Staff Pharmacist

Akahi Associates/Kako'o Services, LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation and sick leave

Life insurance & AD&D

Short-term disability

Health, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with employer matching

Job summary

Akahi Associates LLC is seeking a licensed pharmacist to join our team at Fort Sam Houston/BAMC in San Antonio, TX. The role involves optimizing drug therapy, verifying prescriptions, and preparing complex IV admixtures. You will ensure accuracy, safety, and compliance with SOPs in a high-acuity hospital environment.

The position requires a Doctor of Pharmacy degree, ACPE accreditation, and an active pharmacist license. Inpatient experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in pharmacy.
• Graduate from an ACPE-accredited college or university.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to optimize drug therapy.
• Determines substance type, strength, dosage, and quantity to be dispensed per SOPs.
• Reviews prescriptions for full range of pharmaceuticals, including controlled drugs.
• Performs advanced pharmaceutical calculations for IV admixtures and complex nutrition solutions.
• Prepares labels and verifies medication against prescriptions.
• Assesses inpatient medication orders for dosage, route, frequency, interactions and allergies.
• Performs medication distribution tasks including labeling, compounding and dispensing.
• Follows QA procedures and secure handling of controlled substances.

Education

Bachelor's degree in pharmacy

ACPE-accredited education

Job description

Overview

Location

Fort Sam Houston - Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), San Antonio, TX

Operation Coverage

7 days a week, 24 hours a day, including holidays.

Pay

$70.00

Shift Lengths

• 8-hour shifts (with a 30-minute unpaid lunch/dinner break), or
• 12-hour shifts (with a 30-minute unpaid lunch/dinner break).
• No more than 12 hours may be scheduled in a 24-hour period

Benefits

Vest vacation, sick leave, holiday leave, Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Short Term Disability

Optional Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(K) matching with employee participation in 401(K) plan

Responsibilities

• Works collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to optimize drug therapy.
• Determines type of substance, strength, dosage, and quantity to be dispensed in accordance with accepted practice and pharmacy standing operating procedures (SOPs).
• Receives and reviews prescriptions for the full range of pharmaceuticals to include controlled drugs on the formulary.
• Performs advanced pharmaceutical calculations in the manufacture of intravenous admixtures and complex parental nutrition solutions dealing with body surface area and creatine clearance rate formulas.
• Obtains the pharmaceutical, prepares package labels, visually inspects the medication in the bottle to be dispensed, and verifies appropriate medication, checks the printed label affixed to the container against the original prescription for correctness.
• Reviews and interprets medication orders to inpatients to ensure dosage, route, frequency, potential interactions, and allergies have been screened.
• Performs medication distributive functions, including, but not limited to, preparation and/or verification of medications, labeling, compounding, and dispensing.
• Follows established procedures and protocols concerning quality assurance monitoring, security of controlled substances, and disposal of hazardous medications.
• Participates in orientation, instruction and training of pharmacy technicians, residents, pharmacists, and other health professionals.
• May be identified per shift as a Code Responder and will respond to Code Blues during a particular shift.

Qualifications

• Degree/Education: Bachelor's degree in pharmacy. Graduate from a college or university accredited by the Accreditation Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE).
• Equivalency Determination Request: The Contractor shall not request an equivalency determination as a substitute for education requirements on this labor category.

Certifications (in addition to Basic Life Support identified in paragraph 1.5.45.6.)

Board Certification: None

Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a pharmacist.

Contract Worker Standard Qualifications

. The standard qualifications (duties) or the labor category are as follows:

• Experience: A minimum of one (1) year of inpatient pharmacy experience within the past two (2) years post‑graduation.

AKAHI ASSOCIATES LLC

Akahi Associates is a premier provider of healthcare workers to various military treatment facilities across the United States. With a corporate office in Honolulu, Hawaii and recruiting office in San Antonio, Texas we specialize in providing skilled, trained and highly successful healthcare workers, including RNs, CRNAs, Physicians, LPN/LVN, Licensed Social Workers, and many more.

We have a strong focus on providing our government customers with quality and superior service.

Akahi Associates is an equal opportunity employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

Only qualified individuals who are being considered will be contacted for an interview.