Clinical Pharmacist PRN

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Clinical Pharmacist PRN with HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The clinical pharmacist shall practice the profession of pharmacy with the utmost code of ethics demonstrating the organization’s mission and values. The clinical pharmacist is responsible for the safe, effective, evidence-based, and cost-effective selection and utilization of medications for the patients in which they serve. The clinical pharmacist uses advanced knowledge, skills, and professional judgment in all aspects of his or her work. The clinical pharmacist serves as a patient advocate when planning and implementing pharmaceutical care within a multidisciplinary rounding team, collaborating with other healthcare professionals in a knowledgeable and professional manner. Adherence to all regulatory and medication safety guidelines are at the forefront of all actions and decisions made within the practice of the clinical pharmacist.

What you will do in this role:

• Prepares and dispenses medication orders per physician request according to established policies, procedures, and protocols
• Verifies Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) orders for accuracy and appropriateness and intervenes when orders are unclear, potentially unsafe, or inappropriate
• Interprets medication orders (verbal and written) and transcribes to computerized patient medication profiles accurately and follows facility practices and procedures for documentation in the patient’s medical record
• Prepares and dispenses medications, including sterile, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition preparations safely and accurately using appropriate techniques, USP 797 & 800 guidelines
• Evaluates Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) for appropriateness based on facility policies and guidelines or ASPEN guidelines or recommendations as appropriate
• Issues controlled substances to patient care areas and maintains records as required by law and follows corporate policies and procedures related to the dispensing and monitoring of controlled substances
• Ensures safe, appropriate, evidence-based, and cost-effective medication therapies for patients according to established policies, procedures, and protocols
• Monitors medication therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, drug laboratory test interactions, allergies, appropriateness of drug and dose, indications and therapeutic duplications
• Based on knowledge & expertise, develops, assists, implements, and executes all drug therapy management protocols including, but not limited to; pharmacokinetics, anticoagulation dosing, IV to PO, pain management, antimicrobial stewardship, and pharmacy-directed dosing
• Reviews/interprets culture and susceptibility data for antibiotic appropriateness and recommend changes, as needed for drug-bug mismatch, de-escalation and duration of therapy
• Reads, extracts, and interprets information in patient charts accurately
• Detects and reports suspected adverse drug reactions and medication errors accurately and in a timely manner
• Shares good catches and clinical outcomes to pharmacy leadership to elevate pharmacist interventions and services
• Reviews of medication related events that have occurred to prevent recurrences
• Models, mentors, and encourage pharmacy students, residents, and colleagues in a manner that fosters highly professional pharmaceutical care and high personal standards of integrity.
• Sustains the formulary by instituting drug therapy modifications for formulary compliance, SKU reduction and management of shortages as applicable
• Evaluates and responds to patient-specific drug information questions from clinicians
• Provides drug information to patients and their families/performs applicable medication reconciliation
• Ensures CPW rules/alerts are reviewed and completed in a timely manner and utilizes Vigilanz/CPW to document clinical interventions.
• Documents communication for pharmacy consults, information documentation for the permanent medical record or for other disciplines in the permanent electronic health record.
• Documents all required double checks per facility practice
• Participate in the quality improvement and medication-use review activities of the department. Collects data; conducts quality monitors and inspections; and maintains logs, records, and other documentation assigned
• Is able to work with automated systems and is granted Automated Dispensing System (ASDS-Pyxis) /Meditech access and privileges

• Performs other duties as assigned.

What qualifications you will need:

• Pharmacist
• Bachelors Degree, or Doctorate Degree
• No Travel Required

• Graduate of an accredited PGY-1 residency program or 2 years inpatient hospital pharmacy experience

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake is a 530+ bed hospital where sophisticated, world-class medicine meets the comfort, care and convenience of a community hospital. For more than 40 years, we have proudly been providing high quality, cost-effective, comprehensive healthcare to the Houston Bay Area. We opened our doors in 1972 and now employ 2,000+ staff members and 900+ physicians in a wide range of specialties. Our specialists offer more talent and experience than any other hospital in the region. We are a Level II Trauma Center and the only exclusive heart hospital south of Houston. Our accredited center provides nationally-recognized care in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and recovery of cardiovascular diseases. HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake offers a variety of other services, including Woman Services, Pediatric Care, Breast Diagnostic Center, ACR-accredited Imaging Center, Wound Care Treatment Center featuring Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, and much more. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Clinical Pharmacist PRN opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.