Pharmacist

% of time

Essential Function (Yes/No)

Key Responsibilities

(To be completed by Supervisor)

90%

Yes

Patient Care Activities

• Provide safe and effective patient-centered care by actively designing, implementing, and monitoring patient-specific therapeutic plans

• Evaluate patients for therapeutic outcomes and side effects of medications.

• When appropriate, develop and implement an alternate therapeutic plan. 

• Consult with other healthcare team members to facilitate a change in the therapeutic plan, optimize therapies, and ensure continuity of care.

• Provide follow-up care to ensure therapeutic goals are achieved.

• Provide in-depth and patient-specific medication education to patients and their caregivers, where appropriate, with the objective of improving adherence, optimizing drug therapy response, and minimizing adverse drug events.

• Respond to patient inquiries regarding medication therapy & relevant health issues.

• Document care provided in the medical record and other appropriate platforms.

• Communicate relevant therapeutic information to other healthcare providers in a timely manner to coordinate medication therapy

• Participate in the Code Response Team as needed.

Operations

• Ensure quality and integrity of medications.

• Process drug orders.

• Screen all prescriptions and drug orders for appropriateness

• Ensure quality and integrity of medications prepared; compound or fill and dispense medications in compliance with institutional standards, laws, and accepted standards of practice.

• Facilitate and coordinate timely delivery of pharmaceutical services to patients.

• Maintain appropriate knowledge of relevant pharmacy automation.

• May assist in oversight of pharmacy technicians, pharmacy student interns, pharmacy residents, and colleagues as assigned.

• May assist with and facilitate prior authorizations, appeals, billing, reimbursement, and other medication access processes when necessary.

• Comply with FDA mandates and self-imposed manufacturer restrictions on medications, investigational drugs, REMS, and recalled medications.

• Maintain records of services provided and other records required by law (e.g., workload statistics, narcotic inventory and control).

5%

Yes

Advancing Practice

• May assist in assigned administrative functions (e.g., medication error reports, adverse drug reaction reports, special projects, etc.)

• May assist in assigned medication-related reports and projects (e.g., drug monographs, medication use evaluations, quality improvement projects, formulary evaluation in area of oversight, etc.)

• Keep up to date on protocols/policies, pharmacy practice standards, healthcare delivery trends, reimbursement systems, and emerging roles and responsibilities of pharmacists as they pertain to the area of specialty.

5%

Yes

Training and Educational Activities

• May assist in the oversight of pharmacy technicians, pharmacy student interns, pharmacy residents, and colleagues in their daily responsibilities.

• Maintain the qualifications necessary to maintain preceptor status.

• Provide effective medication-related and other relevant education to patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, learners, and the public.

Other duties as assigned.

100%