Staff Pharmacist - PRN

Responsibilities

• Processes patient prescriptions and manages daily pharmacy operations
• Interprets, packs, labels and dispenses prescriptions; administers and distributes drugs
• Affords assistance at prescription drop off and pick up areas and disburses completed and confirmed prescriptions to patients
• Affords assistance with staff training
• Ensures all payments, including cash, check and credit card, are reconciled and submitted to the finance department
• Collaborates with practitioners to provide consults on drug information and patient education
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in internal in-service meetings and continuing education programs
• Provides updates, training and recommendations to clinicians during practitioner meetings
• Supports administrative supervision of the pharmacy department
• Maintains relationships with external stakeholders and vendors
• Maintains current knowledge of and participates in inventory processes, including ordering, inventory returns, restocking shelves with proper rotation of items, and managing outdated medications
• Ensures compliance with legal and regulatory requirements for pharmacy practice and operations, (i.e., 340B program, NC Board of Pharmacy, Drug Enforcement Agency, Medicaid, etc.)
• Maintains compliance with pharmacy policies and procedures and knowledge of changes in laws, regulations and accreditation standards
• Participates in quality metrics directives and departmental quality improvement (QI) projects
• Reads emails and other platforms of communication within the organization
• Complies with Clinical Quality Measures expectations
• Modifies workflows as determined by department to attain QI objectives
• Consistently documents activities related to QI projects
• Provides management to department staff in absence of pharmacy manager
• Determines the most effective method for assigning responsibilities and duties to department employees
• Affords assignments of duties and responsibilities, and ensures employees receive instruction/training needed to complete their job responsibilities
• Ensures that employees are aware of and adhere to all company policies and procedures and conveys all senior management communications and directives
• Reviews departmental work for thoroughness and accuracy and provides specific instructions to supervisors and employees on completion of tasks/responsibilities

Qualifications

• Doctoral Degree in Pharmacy
• Current licensure as a Pharmacist in good standing with the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy
• Current BLS certification
• Possesses knowledge of the 340B program, state, federal and third-party regulations relating to pharmacy operations