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Introduction

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below:Clinical PharmacistHCA Houston Healthcare Northwest

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

+ Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.

+ Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.

+ Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing

+ 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)

+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock

+ Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.

+ Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more

+ Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts

+ Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships

+ Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)

+ Colleague recognition program

+ Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

+ Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

_Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._

We are seeking a(an) Clinical Pharmacist for our team to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. Did you get into our industry for these reasons? We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for providing general clinical and operational pharmacy services. This includes supervision of technical staff.

What will you do in this role:

+ Verifies Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) orders for accuracy and appropriateness and intervenes when orders are unclear or potentially unsafe or inappropriate

+ Interprets medication orders (verbal and written), transcribes to computerized patient medication profiles accurately, follows facility practices and procedures for documentation in the patient’s medical record and trouble shoots/clarifies Centralized Order Entry (COE) orders as appropriate

+ Prepares and dispenses medications, including sterile, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition preparations safely and accurately using appropriate techniques, USP 797 & 800 guidelines.

+ Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, drug-lab test interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose, indications and therapeutic duplications

+ Suggests appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic medication alternatives to medical staff

+ Sustains the hospital formulary, minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic interchanges and promotes rational drug therapy selection

+ Provides accurate and timely medication information to healthcare staff and patients and performs applicable medication reconciliation

+ Assists with clinical services such as drug consults, nutrition support, pharmacokinetics, anticoagulant monitoring, pain management, IV to PO, renal dosing and A21 programs as defined by Pharmacy Leadership

+ Participates in rounds and/or direct follow up with providers. This may include interdisciplinary rounds, rounds with individual providers, onsite/in person follow up with providers, and via phone or written communication based on urgency/ability to meet with provider in person

+ Assists with the antimicrobial management and other clinical programs

+ Documents all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely. Responsible for mentoring and education as well as ongoing analysis of interventions A21

+ Supports and participates in the goals of the organization’s quality improvement, risk management and patient safety program to include but not limited to National Patient Safety Goals, Core Measures, HCAHPS and Leapfrog medication related initiatives

+ Completes notification reports regarding medication errors and adverse drug reactions

+ Participates in the training of new pharmacists, pharmacy students, and technicians

+ Models, mentors, and encourages pharmacy students and colleagues in a manner that fosters highly professional pharmaceutical care and high personal standards of integrity

+ Maintains current pharmacist licensure, and maintains competence required for current job title/position. Pursues board certification or other training/certific+A12ation for clinical area of expertise based on job role

+ Has knowledge of the patient population served and applies that knowledge in the care of those patients

+ Provides basic technical support for automated dispensing machines and other pharmacy computer systems

+ Effectively supervises pharmacy operation activities and provides support to the whole pharmacy team

+ Compliant with facility pharmacy schedule requirements to work physically at patient care areas to interact with medical staff, nurses and other members of the healthcare team.

+ Effectively and proactively intervenes in conflicts between pharmacy and medical staff regarding drug therapy issue resolutions

+ Trains and participates with Disaster Team drills and real-event response as assigned

+ Trains and participates with Code Teams as assigned. Obtain and maintain BLS-ACLS or PALS current certification as appropriate.

What qualifications you will need:

+ Pharmacist

+ Bachelors Degree, or Doctorate Degree, or Pharmacy Practice Residency - PGY1

+ Current pharmacist license in good standing with the appropriate State Board of Pharmacy; Board Certification preferred

+ 5 years hospital experience preferred. 3 years HCA inpatient hospital preferred

HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/hca-houston-healthcare-northwest) is a **415+ bed acute care hospital** that has been serving the north Houston communities for more than 40 years, providing a wide range of medical services including cardiology, maternity care, **Level III NICU** , pediatrics, bariatrics and neurology. We comprehensively serve our community by employing expert physicians, specialists, nurses and support staff who work together as a unified team to offer a range of diagnostic treatment and support services. From our 24-hour emergency department with **Level II Trauma** capabilities, to women’s services, to cardiology, we are dedicated to improving the health of our community by delivering exceptional, personalized healthcare. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Clinical Pharmacist opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. **We are interviewing apply today!**

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.