Clinical Pharmacist - FT - Days - Pharmacy

DHR Health; Edinburg (TX); On-site; USD 105,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

DHR Health in Edinburg, TX is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist (PRN) to dispense medications, monitor therapies, and provide drug information at the hospital.

The role emphasizes collaboration with physicians and nurses, adherence to regulatory standards, and supervision of support staff in the absence of the Pharmacy Director.

Candidates must hold a Texas license, a Pharm.D. or BS Pharmacy, and be prepared for dynamic, team-based care.

Qualifications

• BS Pharmacy degree or Pharm.D. required.
• Licensed to practice pharmacy in Texas.
• Completed all continuing education requirements

Responsibilities

• Review prescriptions for accuracy and appropriate ingredients.
• Provide drug information and counsel to healthcare staff.
• Monitor patient drug therapy and manage IV/enteral admixtures.
• Supervise pharmacy staff and ensure compliance with regulations.

Skills

Hospital Pharmacy

Clinical Pharmacist Communication

Pharmacology knowledge

Drug information

Education

BS Pharmacy or Pharm.D.

Texas Pharmacist License

CE/CPE requirements

Job description

US:TX:Edinburg | PHARMACY | PRN

Posted a week ago

Description

DHR Health - US:TX:Edinburg - Days

Summary:

POSITION SUMMARY:

Clinical Pharmacists fill orders for parenteral and enteral medications, monitor patient drug therapy, and provide drug information. Clinical Pharmacists supervise and direct support personnel. In the absence of the director of pharmacy, a staff pharmacist may be required to assume the essential responsibilities and perform the duties of the director of pharmacy.

POSITION EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS Pharmacy degree or Pharm.D. or equivalent required
• Licensed to practice pharmacy in the state of Texas required.
• Completed all continuing education requirements

JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:

• Two (2) two years of Hospital experience preferred, but not required.
• Twenty (20) hours of IV admixture preparation training.
• Requires good communication and organizational skills.
• Must have ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Must have ability to speak effectively, and possess strong reasoning ability and good independent judgment.
• Requires working with frequent interruptions

Responsibilities:

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practice

Adhere to instructions issued by the department’s leadership and perform duties in accordance with established DHR routines, methods and techniques, and in compliance with the recognized policies, procedures, standards and practices and within the state Regulatory Acts

Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.

Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage and proper medication storage.

Assess the identity, strength and purity of medications.

Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, and registries of poisons, narcotics, and controlled drugs.

Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.

Plan, implement, and maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.

Teach pharmacy students serving as interns in preparation for their graduation or licensure.

Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment and health-care supplies.

Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, or high blood pressure. Collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of drugs and drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications and characteristics.

Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, therapeutic duplications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, drug-disease interactions, allergies, and appropriateness of drug and dose

Detects, assesses, and reports suspected adverse drug reactions

Provides clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners

Documents all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely

Assists with pharmacokinetics consult service and dosing per organizational protocol

Suggests appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff, as needed

Makes appropriate dosing recommendations

Reviews/interprets culture and susceptibility data for antibiotic appropriateness and recommends changes, as needed

Recommends conversion of intravenous to oral therapy when appropriate

Facilitates the identification, resolution, implementation, and communication of cost-effective medication use issues in collaboration with the medical staff

Keeps pharmacy areas clean, neat, and well organized

Maintains efficient filing systems

Files papers, records, and reports

Entries medication orders into computer

Generates medication fill lists

Generates reports as needed

Issues controlled substances and controlled substance records to patient care areas and maintains records as required by law and pharmacy policies and procedures

Assures adequate control and documentation of controlled substances

Performs controlled substances inventories as scheduled

Utilizes appropriate information resources to answer drug information requests

Provides accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to the professional staff

Sustains formulary by minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols, and promoting rational drug therapy selection

Assists in performing physical inventories

Rotates stock to ensure use before expiration date

Documents all recalled drugs and action taken

Manages support personnel

Performs essential duties of the pharmacy director in his/her absence

Maintains logs, records, and other required documentation

Supervises and directs pharmacy support personnel

Ensures pharmacy services are provided in a timely manner

Compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals

Contacts prescribers regarding unclear or problem medication orders

Prepares intravenous and other sterile products accurately

Prepares chemotherapy products

Reads and interprets medication orders

Checks orders prepared by support personnel

Receives verbal and written medication orders from licensed practitioners

Screens medication orders for completeness, accuracy, and clinical appropriateness

Supervises the intravenous admixture preparation area

Obtains medication histories from patients, caregivers, and health care providers

Maintains accurate and complete patient medication profiles

Reconciles patient profiles and medication administration records

Transcribes orders into computerized patient medication profiles

Maintains outpatient/employees prescription profiles and records

Participates in medication use review activities

Collects and analyzes medication use data per pre-defined criteria

Reviews the use of targeted medications for compliance with current pharmacoeconomic programs

Checks prepackaged medications and prepackaging records

Other information:

LINES OF REPSONSIBILITES:

(Chain-of-command)

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

AGE SPECIFIC

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirement relative to his or her age.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: (ADA)

A. Essential Duties: Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.

The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position:

Light/moderate lifting up to 20 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height.

Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 20 lbs.

Light/moderate carrying up to 20 lbs.

Pulling hand over hand

Pushing

Repeated bending

Stooping/Bending

Reaching above shoulder

Climbing Stairs

Climbing Ladders

Dual simultaneous grasping

Depth Perceptions needed

Ability to see

Identify Colors

Operating office equipment

Operating mechanical equipment

Ability to read and write

Ability to Count

Ability to hear verbal communication without aid

Operating Personal Vehicle

Ability to comprehend written/verbal communication

Other: Ability to deal with stress

B. Working Conditions: The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.

C. Occupational Exposure: This position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids). Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.

Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments. 3

Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly. 3

Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. 2

Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects. Frequently described as the ability to “visualize” objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. 2

Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines. 3

Clerical Perception: Ability to receive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material. To observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic computation. 2

Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed. Ability to make a movement response accurately and quickly. 3

Finger Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with fingers in placing and turning motions. 3

Manual Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with hands in placing and turning motions. 3

Eye-Hand-Foot Coordination: Ability to move the hand and foot coordinately with each other in accordance with visual stimuli. 3

Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive and respond to similarities or differences in colors, shapes, or other values of the same or different color. To identify a particular color, or to recognize harmonious or contrasting color combinations, and to match color adequately. 3

I have read and reviewed my job description with my supervisor or designee and I understand the job I am expected to perform.

If applicable __________ certification will be completed within _________ time frame of hire/transfer date.

Employee Signature: ________________________________ Date: ____________________