Clinical Pharmacist: Patient Care & Impact Leader

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Florida; On-site; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Time away from work

401(k) with employer match

Education support

Fertility and family building coverage

Life insurance

Discount programs

Job summary

HCA Florida Aventura Hospital is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to ensure safe, effective, and cost-conscious medication use as part of a multidisciplinary rounding team. You will prepare and dispense medications, verify orders, manage centralized order entry, and oversee sterile/chemo/TPN preparations following USP guidelines.

A state license and residency are valued, with hospital experience preferred. Join a team dedicated to patient care and professional development in an environment that

Qualifications

• B.S. or Pharm D. degree in Pharmacy - Required.
• Current Pharmacist license in good standing with the appropriate State Board of Pharmacy - Required.
• Graduate of an accredited residency is preferred.
• 2 years hospital pharmacist experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and dispenses medication orders per physician request according to established policies, procedures, and protocols
• Verifies Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) orders for accuracy and appropriateness. Intervenes when orders are unclear or potentially unsafe or inappropriate
• Interprets medication orders (verbal and written) and transcribes to computerized patient medication profiles accurately and follows facility practices and procedures for documentation in the patient’s medical record
• Trouble shoots/clarifies Centralized Order Entry (COE) orders
• Prepares and dispenses medications, including sterile, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition preparations safely and accurately using appropriate techniques, USP 797 & 800 guidelines
• Evaluates Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) for appropriateness based on facility policies and guidelines or ASPEN guidelines or recommendations as appropriate
• Issues controlled substances to patient care areas and maintains records as required by law. In addition follows corporate policies and procedures related to the dispensing and monitoring of controlled substances
• Ensures safe, appropriate, evidence-based, and cost-effective medication therapies for patients according to established policies, procedures, and protocols
• Monitors medication therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, drug-laboratory test interactions, allergies, appropriateness of drug and dose, indications and therapeutic duplications

Education

B.S. or Pharm D. degree in Pharmacy

Job description

HCA Florida Aventura Hospital is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to ensure safe, effective, and cost-conscious medication use as part of a multidisciplinary rounding team. You will prepare and dispense medications, verify orders, manage centralized order entry, and oversee sterile/chemo/TPN preparations following USP guidelines.

A state license and residency are valued, with hospital experience preferred. Join a team dedicated to patient care and professional development in an environment that