PRN Pharmacist

Avenue 360 Health and Wellness; Georgia; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Avenue 360 Health and Wellness in Georgia seeks a Staff Pharmacist to manage workflow, dispense medications, and deliver superior customer service. You will supervise pharmacy technicians and provide counseling to patients on prescriptions, dosage, interactions, and safety.

Responsibilities include intake, verification, DUR interventions, prior authorization, and coordination with physicians while maintaining regulatory compliance and high standards of care.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from ACPE-accredited program.
• Doctor of Pharmacy degree highly preferred.
• Strong clinical skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Comply with agency policies and program procedures.
• Handle prescription intake, verification, and patient counseling.
• Advise physicians on drug choices, dosages, interactions and side effects.
• Evaluate prescription orders for safety and regulatory compliance.
• Perform drug utilization reviews and document interventions.
• Manage prior authorization for insurance coverage.
• Monitor patient progress and response to drug therapy.
• Counsel patients on OTC medications and proper drug administration.
• Provide guidance on diet, exercise, and home healthcare supplies.
• Supervise pharmacy technicians and ensure quality and safety standards.
• Communicate technical information to non-technical staff.

Skills

Clinical skills

Patient counseling

Education

Bachelor of Pharmacy (ACPE)

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)

Job description

About the role

The Staff Pharmacist manages and maintains workflow efficiency. Additionally, the Staff Pharmacist dispenses prescription drugs to patients while delivering superior customer service. They provide information about those drugs and help patients understand the instructions their doctors or other health practitioners provided. The Staff Pharmacist provides supervision to pharmacy technicians.

What you'll do

• Comply with agencypolicies and procedures as well as program specific procedures and protocols.
• Standard pharmacist duties to include prescription intake, verification and patient counseling.
• Knowledge of drugs and their indications, contraindications, dosing, side effects, and proper administration
• Advise physicians and other health practitioners on theselection, dosages, interactions, and side effects of medications.
• Evaluate appropriateness of prescription orders with consideration for patient safety and legal requirements.
• Performs drug utilization reviews (DUR's) and document interventions.
• Prior authorization management working specifically with the pre-approval process for filling prescribed medication orders to ensure the proper insurance coverage and efficacy for the drugs used.
• Monitors the health and progress of patients in response to drug therapy.
• Advises patients and answer questions about prescription drugs, including questions about possible side effects and interactions among different drugs.
• Provides information and make recommendations about over-the-counter drugs.
• Give advice about diet, exercise, or stress management.
• Advises patients about durable medical equipment and home healthcare supplies.
• Manage workflow process and supervise pharmacy technicians to ensure compliance with all standards of care to include data entry and preparation of medications and work plans.
• Demonstrate ability to set priorities and work cooperatively with others within and outside the department.
• Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
• Knowledge of clinical operations and procedures.
• Knowledge of related accreditation and certification requirements.
• Knowledge of policies and regulations pertaining to the disbursement of pharmaceutical drugs.
• Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical personnel.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by appropriate management.

Qualifications

Bachelorof Pharmacy degree from an accredited program by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).

Doctor of Pharmacy highly preferred

Strong clinical skill is a plus.