Pharmacist / Spokane
Summary
| Title: | Pharmacist / Spokane |
|---|---|
| ID: | 17 |
| Department: | Pharmacy |
| Location: | Spokane, WA |
Description
Purpose of Job
Improve the overall health of the Greater Spokane community and expand the availability of health care by providing pharmaceutical care in the following ways:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Reviews prescriptions and prepares medications for dispensing.
- Counsels’ pharmacy patients on medication drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and storage of pharmaceuticals.
- Provides clinical reviews of patient charts to authorize refill requests per prescriptive authority agreement.
- Aids in helping patients obtain insurance/patient assistance options.
- Works in teams with other medical providers providing consultation for specific disease states.
- Maintains established procedures of quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and HIPPA.
- Directs pharmacy technicians, assistants, and interns.
- Accesses computer for data entry, pharmacy files, patient charts, and inventory.
- Utilizes cutting edge technology with electronic medical records, telepharmacy, and Scriptpro.
- Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Experience: Current valid licensure in the state of Washington required. Prior non-profit experience preferred.
Education: PharmD from accredited school of pharmacy.
Other Skills: Excellent oral and written communications skills required. Basic computer skills required.
Physical Demands: Pharmacists must be able to move around the facility between 1/3rd and 2/3rds of the day, while sitting at a workstation occurs under 1/3rd of the day. Using hands and reaching with arms occurs over 2/3rds of the day. Communicating is also required over 2/3rds of the day, while climbing, stooping or crawling is minimal. Lifting up to 10 lbs occurs occasionally, while 25-50 lbs occurs infrequently.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
