Description
Dispense prescription medications and counsel patients on their safe and effective use. Advise prescribers and other health professionals on drug selection, dosing, interactions, and side effects.
- • Review prescriptions for accuracy, required ingredients, and clinical appropriateness.
- • Counsel patients on drug interactions, side effects, dosing, and proper storage.
- • Monitor prescribing and dispensing trends to support adherence and prevent overuse or harmful interactions.
- • Order and manage pharmaceutical and medical supplies; store and handle inventory properly.
- • Maintain pharmacy records, including patient profiles, inventories, and controlled-substance logs.
- • Provide disease management and wellness services (e.g., diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, hypertension).
- • Advise customers on selecting OTC medications, medical equipment, and health supplies.
- • Collaborate with clinicians to plan, monitor, and evaluate medication therapies.
- • Compound and dispense medications by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.
- • Refer patients to other health professionals or community agencies when appropriate.
- • Prepare sterile products and infusions for surgical, emergency, or home use.
- • Develop and maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, labeling, security, and disposal per policy and law.
- • Manage pharmacy operations, including staffing, supervision, administration, and front-end merchandise.
- • Practice in hospitals, clinics, community pharmacies, or HMOs; consult on medical teams or specialize in areas such as oncology or nuclear pharmacy.
- • Verify the identity, strength, and purity of medications.
- • Precept and teach pharmacy students and interns.
- • Create and share educational materials for pharmacists, prescribers, or patients.
- • Deliver health promotion and prevention services, such as training on blood pressure or glucose monitoring devices.
- • Resolve insurance billing and prior authorization issues.
- • Update, maintain, and troubleshoot pharmacy information systems and databases.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
