Role of Pharmacy Staff

Role of Pharmacists

Purpose: Pharmacists provide optimal patient medication therapy through optimizing pertient drug therapy, establishing medication protocals and dispensing medication.

Job competencies:
1) Medication evaluation

• Assess appropriateness of drug therapy ( e.g., drug, dose, route, frequency, potential drug interactions,indicatons) 
• Recommend improvements in drug therapy and document interventions

2) Patient medication monitoring

• Monitor all TPN, aminoglycoside, vancomycin and clozapine patients
• Comply with pharmacy protocols including aminoglycoside dosing, adjustment of medications for renal compromised patients and geriatric patients and therapeutic substitutions.
• Participate in antibiotic advisory team daily rounds
• Participate in pain team daily rounds

3) Participate in medication safety & performance improvement initiatives

4) Provide education to patients and professional staff

5) Dispensing -- Enter or verify orders, compound and dispense medications in a timely manner

6) Supervise pharmacy technicians

7) Time management

Role of Pharmacy Technicians

Purpose: Provide distribution services on the patient care units under the supervision of a pharmacist and provide basic drug preparation and distribution services in the pharmacy.

Job competencies include:

1. Select, prepare and label medications 
2. Deliver medications to patient care areas
3. Inventories, delivers, and maintains controlled substances and floor stock
4. Medication administration record and profile reconciliation
5. Computer entry and medication billing