Staff Pharmacist (Days)

Texas Children's Hospital; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children's Hospital West Campus in Houston seeks a Staff Pharmacist to promote pharmaceutical care by managing the medication process and resolving drug-related problems. Responsibilities include education, safety, and ensuring accurate communications at every shift.

Ideal candidates have a pharmacy degree, Texas RPH, and hospital experience. The role emphasizes discharge review, patient counseling, and involvement in study initiation and maintenance within a pediatric care environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or Ph.D. in Pharmacy required.
• RPH certification from the state of Texas required.
• 2+ years hospital staff pharmacist experience preferred.
• 20 hours of sterile compounding training accredited by ACPE or ASHP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensures medications meet high standards.
• Educates patients, caregivers and the community.
• Supports patient safety systems.
• Checks all communications (email, mailbox, voicemail) each shift.
• Ensures smooth pharmacy operation and serves as a role model for technicians and other pharmacists.
• Maintains investigational drug records per policy.
• Contributes to the medication management process.
• Conducts discharge medication review and counseling for patients/caregivers.
• Participates in study initiation, maintenance and closure.

Skills

Patient education

Pharmacy operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy

RPH certification (TX)

Job description

Job Description

We are searching for a Staff Pharmacist -- someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will promote pharmaceutical care by managing the medication process, identifying and preventing potential drug-related problems, and resolving actual drug-related problems. Additionally, you perform the duties of a registered pharmacist. All responsibilities will be performed in a manner developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served (0-adult).

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Responsibilities

• Ensures medications meet the highest standards
• Participates in the education of patients, caregivers, and the community
• Supports patient safety systems
• Checks all available means of communication including e-mail, mailbox, and voicemail every shift
• Ensures the smooth running of the pharmacy and acts as a role model for technicians and other pharmacists as evidenced by lack of complaints, medication incident reports, and peer review
• Maintains investigational drug records according to departmental policy
• Contribute to the medication management process
• Conduct discharge medication review (difficult to obtain, prescription accuracy) and counseling, ensuring that patients/caregivers understand their medication therapies upon discharge
• Participates in study initiation, maintenance and closure

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or Ph.D. in Pharmacy required
• RPH certification from the state of Texas required
• 2+ years hospital staff pharmacist experience preferred
• 20 hours of training in compounding sterile products accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education or the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists preferred

About Us

Texas Children's Hospital West Campus is Houston's first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city's most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a full-scale pharmacy.

To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.