Pharmacist

Common Responsibilities: • 1. Patient Care • Professional Collaboration and teamwork • Ethical, Legal and Professional Responsibilities • Drug, Therapeutic and practice information • Communication and Education • Drug Distribution • Understanding Management Principles Specific Responsibilities: • 1. Verify Physician orders for appropriateness according to HMC policies and procedures • Gather required patient information. • Maintains and updates a patient profile with demographics, diagnosis, allergies, and current medications • Identify, prioritize and resolve drug related problems • Uses appropriate communication skills, and effectively communicates with patient, physician, and nurses to solve identified drug problem related. • Provide patient education (e.g., counselling information and education on adherence issues, either varbal or written) • Monitor medication effectiveness by review of the medical record and direct questioning of the patient or their carer • Monitors drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use, drug, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interaction.