Pharmacist responsibilities

       The principal goal of pharmaceutical care is to achieve positive outcomes from the use of medication which improves patients' quality of life with minimum risk. Every pharmacist have a different responsibility such as:

• Dispense the medication: This is the "filling, licking and sticking" most people imagine when they conjure a mental image of a pharmacist counting out tablets, preparing a bottle label and handling medications to patients. Ensure patients' safety.
• Check each patients’ medication record every time he or she gets a new or refill prescription filled. This is the best way for a pharmacist to prevent potentially dangerous interactions between drugs.
• Collaborating with physicians, nurses, and other members of the health care team to provide expertise on drug decisions and improve patient outcomes.
• Counsel patients. Counseling includes training patients how and when to take doses, following up with patients to see if medications are working, sharing tips on how to minimize side effects while maximizing benefits and listening to all of a patient's concerns.
• Providing knowledge about the composition of drugs based upon their chemical, biological, and physical properties, as well as their manufacture and use.
• Manage staff. Pharmacists have the ultimate responsibility for ensuring the the “three Rs” of right drug, right patient and right dose. Meeting this responsibility requires overseeing the work of and mentoring pharmacy technicians, student interns and residents.