Clinical Staff Pharmacist PICU (Days)
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Job Location:
Houston, MS - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
We are searching for a Clinical Staff Pharmacist for the PICU someone who works well in a fast-paced this position you will manage and promote activities appropriate to ensure a safe and effective medication use process and assist in direct patient care activities to promote optimal drug therapy and resolve medication use problems in a manner developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served (0-adult). Also to perform a registered pharmacists duties as defined by Hospital.
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Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Actively participates in multi-disciplinary rounds with medical specialty service.
- Ensures the appropriateness of all medication doses in reference to the patients diagnosis clinical status weight/body surface area allergies and drug interactions.
- Identifies patients with special needs and oversees coordination of activities to ensure proper delivery of drug therapy.
- Performs outcome-directed therapeutic drug monitoring for patients according to guidelines.
- Monitors therapy for drug drug-nutrient drug-laboratory interactions and discusses interactions with appropriate health care professionals to help ensure patient safety.
- Performs outcome-directed pharmacokinetic monitoring for patients according to guidelines and discusses recommendations with appropriate medical professionals to help provide the best care for the patient.
- Accurately verifies medication orders in the electronic medical record.
- Ensures a safe medication use process.
- Participates in the education of patients care givers and the community.
- Supports patient safety systems.
- Completes intervention documentation in the electronic medical record according to guidelines.
- Performs and documents patient profile review according to guidelines.
- Performs and documents discharge prescription review according to guidelines.
- Enforces the non-formulary medication guidelines.
- Checks all available means of communication including e-mail mailbox and voice mail every shift.
- Ensures a work environment that is clean neat and organized according to departmental standards.
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.
Skills & Requirements
- Required bachelors degree Pharmacy and Ph.D. Pharm. D. degree
- Required RPH - Pharmacist by the State of Texas
- Preferred 1-year PGY1 ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Residency or 3 years clinical experience as pharmacist in a hospital pharmacy setting with multi-disciplinary rounding responsibilities
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- LTC Pharmacy
- Hospital Experience
- Pharmacy Software
- Continuous Improvement
- Go
- Infusion Experience
- Pharmacy Residency
- Training & Development
- Order Entry
- Epic
- Clinical Pharmacy Experience
- Compounding Medications
About Company
Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades suc ... View more
