Travel Pharmacist - $3,740 to $3,780 per week in Alexandria, LA

Pharmacist
Location: Alexandria, LA
Agency: TalentBurst Inc.
Pay: $3,740 to $3,780 per week
Shift Information: Days - 5 days x 8 hours
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: 9/21/2026

About the Position

Travel: Clinical Pharmacist I
SHIFT: Varying shift - could be 6:00am- 2:30pm, 7:00am-3:30pm, 8:00 am -4:30pm, 11:00am -7pm and/or 3:00pm-11pm.
Duration - 13 weeks
Alexandria , LA

START: ASAP

Requirements:
Required: Graduate of and ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree (preferred) or BS Pharmacy degree(accepted)
Must have State licensure (LA LICENSE REQUIRED)
Hospital experience preferred
Pharmacy registration in the State of practice
BLS or ACLS via AHA
Weekend Requirement
Every other weekend 2 x 10 hour shifts
On Call Requirement
No call
Floating Requirement / Locations
No floating
Dress Code
Pewter scrubs
Summary:
All pharmacists fill orders for drugs, monitor patient drug therapies and provide drug information. Pharmacists provide pharmacy services with compassion, excellence and efficiency.
Responsibilities:
Operational Duties and Responsibilities
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 competency required for current job title/position
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.
Clinical Duties and Responsibilities
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
Requirements:
Required: Graduate of and ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree (preferred) or BS Pharmacy degree(accepted)
Must have State licensure
Hospital experience preferred
Pharmacy registration in the State of practice.
BLS or ACLS
Work Schedule:
Varying shift - could be 6:00am- 2:30pm, 7:00am-3:30pm, 8:00 am -4:30pm, 11:00am -7pm and/or 3:00pm-11pm.
Work Type:
Full Time

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