Monday-Friday 10:30 am-7 pm & every 4th weekend Our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist with Medical City Alliance you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!
Job Summary
The Advanced Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for providing all levels of pharmacy clinical services, monitoring patient medication regimens, and supporting all aspects of pharmacy operations.
Responsibilities
- Interpret orders and transcribe or verify them accurately and efficiently into the pharmacy computer system
- Accurately compound and dispense pharmaceuticals
- Comply with facility policy and procedures and regulatory requirements
- Monitor drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug‑drug interactions, drug‑food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose
- Provide clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners; suggest appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff as needed
- Maintain the hospital formulary, minimize non‑formulary procurements, utilize therapeutic interchanges and promote rational drug therapy selection
- Attend and actively participate in daily multidisciplinary and bedside rounds
- Support the hospital formulary decision process with medical staff to promote rational drug therapy and make improvements identified by drug‑utilization evaluations
- Provide accurate and timely medication information to healthcare staff and patients
- Actively participate in pharmacy clinical services such as drug consults, nutrition support, pharmacokinetics, anticoagulant monitoring, pain management, IV-to-PO, renal dosing and other programs as defined by Pharmacy Leadership
- Participate in antimicrobial management and other clinical programs
- Document all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely; mentor and educate, analyze interventions for accuracy and provide summary reports when assigned
- Support quality improvement, risk management and patient safety programs, including National Patient Safety Goals, Core Measures and HCAHPS medication‑related initiatives
- Complete notification reports regarding medication errors and adverse drug reactions
- Collect data for drug‑utilization evaluations, adverse drug reactions, and pharmacy quality initiatives
- Lead training and mentorship of pharmacists, pharmacy students, residents, technicians, nurses and physicians
- Support training of new pharmacists, pharmacy students, residents, technicians, nurses and physicians
- Precept pharmacy students and/or residents
- Maintain professional competency sufficient to meet current and future needs of the facility
- Apply knowledge of the patient populations served in patient care; provide basic technical support for automated dispensing machines and other pharmacy computer systems
- Effectively supervise pharmacy operation activities and support the entire pharmacy team
- Comply with facility pharmacy schedule to work physically at patient‑care areas to interact with medical staff, nurses and other members of the healthcare team
- Proactively intervene in conflicts between pharmacy and medical staff regarding drug‑therapy issue resolutions
- Participate in Disaster Team drills and real‑event response as assigned
- Participate in Code Teams as assigned
- Maintain appropriate controlled substance records and work with management to meet diversion prevention and monitoring standards
- Comply with all regulatory standards; develop processes to exceed these standards
- Prioritize work and lead others to comply with facility medication turn‑around time policy and procedure; identify areas for improved efficiency
- Supervise and assist pharmacy technicians and other support staff
- Help establish pharmacy goals and objectives and assist in their implementation
- Participate in nursing and medical staff committees as necessary
- Act as supervisor in charge when assigned
- Participate in continuous quality review of order sets and/or computer drug entries
- Participate in continuous quality improvement of pharmacy operations (operational/clinical)
- Provide input for improving pharmacy computer system programs relating to pharmacy, nursing and physician programs
Qualifications
- Pharmacist license
- Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy
- No travel required
- At least 1 year of experience
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Paid time off, paid family leave, long‑ and short‑term disability coverage and leaves of absence
- 401(k) plan with 100% match on 3 % to 9 % of pay; Employee Stock Purchase Plan; flexible spending accounts; retirement readiness tools; rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Additional benefits including fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
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.