Provides leadership role for staff in the performance of functions involved in the safe, efficient distribution of medications, in accordance with relevant laws, rules, regulations, and standards of pharmaceutical care.

Responsibilities

• Reviews physician’s orders and prescriptions to ensure the appropriateness of drug therapy and prescriptions are dispensed, per prescribers’ intentions.
• Monitors patient medication profiles to prevent drug interactions and allergic and adverse drug reactions.
• Provides drug information, on the proper use of medication and communicates with prescribers, nurses, and other staff.
• Inputs physician’s medication orders into Pharmacy Patient Medication Profile and maintains this profile and related records. this is applicable only during system downtime and in exceptional cases where verbal orders have been accepted.
• Performs patient teaching functions on appropriate use of medications, non-prescrip...