Employment Type:
Full and Part-Time
Job Description
We are looking for a part-time or full-time (Retail, Clinical, Compounding and Long-Term Care) Pharmacist to provide accurate medication distribution services and offer patients counseling on their medication needs. The successful candidate will be able to utilize the information available to track and understand each client’s medication history, and make recommendations to physicians as the situation requires. The Pharmacist is responsible for ensuring that each prescription is filled in a timely manner and meets the health requirements of patients.
Essential Functions
- Collaborate with physicians to discuss potential incompatibility issues with patient prescriptions
- Maintain accurate inventory of medications
- Offer information to assist patients in understanding how to properly take their prescribed medications
- Work with the pharmaceutical staff to maintain a clean, customer-friendly workplace
- Assist patients in solving problems, such as identifying old medication or finding an over-the-counter solution to minor health issues
- Reads and interprets physicians’ orders received in the pharmacy and transcribes same into the pharmacy computer medication profile. Requires knowledge to adjust dosing times as pharmacy will generate MARs Work is verified by licensed pharmacist.
- Prepares in accordance with pharmacy law and standards of pharmacy practice outpatient RXs to be dispensed after pharmacist approval.
- Using computer program, prepackages medications, which are not available in unit, using automatic prepackaging and label machine. Keeps appropriate records for recall purpose.
- Attends and participates in pharmacy tech meetings to exchange ideas to achieve goals of the department. Keeps procedures up-to-date in pharmacy tech manual to train new personnel and to have quick reference to specific jobs so they are performed according to the policies of the department.
- Checks and removes outdated meds on a routine basis to ensure that no deteriorated meds are in stock. Keeps appropriate records.
- Assists with billing by using appropriate computer function, reason codes and dates for charging and crediting.
- Assists with checking in orders, putting orders away and filing associated paperwork.
- Continues to educate by attending drug in-services and keeping up with policy changes.
Must be licensed by the NV State Board of Pharmacy.
