Pharmacist

Hourly Wage Estimate: $50.75 - $76.12 / hour Learn More About The Benefits Offered For This Job. The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range. Do you have the career opportunities as a Pharmacist you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Reston Hospital Center which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare. Job Summary And Qualifications Assesses all physician orders to insure accuracy, drug allergies, drug-drug interactions, appropriate dose for age/weight of patients. Documents all interventions. Communicates well with all health care workers. Counsels patients on medication use when requested on discharge of a special care nursery patient, a peds patient and all other patients discharged on seven (7) or greater medications. Monitors drugs with a narrow therapeutic range problem prone or high use and makes recommendations to ensure positive patient outcomes. Reviews antibiotic therapy for appropriateness of culture and sensitivity reports as well as cost effective alternative recommendations. Ensures medications are stored and handled properly by completing unit inspections by the end of each month. Assists in teaching programs involving nursing personnel and other health care providers. Provides drug information as requested by patients, nurses, physicians and other health care provides Directs work of technicians including IV admixture, preparation of intensive care nursery meds, TPN, chemotherapy, and unit dose prepacking. Attend codes providing pharmaceutical expertise to the situation. Monitors all medications for patients 65 years or older with decrease creatinine clearance. Review and prepare all special care nursery and pediatric patients per policy. Checks exchange medication carts prior to delivery. Fills/checks employee prescriptions ensuring all documentation completed, counsels employee. Always reorders when stock is low. Makes rounds at least twice a shift - ensures rounds made at least every hour. Does a narcotic inventory 100% of the time as per protocol. What qualifications you will need Graduate of a college of pharmacy with BS or Pharm. D accredited by the American Council on Pharmacy Education. Licensed Pharmacist in the Commonwealth of Virginia BLS Certification Previous experience as a Pharmacist (hospital pharmacy experience preferred) Benefits Reston Hospital Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include: Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts Learn More About Employee Benefits Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location. Reston Hospital Center has provided quality healthcare services since 1986. We give patient’s access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 230+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities in Reston and the growing Northern Virginia region. We offer a full range of medical services, including 24-hour emergency care. Our hospital specializes in maternal/child health, surgical services on both an inpatient and extensive outpatient basis. We offer urological services including lithotripsy. Our cancer care offers state-of-the-art radiation therapy, rehabilitation therapy programs and a wide array of diagnostic imaging capabilities. Reston Hospital Center is a certified Stroke Center, certified Total Joint Center and the only accredited Chest Pain Center in Northern Virginia. We are the only Hospital in Northern Virginia to receive Joint Commission designation as a Top Performer on Key Quality measures for multiple consecutive years. At Reston Hospital Center, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way. 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. "Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr Reston Hospital