Clinical Pharmacist I

Job Title: Travel Clinical Pharmacist I
Location: Alexandria, LA 71301
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift/Schedule: Full-time | Varying shifts: 6:00 AM–2:30 PM, 7:00 AM–3:30 PM, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM, 11:00 AM–7:00 PM, or 3:00 PM–11:00 PM | Every other weekend: 2 × 10-hour shifts | No call | No floating

Job Responsibilities:

• Prepare and dispense medications according to physician orders, established policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Interpret and verify verbal and written medication orders and maintain accurate patient medication records.
• Compound and dispense non-sterile and sterile pharmaceuticals, including chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition products.
• Issue controlled substances and maintain required records.
• Monitor patient drug therapies for safety, effectiveness, contraindications, drug interactions, allergies, and appropriate dosing.
• Assist with pharmacokinetic consultations and renal drug dosing.
• Review and interpret patient medical records accurately.
• Detect and report suspected adverse drug reactions.
• Provide clinical consultation and timely drug information to healthcare professionals.
• Provide medication education to patients and families.
• Participate in quality improvement and medication-use review activities.
• Perform clinical interventions including IV-to-PO conversion, renal dosing, pharmacokinetic dosing support, and anticoagulation.
• Participate in antibiotic stewardship, opioid stewardship, and medication shortage management.
• Attend interdisciplinary rounds when assigned.
• Supervise and direct pharmacy support personnel and verify pharmacy technician activities.
• Maintain current pharmacist licensure, competency requirements, continuing education records, and departmental documentation.
• Provide ambulatory pharmaceutical care services when assigned, including medication management, anticoagulation management, patient education, and discharge medication reconciliation.

Requirements:

• Graduate of an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy.
• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) preferred; BS Pharmacy degree accepted.
• Current Louisiana pharmacist license required.
• Pharmacy registration in the state of practice required.
• BLS or ACLS certification via American Heart Association required.
• Hospital pharmacy experience preferred.
• Ability to maintain required pharmacist competencies and licensure.

Preferences:

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree.
• Hospital pharmacy experience.
• ACLS certification.
• Experience with pharmacokinetics, renal dosing, anticoagulation, antibiotic stewardship, and opioid stewardship.