Provide high quality, cost-effective, patient-centered pharmacy services in a variety of settings.

• Consults with health care practitioners to establish high quality patient drug therapy plans and outcomes.


• Monitors patients to ensure therapeutic outcomes and minimize adverse drug effects.


• Consults patients in a professional and efficient manner to ensure patient understanding of drug therapy plans and outcomes.


• Contacts and confers with the prescriber in a timely manner to clarify and answer questions regarding drug product selection to facilitate appropriate patient outcomes. 


• Serves as a role model by demonstrating a contemporary attitude and focusing on patient care outcomes. 


• Accurately reviews, interprets, and fills prescriptions/orders to ensure patient safety.


• Accurately compounds and prepares medications or supervises same.


• Self identifies professional deficiencies in the practice of pharmacy and takes corrective measures to improve such deficiencies. 


• Improves patient care outcomes by developing knowledge and skills in new areas of pharmacy practice as they arise through literature review, continuing education, and collegial sharing of information. 


• Demonstrates knowledge of department mission statement and objectives by assisting in development and achievement of location specific goals.


• Demonstrates a complete understanding and complies with all pharmacy department and location policies and procedures concerning the responsibilities of a pharmacist and support personnel. 


• Mixes IV additive solutions and chemotherapy using aseptic technique.


• Monitors, surveys, and inspects facility medication storage sites to ensure safe, appropriate drug storage.


• Maintains a cost-conscious attitude in the daily function of the pharmacy. 


• Uses reference materials or alternative sources of information when necessary.


• Maintains a professional appearance, observes the suggested departmental dress code and wears identification badge. 


• Maintains a professional attitude and image; leads by professional example. 


• Attends to personal affairs so as not to interfere with the work schedule. 


• Maintains cleanliness of self and work area.


• Demonstrates good judgment in the ability to organize and assist in directing workflow to maintain appropriate service levels.


• Demonstrates ability to set goals, plan, organize, and take tasks to completion. 


• Demonstrates consistent ability to be a productive employee. 


• Answers phone calls as necessary.


• Delegates responsibilities, where appropriate to maintain quality member service and satisfaction.


• Assists in the orientation, training, and education of support personnel, interns, externs, and pharmacists.


• Exercises independent judgment within the limits of authority.


• Influences others to strive towards location and departmental objectives. 


• Maintains current knowledge of and complies with state and federal laws, rules and regulations.


• Demonstrates knowledge and support for continuous quality improvement programs in the location, department, and region. 


• Demonstrates a complete understanding and complies with established regional employee relations policies and procedures.


• Demonstrates working knowledge of inventory control principles to establish/ensure appropriate cost-effective asset management. 


• Demonstrates working knowledge of professional practice standards.


• Demonstrates knowledge of Kaiser Permanente pharmacy benefit structure.


• Maintains a contemporary working knowledge of Kaiser Permanente automated systems. 


• Communicates appropriate information regarding formulary and target drug alternatives and is effective in increasing provider compliance and member acceptance to assure appropriate drug utilization. 


• Consults with appropriate personnel in matters of uncertainty.


• Makes informed, rational, and timely decisions.


• Perform other duties as requested.