Clinical Pharmacist

HCA Houston Healthcare; Pearland (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off and family leave

401(k) plan with employer match

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland in Pearland, TX, seeks a Clinical Pharmacist to lead clinical pharmacy functions and provide guidance and accountability from a clinical perspective to patients, physicians, employees, visitors, and investors receiving pharmacy services. The role emphasizes high-quality, efficient health care services in a hospital setting.

You will develop and coordinate clinical pharmacy functions, assess department and drug-usage processes, and participate in committee

Qualifications

• Pharmacist licensed or eligible to practice.
• Degree: Bachelor’s or Doctorate in Pharmacy.
• No travel required.
• IV certification required.
• 2 years of experience in clinical pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Develops and coordinates clinical functions of pharmacy practice and drug usage.
• Assesses departmental needs and designs programs to improve clinical staff skills.
• Assesses drug usage processes to identify quality and financial improvements.
• Initiates and evaluates new programs within the department.
• Participates in Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and related committees.
• Assists in integrating clinical services with distributive functions.
• Performs distributive functions with staff pharmacists and technicians as needed.

Skills

Pharmacist

No Travel Required

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Doctorate Degree

Tools

IV Certification

Job description

Do you have the career opportunities as a(an) Clinical Pharmacist you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland which is part of the nations leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary and Qualifications

Performs the clinical functions for the Department of Pharmacy. Will provide structure, guidance, and accountability from a clinical standpoint to customers (patients, physicians, employees, visitors, and investors) who receive pharmacy services in a professional and efficient manner.

What you will do in this role:

• Develops and coordinates the clinical functions of pharmacy practice and drug usage. Takes a proactive approach to pharmaceutical services paying attention to key industry trends and dynamics, population demographics, and local market dynamics. Recognizes customer preference and need for new product development and implements processes to support the initiative of providing high quality, effective and efficient health care services.
• Assess the needs of the department from a clinical skills standpoint. Designs, develops, and implements programs to improve the clinical skills of the departmental staff as identified by assessment processes.
• Assess the drug usage process within the facility to identify opportunities for improvement from both a quality and financial perspective. Designs, develops, and implements changes in the drug usage process to address the opportunities identified.
• Initiates and evaluates new programs to be implemented by the department of pharmacy as they pertain to the clinical operation of the department.
• Participates in all meetings of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Medication Safety Committee, Infection Control Committee and any other committee deemed appropriate by Administration or the Medical Staff as they relate to pharmaceutical services. Will coordinate all activities of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee with the chairperson of the committee and the director of pharmacy.
• Assists in the integration of clinical services with the distributive functions of the department.
• Performs distributive functions of the department with staff pharmacists and technicians when deem necessary to maintain effective operations.

What qualifications you will need:

• Pharmacist
• Bachelors Degree, or Doctorate Degree
• No Travel Required
• IV Cert

• 2 years experience Required Years of Experience

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms 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 supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

As the first hospital in Pearland, Texas, HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland is proud to provide healthcare resources to the south Houston communities. Our 50+ bed hospital isn’t just a neighborhood hospital, but we are an exceptional full-service hospital that happens to be in your neighborhood. Our emergency department provides fast and effective care, our women’s diagnostic imaging center provides full-service mammogram procedures, including diagnostic and 3D mammograms, for effective breast cancer screening, and our cardiology team is home to some of the top Houston cardiologists. HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland aspires to connect with each one of our patients to build a network of caring individuals. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

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.

Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do- 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.