Job Description
Responsible for dispensing/compounding of prescribed medications, drugs, and other pharmaceuticals for patient care, according to professional standards and State and Federal legal requirements.
Principal Accountabilities:
+ Reviews prescriptions issued by physician, or other authorized prescriber; assures accuracy and determines formulas and ingredients needed.
+ Directs pharmacy workers engaged in mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals.
+ Answers questions and provides information to pharmacy customers on drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and storage of pharmaceuticals.
+ Maintains established procedures concerning quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and disposal of hazardous waste drugs.
+ Enters data, such as patient name, prescribed medication, and cost, to maintain pharmacy files, charge system, and inventory.
+ May assay medications to determine identity, purity, and strength. <...
Principal Accountabilities:
+ Reviews prescriptions issued by physician, or other authorized prescriber; assures accuracy and determines formulas and ingredients needed.
+ Directs pharmacy workers engaged in mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals.
+ Answers questions and provides information to pharmacy customers on drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and storage of pharmaceuticals.
+ Maintains established procedures concerning quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and disposal of hazardous waste drugs.
+ Enters data, such as patient name, prescribed medication, and cost, to maintain pharmacy files, charge system, and inventory.
+ May assay medications to determine identity, purity, and strength. <...