• Reviews and interprets medication orders written by physicians or other authorized health care providers.
• Verifies orders for completeness,accuracy and appropriatenessin accordance with pharmaceutical care standards and prescribed policies and procedures.
• Reviews patient profiles and problems,i.e. drug interactions, drug allergies, therapeutic duplication, contraindications, drug-drug incompatibilities, dosing, and adverse drug reactions relating to the new order or order changes.
• Maintains effective communication with physicians and nurses to ensure safe andappropriate use of drugs.
• Performs clinical duties including but not limited to medication counseling, medication reconciliation, pharmacokinetic monitoring, and renal dose monitoring. 
• Prepares or supervises preparation and accurate dispensing of medication to inpatients and outpatients, including unit dose dispensing, IV admixture, chemotherapy, TPN, investigational drugs, other sterile products, and extemporaneous preparations, in accordance with hospital policy.
• Completes written records of dispensing for all medication including controlled substances and investigational drugs as required by policy and regulation.
• Advises and consults with patient and families on medication use, dangers, side effects and composition.
• Maintains responsibility for resolving medication dispensing system problems for one or more patient care areas. Provides in-service education and/or orientation concerning drug use to health professionals when necessary or as appropriate.
• Attends and participates in meetings held on patient care units as appropriate.
• Routinely visits Nursing units, reviews patient charts, physician orders, medication records and storage areas on unit.
• Conducts monthly inspections of patient care areas in accordance with Joint Commission N.Y.S. Department of Health and CMS requirements and standards.
• Reviews inspection results and quality improvement information with Patient Care Director or department head and recommends changes as required.
• Routinely participates in target drug monitoring programs and pharmacy and hospital sponsored drug therapy intervention programs.
• Participates in quality assurance, drug utilization review, and adverse drug reaction reporting as needed.
• Participates in medical work rounds when appropriate and necessary.
• Maintains knowledge of field by participating in continuing education programs in accordance with department policies as stated in the Joint Commission standards and as necessary to perform the job effectively.
• Documents clinical interventions.
• Accepts the responsibility of being in charge of pharmacy satellite activities.
• Adjusts the workflow activities for pharmacy interns, technicians, students, other staff members, and volunteers to assure that all work is completed when necessary.
• Notifies a pharmacy supervisor or administrator regarding problems beyond the scope of his/her responsibilities.
• Oversees and participates in maintaining and properly storing an adequate inventory of pharmacy items.
• Assures stock is rotated and expiration dates are checked.
• Obtains items not stocked or out of stock from authorized sources according to established procedures.
• Participates in training and continued competency activities of other pharmacists, pharmacy Interns, technicians and students.
• Contributes to new employee orientation.
• Provides input to Pharmacy
• Supervisor concerning performance issues.
• Provides in-service training to other healthcare staff.
• Participates in staff meetings or hospital interdisciplinary meetings, recommends changes in policy and procedures where necessary to improve operations and quality of service.

Appendix I - Pharmacists that have additional or very specific major duties

• Develops new policies and/or protocols for drug use or handling and/or treatment protocols for implementation or review in a specialty area of pharmacy practice.
• Makes arrangements for implementation of the policy or protocol by consulting with, informing or instructing pharmacy administration, other health care professionals and pharmacy staff members.

• Prepares reports related to drug use or therapy for hospital/medical committee or administrative review, assesses patient outcome or budgetary impact and performs or makes recommendations for appropriate follow up.
• May serve as a permanent active pharmacy member of various hospital or network facility committees.
• May provide direction for the committee, by developing agendas, preparing or arranging for preparation of minutes and arranging meeting times.

• Serves as a primary preceptor for pharmacy students in a specialty rotation.
• Provides feedback directly to the student on performance.
• Prepares a performance appraisal for the rotation for submission to the school of pharmacy.

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.