Clinical Pharmacist

HCA Healthcare; Port Charlotte (FL); On-site; USD 26,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Time away from work

401(k) Plan with match

Tuition assistance

Education support

Job summary

HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital in Port Charlotte, FL is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist for a part-time 20-hour weekly position. You will be integral to advancing clinical pharmacy practice and improving patient outcomes alongside our care team.

The role involves developing programs, complying with regulations, and supporting services such as drug therapy monitoring, nutrition support, and antimicrobial management.

Qualifications

• BS or PharmD in Pharmacy required.
• Acute-care hospital pharmacist experience preferred.
• FL Pharmacist license or license eligible.
• NAPLEX eligibility.
• Strong reading, verbal instructions, and PC skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain clinical pharmacy programs to meet patient needs.
• Comply with facility policies and regulatory requirements.
• Interpret, transcribe, and verify orders in the pharmacy system.
• Monitor drug therapy for interactions, allergies, and appropriate dosing.
• Support clinical services like drug consults, nutrition support, anticoagulant monitoring, and antimicrobial management.
• Suggest cost-effective therapeutic alternatives and promote formulary compliance.
• Document all clinical activities and oversee technicians' work.
• Participate in training of pharmacists, students, and technicians.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Critical thinking

PC skills

Education

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

PharmD degree

Job description

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a(an) Clinical Pharmacist today with HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital.

This is a part-time, 20 hours/week position

Job Summary and Qualifications

We are currently seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to join our dynamic team. Our clinical pharmacist would be an integral part of advancing clinical pharmacy practice and improving patient outcomes.

What you will do in this role:

• Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of clinical pharmacy programs to ensure clinical services meet the requirements and needs of the patient population and community.

• Comply with facility policy and procedures and regulatory requirements

• Interpret orders and transcribe or verify them accurately and efficiently into the pharmacy computer system.

• Monitor drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose.

• Assist with clinical services such as drug consults, nutrition support, pharmacokinetics, anticoagulant monitoring, pain management, IV to PO, renal dosing, antimicrobial management, and clinical programs defined by HCA.

• Suggest appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic medication alternatives to prescribers, sustain the hospital formulary, minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic interchanges and promoting appropriate drug therapy selection.

• Document all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely.

• Oversee the quality of technicians work to ensure appropriateness of drugs ordered, dosage, route and interactions. Review and adjust medications of dosage/schedule as appropriate for patients to improve their condition.

• Monitor narcotic transactions and support the controlled substance program by dispensing and reconciling the quantity/type of narcotics leaving the pharmacy.

• Accurately compound and dispense pharmaceuticals as needed.

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

• Support and participate in the goals of the organization’s quality improvement, risk management and patient safety program to include but not limited to reporting medication errors and adverse drug reactions, National Patient Safety Goals, Core Measures and HCAHPS medication related initiatives.

• Maintain professional competency.

• Participate in the training of new pharmacists, pharmacy students, and technicians

What qualifications you will need:

• Bachelor of Science or Pharm D degree in Pharmacy from College of Pharmacy

• Experience as a pharmacist in an acute-care hospital setting or general pharmacy practice residency preferred.

• Current FL Pharmacist license or license eligible.

• Eligible to sit for North American Pharmacist Licensure Exam (NAPLEX).

• Critical thinking, service excellence and good interpersonal communication skills, ability to read/comprehend written instructions, ability to follow verbal instructions, PC skills.

Benefits

HCA Florida Fawcett 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 (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital is a 237 bed acute care hospital. We serve Charlotte County. We have emergency care, an accredited cancer program, a stroke center of excellence and a chest pain center. We have an orthopedic and spine center, wound management and hyperbaric medicine. We have inpatient, outpatient and cardiovascular surgery. We have sports and rehabilitation services and outpatient programs. HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital provides community wellness programs. We have provided healthcare in Charlotte County for 40 years. Our colleagues enjoy our culture of compassion, respect and service. Over 350 area physicians work with us. We have received the America's top 100 hospital recognition. This makes us one of the best hospitals in Charlotte County. We hope you'll consider a career at HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital.

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.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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