Job DescriptionGeneral SummaryUnder general supervision, interprets and evaluates physicians' medication orders to provide prescribed medications and other pharmaceuticals as needed for adequate patient care according to professional standards and practices. Advises/consults with patients and families, medical and nursing staff according to professional standards and practices. Must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age, culture, ethnicity, and specific individual diagnostic needs of the patients served in his/her department. He/she must be able to assess and interpret data about the patient's status in order to identify eac