Pharmacist provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care through integrated drug distribution, patient counseling, and teaching. The job involves interpreting medication orders, providing clinical consultation, and maintaining knowledge of pharmacy laws and regulations.
Requirements
- Interprets medication orders and transcribes to computerized patient medication profiles accurately
- Reviews drug therapies for contraindications, interactions, allergies, and appropriateness of orders for patients
- Provides clinical consultation, drug information, and clarification to practitioners, nursing staff, patients, and family
- Maintains knowledge of Louisiana and Federal pharmacy laws and DEA regulations
- Supervises and directs pharmacy support personnel
- Verifies the Pharmacy Technician’s appropriate dispensing of medications and preparation of non-sterile compounding as required by law/policies
- Accurately dispenses medications and prepares sterile admixtures, including sterile products, chemotherapy, and Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)