What are the duties and responsibilities of a pharmacist?

They also supervise the accurate dispensing of medications through on-site community pharmacies.

Common job duties and responsibilities of a pharmacist also include:

• Serves patients by preparing medications, giving pharmacological information to the multidisciplinary health care team, and monitoring patient drug therapies

• Prepares medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders and detecting therapeutic incompatibilities

• Dispenses medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals.

• Controls medications by monitoring drug therapies; advising interventions

• Completes pharmacy operational requirements by organizing and directing technicians' workflow, verifying their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals, and verifying order entries, charges, and inspections

• Provides pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals and counseling patients on drug therapies

• Develops hospital staff's pharmacological knowledge by participating in clinical programs and training pharmacy staff, students, interns, externs, residents, and health care professionals

• Complies with state and federal drug laws as regulated by the state board of pharmacy, the drug enforcement administration, and the food and drug administration by monitoring nursing unit inspection

• Maintains records for controlled substances and removes outdated and damaged drugs from the pharmacy inventory

• Supervises the work results of support personnel

• Maintains current registration, studies existing and new legislation, anticipates legislation, and advises management on needed actions

• Protects patients and technicians by adhering to infection-control protocols.

• Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations

• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed