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Pharmacist - Retail PD (0.0FTE)
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2026-0687
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VMC Main Campus
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Prescription Pad South
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Variable
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OC / PD
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0
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Variable
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Renton, WA
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Min $77.78 - Max $107.86/hrly DOE
Job Description:
Job Description
Pharmacy Department
The position description is a guide to the critical duties and essential functions of the job, not an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, qualifications, physical demands and work environment conditions. Position descriptions are reviewed and revised to meet the changing needs of the organization.
TITLE: Retail Pharmacist (Outpatient Services)
JOB OVERVIEW:
The community pharmacist is responsible for providing drug therapy monitoring, prescription preparations, and dispensing in keeping with community pharmacy practice. He/she participates and contributes to the requirements of patient education and quality assurance programs developed by the outpatient services. He/she maintains close working communications with the Director, Pharmacy Services regarding the various pharmacy programs. He/she facilitates the provision of pharmaceutical care in accordance with regulatory agency requirements.
ROLE: See job description for Clinical Partner for generic job duties
AREA OF ASSIGNMENT: The Prescription Pad Pharmacy
HOURS OF WORK: Variable to accommodate community needs
RESPONSIBLE TO: Director, Pharmacy Services
PREREQUISITES:
1. Licensed as a Registered Pharmacist in the State of Washington.
2. Demonstrated teaching ability.
3. Demonstrated experience in the following areas: Outpatient prescriptions, prepackaging, extemporaneous compounding, performance improvement and drug information.
4. Eligible to pursue certification as a Certified Emergency Contraception Program provider.
GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS:
UNIQUE PHYSICAL/MENTAL DEMANDS. ENVIRONMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS:
Requires the maintaining of a knowledge base of current medications, drug therapies, patient counseling services and computer driven, electronic billing systems.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
A. Generic Job Functions: See Generic Job Description for Clinical Partner
B. Unique Job Functions:
- Responsible for providing quality pharmaceutical care to the Valley Medical Center community of patients. This includes all aspects of dispensing drugs, monitoring drug therapy, as well as having a goal of better patient health. The community pharmacist is responsible for educating patients to improve their health outcomes.
- Responsible for adherence by pharmacy interns, pharmacy externs, pharmacy
residents, and pharmacy technicians to departmental policies and procedures as well as State and Federal laws and regulations.
- Promotes the adherence to VMC policies of providing quality pharmacy service at the most reasonable costs.
- Assures that proper charging documentation is completed correctly for services provided.
- Promote and market Valley Medical Center and The Prescription Pad services to the community, patients, hospital staff, and medical staff in an informational and cost effective manner.
- Maintain a positive, direct, open communication line with members of the VMC Medical Staff and their employees.
- Maintains competency to provide services to patients in a timely manner.
- Completes additional responsibilities/projects when assigned by manager.
10/89 originated 6/04 revised
Reviewed 01/07, 2/09, 9/10, 1/2013
Job Qualifications:
PREREQUISITES:
1. Licensed as a Registered Pharmacist in the State of Washington.
2. Demonstrated teaching ability.
3. Demonstrated experience in the following areas: Outpatient prescriptions, prepackaging, extemporaneous compounding, performance improvement and drug information.
4. Eligible to pursue certification as a Certified Emergency Contraception Program provider.
