• Supervise pharmacy staff• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations• Ensure legal operation of the pharmacy• Oversee drug inventory, including controlled drugs• Complete medication therapy management (MTM) on Mirixa and Outcomes • Consult monthly for nursing homes/assisted living facilities• Verify financials for patients residing in nursing homes/assisted living facilities• Receive new prescriptions from physician offices• Process prescriptions in the computer system• Review medications for drug interactions or duplicate therapy• Transfer prescriptions to other pharmacies• Provide counseling to patients• Administer immunizations• Verify prescriptions• Verify prescriptions that are packaged for long term care facilities• Communicate with other healthcare providers to achieve better patient outcomes

My responsibilities include:• Receive new prescriptions from physician offices• Transfer prescriptions to other pharmacies• Provide counseling to patients• Provide Medication Therapy Management (MTM) to patients• Provide vaccinations• Help complete controlled substance inventories• Participate in store audits• Participate in Medicare audits• Help maintain standards within the pharmacy• Inform physicians about potential drug interactions• Recommend medication changes due to duplicate therapies and/or drug interaction• Filling prescriptions• Recommending over-the-counter products

• Proficient in changing, sending, and receiving Peyton recommended and manual purchase orders• Proficient in sending and receiving a Cardinal order• Transfer prescriptions from another Kroger pharmacy• Proficient in using Med-Turn to send back outdates and overstocks• Can proficiently work all the queues and has a complete understanding of each• Able to print various reports and understands why they are useful to the pharmacy• Up-to-date on all laws and regulations• Completed Medication Therapy Management training• Able to process prescriptions through the computer system• Able to take refill requests from physician offices• Proficient in filling prescriptions within a timely manner• Proficient in customer service

• Acquired skills to communicate and interface with both patients and health care professionals• Worked closely with hospice pharmacists• Learned how a hospice PBM is configured • Participated in hospice committee meetings• Visited area hospices and participated in their Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee meetings• Participated in hospice patient discussions • Recommended medications to be either discontinued or added to a patient’s regimen• Visited hospice patients in the hospital and helped the hospice nurse with medication dosing• Learned the value of being a compassionate pharmacist and how it affects others lives• Helped decide if certain medications should be covered by hospice PBM

• Acquired skills to communicate and interface with both patients and health care professionals• Worked in collaborative practices to manage patients INRs• Learned how to use a point-of-care testing machine to obtain patient’s INRs• Learned how to adjust patients’ warfarin doses to help reach their target INR• Focused on anticoagulation therapy both inpatient and outpatient• Participated in Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee meetings• Focused inpatient counseling on heart failure• Watched a heart catherization procedure• Visited with patients in the hospital• Reviewed patient charts • Recommended medication adjustments based on patient lab values and current medications due to drug interactions

• Acquired skills to communicate and interface with both patients and health care professionals• Developed plans to help uninsured patients receive their medications upon being discharged from the hospital• Obtained appropriate background information from patients on their current medical conditions• Discussed with patients options to obtain the best insurance for them• Participated in filling prescriptions for patients that were part of the Prescription Assistance Network (PAN) in Canton, Ohio• Learned how PAN was able to function and provide those patients with low income the appropriate medication

• Learned and participated in pharmaceutical care services to help promote health care outcomes• Constructed a comprehensive patient medication history and database• Identified potential medication-related problems• Developed a rational care plan to address optimal patient outcomes• Acquired skills to communicate and interface with both patients and health care professionals• Developed skills and behaviors inherent to the pharmacy profession• Evaluated prescription orders for completeness and appropriateness • Prepared prescription orders for dispensing to the patients• Assured the prescription process was in compliance to the laws, regulations, and guidelines• Obtained appropriate background information from patients• Evaluated literature needed to provide drug information responses

• Learned the pharmacy’s software in order to input prescriptions and collect pertinent patient information• Counseled patients on medications if needed• Resolved adjudication issues with prescriptions• Prepared and packaged medications for long term care facilities• Learned and participated in cycle fill for long term care facilities• Accompanied the pharmacist on LTCF drug regimen reviews• Became familiar with how medications are stored and distributed in LTCF

• Participated in daily rounds with the doctor, nurse practitioner, and nutritional support team• Completed medication reviews of patient medications• Reviewed medications for interactions between drugs, food, and nutrients• Preformed SOAP note presentations on patients• Participated in office staff meeting• Calculated patients’ caloric needs• Calculated and wrote TPN orders• Recommended medication changes or new medications to be added to regimen• Visited with patients in the office setting with gastrointestinal issues• Observed several endoscopies and colonoscopies • Observed esophageal stretching• Observed samples of the stomach being taken for biopsy• Worked interprofessionally with the nutritional support team• Learned how to diagnose malnutrition of a patient