Clinical Pharmacist I - Pharm General - PRN
Company: CHRISTUS Health
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: October 12, 2024
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Job Description:
Description Summary: All pharmacists fill orders for drugs,
monitor patient drug therapies and provide drug information.
Pharmacists provide pharmacy services with compassion, excellence,
and efficiency. The CHRISTUS Children's Hospital, established in
1959, was the first children's hospital in South-Central Texas.
Located downtown, this 190-plus-bed hospital serves more than
70,000 children annually from San Antonio, South Texas and around
the world. The hospital (in partnership with Baylor College of
Medicine) is the only academic children's hospital in San Antonio.
Our highly specialized services meet the unique medical needs of
children, from Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care to Children's
Emergency Services, the latest treatments for deformities of the
spine including titanium rib implants and halo traction, a Heart
Center, a specialized asthma program, a highly regarded Cancer and
Blood Disorders Center, and growing maternal services to include
consultation, delivery, and maternal fetal medicine.
Responsibilities: --- Meets expectations of the applicable
OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or
Leader of Leaders. --- Prepares and dispenses drug orders per
physician request according to established policies, procedures,
and protocols. --- Interprets drug orders (verbal and written) and
transcribes/verifies into computerized patient medication record
accurately. Maintains, accurate, complete patient drug record. ---
Compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals including non-sterile and
sterile products, chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition products
accurately. --- Issues controlled substances to patient care areas
and maintains records as required by law and institutional
policies. --- Provides services efficiently and in a timely
fashion. --- Maintains current pharmacist license. Ensures
applicable CE records and licensure are maintained in department
files. Attends staff meetings. --- Completes all competency/skills
assessment requirements. --- Supervises and directs pharmacy
support personnel. Verifies the daily activities of pharmacy
technicians --- Ambulatory care Pharmacist: Provides ambulatory
pharmaceutical care services utilizing approved protocols and/or
collaborative agreement with other providers, including managing
patient drug therapy, anticoagulation management, providing patient
education, and preparing and/or overseeing the preparation and
dispensing of medications. Performs duties in the clinical areas
assigned such as but not limited to anticoagulation clinics,
intensive medical home, transition of care, Discharge Medication
reconciliation, etc. --- Ensures safe, appropriate, cost-effective
drug therapies for patients according to established policies,
procedures, and protocols. --- Monitors drug therapy regimens for
contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions,
allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose. --- Assists with
pharmacokinetics consult service and renal drug dosing per hospital
protocol. --- Reads, extracts, and interprets information in
patient medical records accurately. --- Detects and reports
suspected adverse drug reactions accurately and in a timely manner.
--- Sustains the hospital drug formulary, minimizing non-formulary
procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols, and
promoting rational drug therapy selection. --- Provides clinical
consultation and clarification to practitioners as appropriate. ---
Provides accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to the
hospital's professional staff. --- Provides drug education to
patients and their families per institutional protocol. ---
Participates in the quality improvement and medication use review
activities of the department. Collects data, conducts monitors and
inspections, and maintains logs, records and other documentation as
assigned. --- Conducts designated interventions as defined in
department Clinical Intervention activities (IV to PO, Renal
Dosing, Pharmacokinetic dosing support, Anticoagulation). Baseline
departmental standards for reporting interventions for clinical
productivity as defined by departmental goals. --- Participates in
antibiotic stewardship, opioid stewardship, and shortage management
activities as assigned. --- Attends interdisciplinary rounds when
assigned. --- Provides services efficiently and in a timely
fashion. --- Potential for exposure to hazardous and toxic
substances (including chemotherapeutic, cytotoxic drugs and
cleaning solutions), sticks or cuts by needles and other sharp
items. --- Risk 0 exposure category. --- Potential for
musculoskeletal injuries if proper lifting and carrying techniques
are not used. --- Potential exposure to biologic material when
participating in direct patient care activities (e.g., patient
education, code attendance). Requirements: A. Education/Skills
Doctor of Pharmacy or BS Pharmacy degree required. B. Experience
Hospital experience preferred. C. Licenses, Registrations, or
Certifications Pharmacy registration in the State of practice. Must
have pharmacy State licensure within 60 days of start date. BLS or
ACLS and PALS (pediatric practice) within 180 days of start date.
Work Schedule: Varies Work Type: Per Diem As Needed EEO is the law
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