Hospital/ Retail Pharmacist - Houston, TX, United States - CHRISTUS Health

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Job Description This job requires relocation.
All pharmacists fill orders for drugs, monitor patient drug therapies and provide drug information. Pharmacists provide pharmacy services with compassion, excellence, and efficiency.

You're passionate about working in a superior health care setting, committed to developing your potential to its fullest, and you understand the importance of balancing hard work with a great quality of life.

Here you'll find a faith-based, value-driven health care ministry that has provided excellent, compassionate care to South Texans since 1905.

Our Associates work hard to serve a half-million residents across 12 counties, in six acute care hospitals, a network of family health centers, a nationally accredited Cancer Center, the Heart Institute, and a nationally certified Chest Pain Center and Stroke Center.

Prepares and dispenses drug orders per physician request according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.

• 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.
• Attends staff meetings.
• 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.
• Sustains the hospital drug formulary, minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols, and promoting rational drug therapy selection.
• Provides accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to the hospital's professional staff.
• 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.
• 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 exposure to biologic material when participating in direct patient care activities (e.g., Doctor of Pharmacy or BS Pharmacy degree required

Hospital experience preferred
Pharmacy registration in the State of practice.
Must have pharmacy State licensure within 60 days of start date.
Per Diem As Needed

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