Clinical Pharmacist I - Pharm General - PRN
Company: Christus Health
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: October 23, 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
Work Schedule:
Varies
Work Type:
Per Diem As Needed
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