Pharmacist - Retail PD (0.0FTE)

Job Description Pharmacy Department

The position description is a guide to the critical duties and essential functions of the job, not an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, qualifications, physical demands and work environment conditions. Position descriptions are reviewed and revised to meet the changing needs of the organization.

TITLE: Retail Pharmacist (Outpatient Services)

JOB OVERVIEW: The community pharmacist is responsible for providing drug therapy monitoring, prescription preparations, and dispensing in keeping with community pharmacy practice. He/she participates and contributes to the requirements of patient education and quality assurance programs developed by the outpatient services. He/she maintains close working communications with the Director, Pharmacy Services regarding the various pharmacy programs. He/she facilitates the provision of pharmaceutical care in accordance with regulatory agency requirements.

ROLE: See job description for Clinical Partner for generic job duties

AREA OF ASSIGNMENT: The Prescription Pad Pharmacy

HOURS OF WORK: Variable to accommodate community needs

RESPONSIBLE TO: Director, Pharmacy Services

PREREQUISITES:

1. Licensed as a Registered Pharmacist in the State of Washington.
2. Demonstrated teaching ability.
3. Demonstrated experience in the following areas: Outpatient prescriptions, prepackaging, extemporaneous compounding, performance improvement and drug information.
4. Eligible to pursue certification as a Certified Emergency Contraception Program provider.

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Professionally ethical and experienced in directing and supervising pharmacy interns, students and/or pharmacy technicians.

Demonstrated ability regarding ";customer service"; with patients and excellent communication skills with patients, their families and health care professionals.

Current in prescribing trends, new drugs and drug treatment developments in the outpatient setting.

Demonstrated skill in developing and maintaining positive interpersonal relationships with diverse population.

Participates in and supports professional organizations.

Certified as a Pharmacy Preceptor in the State of Washington or eligible for such certification.

Demonstrates skill in understanding and developing the concepts of preventive medicine and pharmaceutical care.

Experience with community pharmacy computer programs and electronic billing methodologies.

Ability to communicate and work effectively with the physical and emotional developments of all age groups.

UNIQUE PHYSICAL/MENTAL DEMANDS. ENVIRONMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS:

Extensive medication order entry (keyboarding) into computer.

Requires the ability to continually change priorities in response to changing patient needs.

Requires the ability to work in an environment of constant interruptions.

Requires the maintaining of a knowledge base of current medications, drug therapies, patient counseling services and computer driven, electronic billing systems.

Maintain working knowledge of drug selection, dosing guidelines and drug interactions.

Same as generic job description.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: A. Generic Job Functions: See Generic Job Description for Clinical Partner B. Unique Job Functions:

• Responsible for providing quality pharmaceutical care to the Valley Medical Center community of patients. This includes all aspects of dispensing drugs, monitoring drug therapy, as well as having a goal of better patient health. The community pharmacist is responsible for educating patients to improve their health outcomes.
• Responsible for adherence by pharmacy interns, pharmacy externs, pharmacy residents, and pharmacy technicians to departmental policies and procedures as well as State and Federal laws and regulations.
• Promotes the adherence to VMC policies of providing quality pharmacy service at the most reasonable costs.
• Assures that proper charging documentation is completed correctl