Pharmacy 1 Student

Bethel , Alaska

The vision : Through Native Self-Determination and Culturally Relevant Health Systems, we strive to be the healthiest people.

Position Summary

The primary responsibilities of this position are to assist pharmacists in the preparation and administration of pharmaceuticals to patients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following :

Other duties may be assigned, as necessary.

Customer Service

o Provides patients with information concerning prescriptions, pharmacy policies, and insurance as requested. Facilitates phone calls from patients, family members, other pharmacies, and other members of the health care team as appropriate.

o Process cash and credit card transactions

o Participate in interdisciplinary rounds

o Perform medication history interviews, first dose teaching, food-drug interaction counseling, discharge counseling, assessment of education and adherence

o Counsel patients on prescription and over-the-counter medications and devices

o Monitor medication therapies through performing profile reviews, interpreting laboratory values, and ensuring drug regimens are consistent with medication use guidelines and protocols

o Assess patient’s progression towards achieving desired medication treatment goals

o Review medication orders for appropriate dose, duration, frequency, dosage form, indication and drug interactions

o Perform pharmacokinetic monitoring

o Retrieve, evaluate and provide drug information to health care providers, answering general and patient specific drug information questions

o Review documented adverse drug reactions / allergies and report new occurrences as needed

o Apply federal and state legal standards surrounding medication use

• Maintains a positive working relationship with pharmacy staff
• Assumes other responsibilities, as assigned

Qualifications

• Work Experience : 1 year of previous pharmacy work experience (preferred)

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to interact with and work around people
• Ability to make judgements in demanding situations
• Ability to react to frequent changes in duties and volume of work
• Ability to listen empathetically
• Ability to logically organize details
• Excellent customer services skills
• Ability to prioritize and problem solve
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent activities
• Ability to detect and investigate mistake in patient’s medications and prescriptions
• Demonstrated knowledge, skill, and experience in working with diverse populations.

Supervisory Relationship

Works under the direct supervision of a pharmacist and reports to the Pharmacy Director. Performance is assessed through review of work, integration, and cooperation within the department.

Days / / Hours per Week

This is a temporary, full-time position. Hours scheduled will vary with the need of the department, 40 hours a week.

Last updated : 2024-05-24