Clinical Pharmacist

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital; Fort Walton Beach (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Job summary

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital in Florida seeks a Clinical Pharmacist to ensure safe medication use, interpret orders, and dispense therapies. You will collaborate with medical staff, provide drug information, and participate in antimicrobial management and other clinical programs.

The role includes training new pharmacists and technicians, maintaining formulary, and contributing to quality and patient safety initiatives while upholding regulatory requirements in a busy hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Pharmacist with active licensure or eligibility.
• Strong knowledge of drug interactions and dosing.
• Ability to provide medication information to healthcare staff and patients.

Responsibilities

• Interpret orders and verify them into the pharmacy system.
• Accurately compound and dispense pharmaceuticals.
• Monitor drug therapy for interactions and allergies.
• Suggest cost-effective therapeutic alternatives to staff.
• Sustain formulary and promote rational therapy selection.
• Provide medication information to staff and patients.
• Assist with clinical services and programs as defined by leadership.
• Document all clinical activities and interventions.
• Contribute to quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
• Train new pharmacists, residents, and technicians.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Patient safety

Interprofessional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy

Job description

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a(an) Clinical Pharmacist? At HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Job Summary And Qualifications

Interpret orders and transcribes or verifies 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.

Suggests appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic medication alternatives to medical staff.

Sustain the hospital formulary, minimizing nonformulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic interchanges and promotes rational drug therapy selection.

Provide accurate and timely medication information to healthcare staff and patients.

Assist with 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.

Assist with the antimicrobial management and other clinical programs.

Document all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely.

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 training of new pharmacists, pharmacy students, and technicians.

What qualifications you will need

• Pharmacist
• Bachelors Degree

No Travel Required

Benefits

1 years experience Required Years of Experience

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, 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 Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital is a 267-bed hospital. We are a top-performing quality hospital. We have over 300 of the most respected and qualified physicians in the area. We offer an Advanced Primary Stroke Center and a Cancer Care Center. Our services include open-heart surgery and a wide range of specialties. We give advanced care to critically ill patients. We offer emergency services at our main emergency room (ER). We also have a pediatric ER and two freestanding ERs. Together, our team has an unwavering conviction to improve more lives in more ways.

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.

"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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.