Outpatient Retail Pharmacist

The Outpatient Retail Pharmacist is responsible for providing safe, accurate, and patient‑centered medication services in a hospital system retail pharmacy. This position dispenses prescriptions, counsels patients, manages workflow, ensures regulatory compliance, and provides exceptional customer service. The Outpatient Retail Pharmacist is a critical member of the healthcare team that coordinates medication services with hospital and clinic staff for safe and effective patient care.

This position provides direct patient care as part of a clinically focused pharmacy team in a dynamic environment. Responsibilities 1. Accurately review, verify, and dispense prescriptions in compliance with state and federal regulations 2.

Counsel patients on proper medication use including OTC recommendations. 3. Oversee pharmacy technicians and manage workflow for safety and efficiency. 4. Complete duties to ensure compliance with various regulatory requirements including state boards of pharmacy, Missouri BNDD, DEA, manufacturers, auditors, and third-party payors 5.

Coordinate patient care with other members of the healthcare team including, but not limited to, providers, nurses, care managers, and other pharmacists. 6. Work closely with prior authorization team to optimize medication selection 7. Provide immunizations and targeted clinical services as needed. 8.

Together with Pharmacy Technicians ensure appropriate inventory levels including ordering 9. Work to resolve claim adjudication issues to ensure proper billing with third party plans. 10. Other duties as assigned Education PharmD from an accredited college of Pharmacy - Required Work Experience Experience in computer applications to pharmacy services. - Required 3 Years - Minimum 3 years' experience in a retail pharmacy - Preferred Licenses and Certifications License in good standing with the Missouri State Board of Pharmacy - Required Upon Hire License in good standing with the Kansas State Board of Pharmacy - Required within 1 Year Travel Requirements Qualifications Skills and Abilities Essential Technical/Motor Skills Ability to accurately input medications, dosages, strengths into pharmacy computer system.

Able to speak clearly in order to communicate with ancillary medical professionals on drug therapy. Able to type and utilize computer keyboard/computer/mouse to accurately input data. Able to answer the telephone in order to take and receive and relay, interpret, analyze questions follow-up.

Interpersonal Skills Ability to communicate, clearly, handle telephone, take and deliver messages and interact with other health care practitioners for the benefit of providing quality patient care. Able to function as a team player. Able to problem solve through individual and group interaction dealing with others in order to meet the needs and expectations of the customer.

Able to be flexible with personal schedule to meet department staffing requirements. Essential Physical Requirements Ability to lift and push varying degrees of weight (not to exceed 50 pounds). Ability to constantly move in/out of department, standing, sitting, walking to fill orders, retrieve medications, deliver, answer phones (several), trips to and from the nursing units, writing orders, doing patient consults, providing drug information; to be able to operate, understand and functionally perform the computer operation as and other pharmacy equipment/devices.

Essential Mental Abilities Able to manipulate numbers and interchange from metric/apothecary measures, and handle dosage calculations. Able to read, interpret data/analyze written medication order and converse with physicians on suggested/recommended therapy adjustments/changes etc. toward a positive outcome. Able to calculate, manipulate and state correct dosages/adjustments.

Able to assimilate, comprehend, understand physician orders/requests and understand written/verbal requests. Ability to multi-task without losing focus. Able to adapt to priority requests, shifts and changing healthcare environment through the use of organizational skills.

Able to assess, evaluate phone messages, patient therapy, potential drug interactions, adverse drug interactions and meeting customer needs. Able to use short and long-term memory in order to report between shifts, drug therapy decisions with physicians. Alert and focus on task/activity and not become overwhelmed when handling medication requests.

Essential Sensory Requirements Able to visually assess written physician’s orders, review patient charts, reports, audits to make informed decisions, etc. for further processing. Able to hear in order to handle phone requests from ancillary medical personnel, physicians regarding patient pharmaceutical therapy, both to send and receive. Able to visually assess colors in order to determine if appropriate solutions\dosage form were accurately dispensed or mixed.

Exposure to Hazards Hazardous drugs, Chemotherapy, needle sticks. Other Skills and Abilities Self-starter does not require much supervision. Able to plan ahead.

Able to complete instructions with little or no direct supervision. Able to ask the appropriate questions for understanding of the question or task at hand.

Full time · Days shift