Clinical Pharmacist

HCA Houston Healthcare; Webster (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Prescription drug coverage

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Behavioral health benefits

Telemedicine

PTO & leaves

401(k) with match

Education assistance

Tuition assistance

Student loan assistance

Certification support

Dependent scholarships

Fertility & family building assistance

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake is seeking a Pharmacist to lead clinical functions of the Pharmacy Department, offering guidance and accountability from a clinical perspective to patients, physicians, staff and stakeholders receiving pharmacy services.

The role focuses on developing and coordinating clinical programs, assessing drug usage processes, and driving improvements in quality and efficiency while collaborating with hospital committees and leadership.

Qualifications

• Pharmacist license required.
• Bachelor's Degree or Doctorate Degree in Pharmacy.
• No travel required.
• IV certification required.
• 2 years of experience required.

Responsibilities

• Performs clinical functions for the Department of Pharmacy.
• Provides structure, guidance, and accountability from a clinical standpoint to patients, physicians, employees, visitors and investors who receive pharmacy services.
• Assesses department clinical needs and designs programs to improve clinical staff skills.
• Evaluates drug usage processes and implements improvements for quality and financial outcomes.
• Coordinates Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee activities with chair and director of pharmacy.

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Doctorate Degree

Tools

IV Certification

Job description

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.

• 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 Clear Lake, 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

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake is a 530+ bed hospital where sophisticated, world-class medicine meets the comfort, care and convenience of a community hospital. For more than 40 years, we have proudly been providing high quality, cost-effective, comprehensive healthcare to the Houston Bay Area. We opened our doors in 1972 and now employ 2,000+ staff members and 900+ physicians in a wide range of specialties. Our specialists offer more talent and experience than any other hospital in the region. We are a Level II Trauma Center and the only exclusive heart hospital south of Houston. Our accredited center provides nationally-recognized care in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and recovery of cardiovascular diseases. HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake offers a variety of other services, including Woman Services, Pediatric Care, Breast Diagnostic Center, ACR-accredited Imaging Center, Wound Care Treatment Center featuring Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, and much more. 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.

\"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

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.