Pharmacist Job

Pharmacist is needed to perform the following duties :
Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
• Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
• Maintain records such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, control records for narcotics, and controlled drugs.
• Responsible for the accountability of dispensing prescription medications to patients as prescribed by physicians, maintenance of accurate records and providing expertise in the safe use of prescription medications
• Plan, implement, and maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals according to policy and legal requirements to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.
• Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, and high blood pressure. Offer health promotion and prevention activities by, for example, training people to use devices such as blood pressure and diabetes monitors. Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment, and health care supplies.
• Collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of drugs and drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications and characteristics. Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.
• Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, and drugs.
• Maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.
• Monitoring customers’ drug therapies, advising interventions, and educating patients, caregivers, staff and other professionals regarding appropriate medication use and any potential side effects
• Responsible for reviewing prescribed medications performing clinical and drug utilization reviews and clinical/economic evaluation of therapies and writing criteria sets for medications that have a prior authorization attached to them
• Help create an optimal environment to facilitate non-dispensing activities (i.e. immunizations, Medication Therapy Management (MTM), specialty medications care management, population health initiatives conducting health and wellness screenings, etc.). Furthermore, assist in the overall administrative duties of operating a retail pharmacy, including pricing, compiling statistics, and writing administrative policies and procedures.
• Consult and advise the customers on their medications, both prescription and non-prescription, in a manner that will provide for their total well-being ensuring compliance with all federal and state pharmacy laws and regulations

Bachelor’s degree is required in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Science and with active State license.