmacy support personnel.
      • Ensures pharmacy services are provided in a timely manner through organization and prioritizing work assignments; works independently with minimal supervision.
      • Completes all assigned medication storage area inspections in a timely manner and identifies and replaces outdated and unusable drugs.
      • Professionally answers the telephone and requests at the window.

Specific Experience Requirements

• Retail/Hospital experience preferred.

Specific Educational Requirements

• BS Pharmacy

Special Skill, License And Knowledge Requirements

• Current Louisiana license
• Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable HIPAA regulations appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: Medical records without limitation both paper and electronic, patient demographics, lab and radiology results, patient information related to surgery or appointment schedules, medical records related to quality/data, patient financial information and 3rd party billing, information related to patient location, religious beliefs, research information, public health records, employee prescriptions, and/or investigatory information.
• Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable safety practices appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: Incident reporting, handling of wastes, sharps and linen, PPE, exposure control plans, hand washing, environment of care, patient identification, receives meds and/or orders.

Physical Demands

• STRENGTH: L – Light Work – Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible. NOTE: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.