Overview
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Summary
The OP Pharmacist reviews, evaluates and verifies prescriptions for appropriateness of dose, route, interval, schedule and duration. Corrects significant drug-allergy, drug-drug, drug-disease, or drug-food interactions. Consults with licensed independent practitioners about outpatient prescription issues and documents interventions in medication therapy. Prepares and checks medication and answers drug information questions.
Responsibilities
- Reviews and verifies outpatient prescriptions.
- Evaluates prescriptions for appropriateness of dose, route, interval, schedule and duration.
- Corrects significant drug-allergy, drug-drug, drug-disease, or drug-food interactions.
- Consults with licensed independent practitioners and documents interventions in medication therapy.
- Ensures prescriptions meet Ohio legal requirements before dispensing.
- Ensures prescriptions are typed, counted, labeled and dispensed correctly. Verifies work performed by pharmacy technicians is correct.
- Responsible for accuracy of Controlled Substance Inventory.
- Provides drug information and patient counseling.
- Assists nurses and physicians with prescription issues.
- Reconciles all patient insurance issues prior to prescription filling.
- Compounds oral liquid solutions/suspensions and topical medication using appropriate standard operating procedures.
- Other duties as required.
Technical Expertise
- Experience in pediatrics/hospital pharmacy is preferred, but not required.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) or similar software is preferred.
- Proficiency in Epic Willow Pharmacy software is preferred.
Education And Experience
- Education: Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or PharmD Degree is required.
- Licensure: Current License by the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy is required.
- Certification: Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) or Board Certified Pediatric Pharmacy Specialist (BCPPS) Certification is preferred.
- A Post Graduate Year 1 Pharmacy (PGY1) Residency is preferred.
- Years of relevant experience: 2 years is preferred.
- Years of experience supervising: None.
- Possesses a valid State driver's license and ability to obtain and maintain insurability as determined by the ACH insurance carrier's requirements.
- An annual physical is required to be completed with the Akron Children's Hospital Employee Health Department.
Part Time
FTE: 0.500000
Status: Onsite
Seniority level
Employment type
Job function
- Health Care Provider
- Industries: Hospitals and Health Care