Description
Job Description
Job Description
Provides drug information and assists prescribers in providing optimal pharmaceutical care for patients.
Job Responsibility
* Prepares, dispenses, and manages medications to support safe and effective drug therapy for patients; demonstrates ability to manage formulary and medication-use processes, as applicable to the organization.
* Provides effective medication and practice related education to patients, caregivers, health care professionals, students, and the public; employs appropriate preceptors' roles when engaged in teaching.
* Contributes pharmacy specialist's perspective to an health system's technology and automation systems decisions; contributes to the leadership and management activities within the practice area.
* Exercises practice leadership; evaluates core biomedical literature resources appropriate for the specialized area of pharmacy practice; develops collaborative professional relationships with members of the health care team; for assigned patient caseload, prioritizes delivery of pharmaceutical care.
* Establishes collaborative pharmacist-patient and pharmacist-caregiver relationships; collects and analyzes patient information; triages patients; designs evidence-based therapeutic regimens.
* Employs advanced literature analysis skills in preparing drug information; provides pharmacy expertise to the organization in the review of existing, development of new, and implementation of the health system's policies and procedures affecting the care of patients.
* Identifies opportunities for improving the safety of aspects of the health system's medication-use system.
* Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.
Job Qualification
* Bachelor of Pharmacy required.
* Current License to practice as a Pharmacist in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed.
* 0-1 years of relevant experience, required.
