Pharmacist

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Florida; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Time away from work programs

401(k) match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Education support

Fertility and family building benefits

Life insurance and other protections

Job summary

HCA Florida Aventura Hospital is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to ensure safe, effective, evidence-based medication use for inpatients. You will leverage advanced pharmacology knowledge and collaborate with a multidisciplinary rounding team to optimize patient care and outcomes.

This role involves dispensing medications, verifying CPOE orders, interpreting orders, preparing sterile products, and monitoring for drug interactions while ensuring compliant documentation.

Qualifications

• B.S. or Pharm D. degree in Pharmacy is required.
• Current Pharmacist license in good standing with the State Board of Pharmacy is 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 CPOE orders for accuracy and intervenes when orders are unclear or potentially unsafe or inappropriate.
• Interprets medication orders and transcribes to computerized patient medication profiles accurately and follows documentation practices.
• Troubleshoots/clarifies Centralized Order Entry orders.
• Prepares and dispenses medications, including sterile, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition preparations safely and accurately.
• Evaluates Total Parenteral Nutrition for appropriateness based on guidelines.
• Issues controlled substances and maintains records as required by law, following company policies.
• Ensures safe, evidence-based, cost-effective medication therapies.
• Monitors medication therapy regimens for interactions and contraindications.

Education

B.S. or Pharm D. degree in Pharmacy

Job description

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Clinical Pharmacist with HCA Florida Aventura Hospital you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Clinical Pharmacist, youare responsible forthe safe, effective, evidence-based, and cost-effective selection andutilizationof medications for the patients you serve. You willutilizeyour advanced pharmacist knowledge, skills, and professional judgment in all aspects of your work. You will serve as a patient advocate when planning and implementing pharmaceutical care within a multidisciplinary rounding team, collaborating with other healthcare professionals in a knowledgeable and professional manner.

• 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 andaccuratelyusingappropriate 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 andmaintainsrecords as required by law. Inadditionfollows 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,indicationsand therapeutic duplications

Required Job Qualifications include:

• B.S. or Pharm D. degree in Pharmacy-Required
• Current Pharmacist license in good standing with theappropriate StateBoard of Pharmacy-Required
• Graduateofan accreditedresidencyispreferred.
• 2 years hospital pharmacist experience is preferred.

Benefits

HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms 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 supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

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