Travel Pharmacist in Lake Charles, LA

Job Title

Travel: Clinical Pharmacist I

Location

Lake Charles, LA | Inpatient

Schedule / Job Type

Full-Time | Contract (13 Weeks) | Onsite | Varying day or evening shifts; 8, 10, or 12-hour shifts available. Shift options include: 7AM–3:30PM, 8AM–4:30PM, 1PM–9PM, 2PM–10PM, 7AM–5PM, 11AM–9PM, 12PM–10PM, 7AM–7PM, or 8AM–8PM. Rotating weekends required. No on-call requirement. Temp-to-perm possibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and dispense drug orders per physician request in accordance with established policies, procedures, and protocols, including sterile and non-sterile compounding, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition products.
• Interpret verbal and written drug orders and accurately transcribe/verify into the computerized patient medication record; maintain complete and accurate patient drug records.
• Monitor drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies, and appropriateness of drug and dose.
• Provide clinical consultation, drug information, and patient/family education in accordance with institutional protocols; attend interdisciplinary rounds when assigned.
• Participate in antibiotic stewardship, opioid stewardship, shortage management, and quality improvement/medication use review activities.
• Supervise and direct pharmacy support personnel, including verifying daily activities of pharmacy technicians; issue and maintain controlled substance records as required by law.

Required Qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or BS in Pharmacy required.
• Active Louisiana Pharmacy State Licensure required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification via American Heart Association (AHA) required.
• ACLS via AHA required (ACLS preferred over BLS alone).
• Ability to work varying shifts including days, evenings, and rotating weekends.

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Hospital pharmacy experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in an ICU setting; familiarity with cardiac cath lab, emergency department, inpatient behavioral health, and orthopedic surgery environments is a plus.
• ACLS certification via AHA preferred.
• Experience with pharmacokinetic dosing, anticoagulation management, and IV-to-PO conversion programs.

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic, high-acuity inpatient environment with exposure to a wide range of clinical specialties including ICU, cardiac, emergency, behavioral health, and orthopedics.
• Temp-to-perm potential offers long-term career opportunity for the right candidate.