Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

Medical City Alliance; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Time away from work

Savings and retirement resources

Education support

Additional benefits

Job summary

JobRx, Inc. in Fort Worth, TX is seeking an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist to deliver comprehensive pharmacy clinical services. You will monitor patient regimens, provide interventions, and support all aspects of pharmacy operations in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities include interpreting orders, compounding and dispensing, ensuring regulatory compliance, participating in rounds, and mentoring staff. The role emphasizes drug therapy optimization, patient safety, and collaboration with medical

Qualifications

• Pharmacist licensed to practice in the U.S.
• Bachelor's Degree required
• No travel required
• 1 year experience required

Responsibilities

• Interpret orders and verify them into the pharmacy system
• Accurately compound and dispense pharmaceuticals
• Monitor drug therapy for interactions and dosing
• Provide clinical consultation to practitioners
• Participate in daily rounds and pharmacy governance
• Mentor pharmacists, students and staff

Skills

Pharmacist

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Job Summary

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for providing all levels of pharmacy clinical services. This includes monitoring patient medication regimens and providing appropriate interventions as well as supporting all aspects of pharmacy operations.

Monday-Friday 10:30 AM–7:00 PM & every 4th weekend

What you will do

• Interpret orders and transcribe or verify them accurately and efficiently into the pharmacy computer system
• Accurately compound and dispense pharmaceuticals
• Complies 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.
• Sustain the hospital formulary, minimizing nonformulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic interchanges and promoting rational drug therapy selection
• Attend and actively participate in daily multidisciplinary and bedside rounds
• Support the hospital formulary decision process by working 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 the antimicrobial management and other clinical programs
• Document all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely. Responsible for mentoring and education as well as ongoing analysis of interventions to insure accurate and appropriate documentation and provide summary reports (if assigned)
• Support and participate in the goals of the organization's quality improvement, risk management and patient safety program to include but not limited to National Patient Safety Goals, Core Measures and HCAHPS medication related initiatives.
• Complete notification reports regarding medication errors and adverse drug reactions
• Participate in the data collection of drug utilization evaluations, adverse drug reactions, and pharmacy quality initiatives
• Lead the training and mentorship of pharmacists, pharmacy students, residents, technicians, nurses and physicians
• Participate in the training of new pharmacists, pharmacy students, residents, technicians, nurses and physicians
• Participate in preceptorship of pharmacy students and/or residents
• Maintain professional competency sufficient to meet current and future needs of the facility
• Has knowledge of the patient populations served and apply that knowledge in the care of those patients. Provide basic technical support for automated dispensing machines and other pharmacy computer systems
• Effectively supervise pharmacy operation activities and provides support to the whole pharmacy team
• Compliant with facility pharmacy schedule to work physically at patient care areas to interact with medical staff, nurses and other members of the healthcare team.
• Effectively and proactively intervene in conflicts between pharmacy and medical staff regarding drug therapy issue resolutions.
• Train and participate with Disaster Team drills and real‑event response as assigned
• Train and participate with Code Teams as assigned.
• Maintain appropriate controlled substance records. Work with the Pharmacy Director and appropriate manager to identify processes to meet or exceed all controlled substance diversion prevention and monitoring standards.
• Comply with all regulatory standards. Work with the Pharmacy Director to identify and develop processes to meet or exceed all regulatory 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 effectively
• Participate in establishing pharmacy goals and objectives and assist in their implementation
• Participate with various nursing and medical staff committees as necessary
• Act as supervisor in charge as assigned
• Participate in the continuous quality review of order sets and/or computer drug entries
• Participate in the 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
• Bachelors Degree
• No Travel Required
• 1 years experience Required Years of Experience

Benefits

• 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

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.