Job Description
Elevate the health of our community
About the Position
The Clinical Pharmacist at Harris Health will ensure the pharmacy department is facilitating safe medication use and meets all legal, accreditation, and certification requirements while complying with all applicable policies and procedures. Your primary responsibility will be to provide pharmacy services to patients, nurses, physicians, and other staff by interpreting and evaluating the validity of medication orders and prescriptions. In line with this, it will be important for you to integrate core clinical pharmacy knowledge as you dispense and order review activities. The Clinical Pharmacist will also perform order entry, pharmacokinetics, IV to PO, therapeutic interchange, and other clinical activities.
About Harris Health Systems
Harris Health is a nationally recognized health system comprising three teaching hospitals and an extensive network of ambulatory care centers serving the people of Harris County, Texas, since 1966. Staffed by the faculty, fellows and residents from two nationally ranked medical schools, Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Harris Health is the first healthcare system in Houston to receive the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) designation for its network of patient-centered medical homes, and both LBJ and Ben Taub Hospitals earned the ANCC Magnet Designation in 2020.
Each year, Harris Health provides more than 1.8 million total outpatient visits through its more than 40 ambulatory care facilities. Additionally, Harris Health sees more than 177,000 emergency visits at its Level 1 and Level 3 trauma centers and 35,000 hospital admissions through its three hospitals: Ben Taub, LBJ and Quentin Mease.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy or Pharm.D. degree from accredited school of Pharmacy
- Texas Pharmacist License
- May also be eligible and wiling to obtain licensure within 90 days of employment
- Texas Pharmacist Preceptor Certification within 180 days of employment
- ACPE IV Sterile Certification
- BLS Certification within 90 days of employment
- ACLS Certification within 180 days of employment
- Board of Pharmacy Specialities Certification preferred
- 2 years of progressive and relevant experience in an inpatient hospital setting
- Completion of PGY1 ASHP-Accredited residency preferred
Benefits
- Day 1 Benefits - Benefits are available the first day of hire
- $10k student loan repayment
- Shift differentials (Evenings, Nights, Weekends, Holidays)
- Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
- Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Employee assistance program
- Subsidized parking
- Credit union
- Employee disaster relief
- Tuition Reimbursement - After 6 months of employment
- and more!
Harris Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer that welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace.
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Houston, TX |
| Job Type | Part-time |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 5,000 to 9,999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1966 |
| Website | https://www.harrishealth.org/en/pages/home.aspx |
About Company
Harris Health is a nationally recognized health system comprising three teaching hospitals and an extensive network of ambulatory care centers serving the people of Harris County, Texas, since 1966. Staffed by the faculty, fellows and residents from two nationally ranked medical schools, Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Harris Health is the first healthcare system in Houston to receive the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) designation for its network of patient-centered medical homes.
Each year, Harris Health provides more than 1.8 million total outpatient visits through its more than 40 ambulatory care facilities. Additionally, Harris Health sees more than 177,000 emergency visits at its Level 1 and Level 3 trauma centers and 35,000 hospital admissions through its three hospitals: Ben Taub, LBJ and Quentin Mease. Established by voter referendum to enhance the level of charity care available in the community, Harris Health System has often received national recognition for serving those in need and for its achievements in operational excellence, such as being named to the 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Most Wired Hospitals lists by the American Hospital Association's Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
Additionally, Harris Health System is pleased that each of its three hospitals: Ben Taub, Lyndon B. Johnson and Quentin Mease - achieved Pathway to Excellence designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Skills
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)unmatched
- Ambulatory Careunmatched
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)unmatched
- Biotech and Pharmaceuticalunmatched
- Credit Unionunmatched
- Dental Insuranceunmatched
- Health Scienceunmatched
- Healthcareunmatched
- Hospitalunmatched
- Intravenous Therapiesunmatched
- Legalunmatched
- Medicationsunmatched
- Medicineunmatched
- National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)unmatched
- Nursingunmatched
- Order Processingunmatched
- Outpatient Careunmatched
- Patient Admissionsunmatched
- Patient Careunmatched
- Pharmacokineticsunmatched
- Pharmacyunmatched
- Prescription Drugsunmatched
- Student Loansunmatched
- Training/Teachingunmatched
- Tuition Reimbursementunmatched
- Vision Planunmatched
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