Clinical Pharmacist I - General Pharmacy

CHRISTUS Health; Alexandria (LA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

CHRISTUS Health in Alexandria, LA is seeking an experienced Pharmacist to fill orders, monitor therapies, and provide patient education. The role includes ambulatory care services, anticoagulation management, and overseeing both non-sterile and sterile preparations in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities include ensuring accurate documentation, maintaining patient drug records, and contributing to drug safety protocols while meeting licensure and competency requirements.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy with a PharmD (preferred) or BS Pharmacy degree (accepted).
• Must have State licensure by start date.
• Hospital experience preferred; Pharmacy registration in the state of practice.
• BLS or ACLS; PALS within 180 days of start date.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and dispenses drug orders per physician request according to policies and protocols.
• Interprets drug orders and maintains accurate patient drug records.
• Compounds and dispenses non-sterile and sterile products, including chemotherapy.
• Provides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services and participates in anticoagulation management.
• Maintains drug formulary, monitors for contraindications, and offers clinical drug information.

Skills

Ambulatory care

Anticoagulation management

Pharmacokinetic dosing

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy (ACPE accredited)

BS Pharmacy

Job description

Summary:

All pharmacists fill orders for drugs, monitor patient drug therapies and provide drug information. Pharmacists provide pharmacy services with compassion, excellence and efficiency.

Responsibilities:

Operational Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepares and dispenses drug orders per physician request according to established policies, procedures and protocols.
• Interprets drug orders (verbal and written) and transcribes/verifies into computerized patient medication record accurately. Maintains, accurate, complete patient drug record.
• Compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals including non-sterile and sterile products, chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition products accurately.
• Issues controlled substances to patient care areas and maintains records as required by law and institutional policies.
• Provides services efficiently and in a timely fashion.
• Maintains competency required for current job title/position
• Maintains current pharmacist license. Ensures applicable CE records and licensure are maintained in department files. Attends staff meetings.
• Completes all competency/skills assessment requirements.
• Supervises and directs pharmacy support personnel. Verifies the daily activities of pharmacy technicians
• Ambulatory care Pharmacist
• Provides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services utilizing approved protocols and/or collaborative agreement with other providers, including managing patient drug therapy, anticoagulation management, providing patient education, and preparing and/or overseeing the preparation and dispensing of medications. Performs duties in the clinical areas assigned such as but not limited to: anticoagulation clinics, intensive medical home, transition of care, Discharge Medication reconciliation, etc.

Clinical Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures safe, appropriate, cost effective drug therapies for patients according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose.
• Assists with pharmacokinetics consult service and renal drug dosing per hospital protocol.
• Reads, extracts and interprets information in patient medical records accurately.
• Detects and reports suspected adverse drug reactions accurately and in a timely manner.
• Sustains the hospital drug formulary, minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols and promoting rational drug therapy selection.
• Provides clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners as appropriate.
• Provides accurate, adequate and timely drug information to the hospital’s professional staff.
• Provides drug education to patients and their families per institutional protocol.
• Participates in the quality improvement and medication use review activities of the department. Collects data, conducts monitors and inspections and maintains logs, records and other documentation as assigned.
• Conducts designated interventions as defined in department Clinical Intervention activities (IV to PO, Renal Dosing, Pharmacokinetic dosing support, Anticoagulation)
• Baseline departmental standards for reporting interventions for clinical productivity as defined by departmental goals.
• Participates in antibiotic stewardship, opioid stewardship, and shortage management activities as assigned
• Attends interdisciplinary rounds when assigned
• Provides services efficiently and in a timely fashion

Requirements:

• Required: Graduate of and ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree (preferred) or BS Pharmacy degree(accepted)
• Must have State licensure by start date
• Hospital experience preferredPharmacy registration in the State of practice.
• BLS or ACLS; PALS (pediatric practice) within 180 days of start date

Work Schedule:

5 Days - 8 Hours

Work Type:

Full Time