Full Time Days for Specialty Pharmacy

Summary:

The OP Pharmacist reviews, evaluates and verifies prescriptions for appropriateness of dose, route, interval, schedule and duration. Corrects significant drug-allergy, drug-drug, drug-disease, or drug-food interactions. Consults with licensed independent practitioners about outpatient prescription issues and documents interventions in medication therapy. Prepares and checks medication and answers drug information questions.

Responsibilities:

1. • Reviews and verifies outpatient prescriptions.
   • Evaluates prescriptions for appropriateness of dose, route, interval, schedule and duration.
   • Corrects significant drug-allergy drug-drug, drug-disease, or drug-food interactions.
   • Consults with licensed independent practitioners and documents interventions in medication therapy.
   • Ensures prescriptions meet Ohio legal requirements before dispensing.
   • Ensures prescriptions are typed, counted, labeled and dispensed correctly. Verifies work performed by pharmacy technicians is correct.
   • Responsible for accuracy of Controlled Substance Inventory.
   • Provides drug information and patient counseling.
   • Assists nurses and physicians with prescription issues.
   • Reconciles all patient insurance issues prior to prescription filling.
   • Compounds oral liquid solutions/suspensions and topical medication using appropriate standard operating procedures.
   • Other duties as required.

Technical Expertise

Full Time

FTE: 1.000000

Status: Onsite