Assumes the duties and responsibilities of Pharmacist IV in his/her absence.
Supervise and organize work flow at the inpatient and outpatient services.
Dispenses drugs and medicine, and other pharmaceutical preparations;
Checks for accuracy of doses prepared:
Intravenous admixtures
Extemporaneous compounding
Unit dose Reviews and interprets each unit dose and IV admixture medication order to insure that it is entered accurately into the unit-dose or IV admixture system.
Participates in the regular meetings of the Therapeutics Committee and other hospital committees involving the Pharmacy.
Provides drug information to physicians, nurses, and other health-care personnel.
Counsels patients on medications to be self-administered in the hospital and discharge medications.
Monitors adverse drug experience reporting in the hospital.
Supervise the daily inventory of drugs and medical devices in the dispensing area and Satellite Pharmacies.
Monitors drugs at critical level in assigned shelves.
Checks incoming drugs, medicine, chemicals for quality, qualifying in conformity with requested item.
Monitors proper record keeping and billing:
Patient-medication records
Extemporaneous compounding records
Intravenous admixture and unit dose dispensing records and billing
