Outpatient Pharmacist

Overview

The Outpatient Pharmacist provides pharmaceutical care, supervises support staff, and participates in dispensing activities, adverse drug reactionmonitoring, drug information and patient education. This person may provide pharmacy services to patients from neonatal, infant, child, adolescent,adult and geriatric age groups. This person will have knowledge of the skills to care for the pharmacy needs of these populations. Pharmacists will haveoversight responsibility when non-licensed staff handle non-controlled substances.

Responsibilities

Patient Care* Performs clinical services to optimize drug therapy and documents interventions.* Delivers medications to the patients bedside prior to discharge and provides medication counseling.* Ability to prepare specialty compound drugs.* Provides accurate, clinically relevant drug information to physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals.* Provides pharmaceutical care to nursing facility patients.* Identifies, prevents, and investigates potential and real adverse drug reactions and medication errors.* Provides medication counseling to patients at the pharmacy level.* Reviews and interprets physician orders properly; screens for incompatibilities, interactions, duplicates, or contraindications.* Contacts prescriber and/or Nursing personnel regarding any questions on drug orders.* Responsible for the accurate dispensing and labeling of medication orders.* Competent using various pharmacy technology products such as electronic health records, automated dispensing machines, unit dosing, and clinicaldecision support/data mining tools.* Provides drug information to prescribers per request.

Administrative* Processes patient charges and credits.* Assists in maintaining basic drug supply from vendors.* Exercises applicable legal and professional controls on controlled substances.* Verifies physical inventory for incoming/outgoing items.* Supervises supportive personnel and organizes/directs workflow as needed.* Meets administrative and miscellaneous requirements of the department.* Reports adverse drug reactions, medication errors, and good catches.* Double counts the money on the point of sale system at the end of the day.* Performs all operational aspects of retail pharmacy including computer operations and electronic billing.* Serves as a resource to staff in caring for complex patients.* Works with the pharmacy manager and other pharmacy team members to achieve compliance of department policies and procedures.* Assists the department manager and other pharmacy staff on all aspects of quality improvement of pharmacy services.

Qualifications

EducationBachelor's Degree in pharmacy from an accredited college of pharmacy- Required

Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited college of pharmacy - Preferred

Certification & LicensuresArizona State Board of Pharmacy license that is active and in good standing - Required

Experience

One (1) year of experience in a retail or alternate care pharmacy- Preferred

Healthcare is a rapidly changing environment and technology is integrated into almost all aspects of patient care. Computers and other electronic devices are utilized across the organization and throughout each department. Colleagues must have an understanding of computers, and competence in using computers and basic software programs.