Staff Pharmacist: Patient Care, DUR & Tech Supervisor

Avenue-360-Health-and-Wellness; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Avenue 360 is seeking a Staff Pharmacist to manage and streamline pharmacy workflow while dispensing medications and delivering superior customer service. You will provide drug information and help patients understand their doctors’ instructions.

You will supervise pharmacy technicians to ensure safe, compliant operations. Responsibilities include prescription intake and verification, patient counseling, DURs, prior authorization support, and advising on drug interactions, with a focus on safety

Qualifications

• Standard pharmacist duties include prescription intake, verification and patient counseling.
• Knowledge of drugs and their indications, contraindications, dosing, side effects, and proper administration.
• Ability to advise on selection, dosages, interactions and side effects of medications.
• Performs drug utilization reviews and documents interventions.
• Prior authorization management with the pre-approval process for filling prescriptions to ensure insurance coverage.

Responsibilities

• Comply with agency policies 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 on selection, dosages, interactions, and side effects of medications.
• Evaluate appropriateness of prescription orders with patient safety and legal requirements in mind.
• Performs drug utilization reviews and documents interventions.
• Prior authorization management with pre-approval process for insurance coverage.
• Monitor health and progress of patients in response to drug therapy.
• Advise patients and answer questions about prescription drugs, possible side effects and interactions.
• Provide information and make recommendations about over-the-counter drugs.
• Give advice about diet, exercise, or stress management.
• Advise patients about durable medical equipment and home healthcare supplies.
• Manage workflow and supervise pharmacy technicians to ensure compliance with standards of care.

Skills

Drug knowledge

Patient counseling

DUR knowledge

Verbal communication

Pharmacy supervision

Prior authorization

Workflow management

Job description

Avenue 360 is seeking a Staff Pharmacist to manage and streamline pharmacy workflow while dispensing medications and delivering superior customer service. You will provide drug information and help patients understand their doctors’ instructions.

You will supervise pharmacy technicians to ensure safe, compliant operations. Responsibilities include prescription intake and verification, patient counseling, DURs, prior authorization support, and advising on drug interactions, with a focus on safety