Pharmacist

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below: Pharmacist 

Job Summary and Qualifications

Position Responsibilities:

• The pharmacist is responsible for providing pharmaceutical care activities to ensure safe and effective drug therapy through the provision of pharmacy services.
•  Demonstrates knowledge of human growth and development, assessment, range of treatment, and care of patients appropriate to the ages of patients served.
•  Provides patient care activities to ensure safe and effective drug therapy through the provision of clinical services.
• Coordinates and oversees the delivery of pharmaceutical services. 
• Provides monitoring and intervention in therapeutics to provide cost effective care with optimum outcomes.
• Responsible for the provision of comprehensive clinical pharmacy services for the intensive care unit(s) (ICU) and all associated areas including pharmacokinetic and therapeutic consultation.

• In collaboration with Clinical Manager, prepare formulary documents for new ICU requests, protocols, policies, and order sets and make recommendations regarding place on formulary. Develop guidelines to ensure appropriate use of high-cost and/or specialized drugs used in the ICU.
•  Participate in the development of medication use management programs within this facility including clinical guidelines, critical pathways, disease management, and drug use programs.
• Acts as a preceptor to residents and/or students; must maintain minimum requirements as outlined by ASHP, including any certifications, and shall be limited to practicing as a preceptor in training for a maximum of two years.
• Participate in the professional development and competency of clinical staff. Functions as a role model and as an educational resource for pharmacy staff.
• Serve as a resource to the ICU. Provide formal and informal education to medical staff and other healthcare providers when applicable.
•  Keeps informed of all local, state and federal laws covering the storage, handling and dispensing of drugs and for interpreting each medication order to determine that it meets all legal requirements.
• Maintains awareness of contemporary trends in the profession through the professional literature and regular attendance at professional organization meetings, institutes and seminars.
• Provides patient specific medication teaching for discharge medications when appropriate.
• Assist in obtaining medication histories and documenting medication allergies when needed.
•  Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications, Meditech or other required operating systems, Order Scanning Systems, Automated Dispensing Units, Packaging Equipment, Physician Order Entry, and Clinical Integration to systems.
•  Maintain effective communication with Skyline directors and leadership teams.
•  Supervise and direct support personnel.
• Collaborate with staff and clinical pharmacists to ensure all pharmacy consults and high alert Vigilanz activations are completed each day.
•  Work with quality and pharmacy leadership on safety process improvements and all core measures.
• Participates in special projects as needed and performs other duties as assigned.

What qualifications you will need:

• Pharmacist
• Doctorate Degree

Benefits

Frankfort Regional Medical Center, 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

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Frankfort Regional Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services for over 40 years. We give patient's access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 170+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities in Central Kentucky. Frankfort Regional has built an excellent reputation for outstanding subspecialty services. In addition, we have an exceptional network of quality primary care physicians in both family practice and internal medicine. We are consistently named as one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky.

At Frankfort Regional Medical Center, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

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

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Pharmacist opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!

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.