Staff Pharmacist

About the role

As a pharmacist you will be responsible for preparing and administering appropriate pharmaceuticals to patients. You will achieve this either by executing a physician’s order or by addressing the patient’s problems and needs. The pharmacist must be fully qualified to interpret symptoms so that the patient can either be given immediate treatment for a trifling condition or be referred to the suitable doctor. The goal is to ensure effective medication use and become the people’s trusted ally against health issues.

Responsibilities

• Reviews, compounds, prepares and/or oversees the compounding, preparation and dispensing of pharmaceuticals to patients or medical practitioners; makes decisions regarding generic substitution of prescribed pharmaceuticals.
• Consults with patients and/or medical practitioners on drug indications/contraindications, dosage, drug interactions, and side effects; provides other drug and pharmaceutical information as appropriate.
• Oversees the acquisition and disbursement of drugs and medications.
• Provides education, guidance and training to students, pharmacy interns, and/or trainees during course of work and monitors performance.
• Establishes and maintains methods and manner of storage and recordkeeping systems to provide for safekeeping of pharmaceuticals.
• May take patient's histories as required; makes initial clinical assessments and refers patients to appropriate clinicians.
• Performs routine quality control testing of equipment, environment and record keeping as required by federal, state and local regulations.
• Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
• Reviews and executes physician’s prescriptions checking their appropriateness and legality.
• Organizes the pharmacy in an efficient manner to make the identification of products easier and faster.
• Maintains full control over delivering, stocking and labeling medicine and other products and monitors their condition to prevent expiring or deterioration.
• Listens carefully to customers to interpret their needs and issues and offers information and advice.
• Prepares medicine when appropriate using correct dosages and material for each individual patient.
• Complies with all applicable legal rules, regulations and procedures.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a pharmacist.
• Thorough understanding of dosage administration and measurement, chemical compounds, medical brands etc.
• Good organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills with a customer-oriented approach.
• Valid license to practice the profession.
• Texas discipline-specific licensure and/or professional certification required.
• Must pass a pre-employment criminal background check.
• May be subject to credentialing process; must maintain credentialed status, if applicable.
• Must maintain certification status.