Clinical Pharmacist PRN: Patient-Centered Med Therapy

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Florida; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

401k match

Education support

Additional benefits

Job summary

HCA Florida Palms West Hospital seeks a Clinical Pharmacist to ensure safe, effective, and cost-aware medication use in a multidisciplinary rounding team. You will prepare, verify, and optimize therapies, including sterile and chemotherapy preparations, while monitoring for interactions and safety.

The role emphasizes patient advocacy, accurate documentation, and adherence to USP guidelines. It is a hospital-based position within a comprehensive benefits environment.

Qualifications

• B.S. or Pharm D. degree in Pharmacy - Required
• Current Pharmacist license in good standing - 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

Skills

Pharmacist license

Hospital experience

Education

B.S. or Pharm D. degree in Pharmacy

Job description

HCA Florida Palms West Hospital seeks a Clinical Pharmacist to ensure safe, effective, and cost-aware medication use in a multidisciplinary rounding team. You will prepare, verify, and optimize therapies, including sterile and chemotherapy preparations, while monitoring for interactions and safety.

The role emphasizes patient advocacy, accurate documentation, and adherence to USP guidelines. It is a hospital-based position within a comprehensive benefits environment.