Clinical Pharmacist - FT - Days - BH Flex (New Behavioral Hospital) - 19813

Clinical Pharmacist - FT - Days - BH Flex (New Behavioral Hospital)

DHR Health - US:TX:Edinburg - Days

Summary:

FLSA STATUS: Exempt Non-Exempt

MISSION STATEMENT:

Our Mission is to improve the well-being of those we serve with a commitment to excellence: every patient, every encounter, every time.

VISION:

Our Vision is to create a world-class health system to advance medicine and increase access for the communities we serve by empowering caregivers to heal through compassion, knowledge, innovation, integrated care and excellence.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Clinical Pharmacists fill orders for parenteral and enteral medications, monitor patient drug therapy, and provide drug information. Clinical Pharmacists supervise and direct support personnel. In the absence of the director of pharmacy, a staff pharmacist may be required to assume the essential responsibilities and perform the duties of the director of pharmacy.

POSITION EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS Pharmacy degree or Pharm.D. or equivalent required
• Licensed to practice pharmacy in the state of Texas required.
• Completed all continuing education requirements

JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:

• Two (2) two years of Hospital experience preferred, but not required.
• Twenty (20) hours of IV admixture preparation training.
• Requires good communication and organizational skills.
• Must have ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Must have ability to speak effectively, and possess strong reasoning ability and good independent judgment.
• Requires working with frequent interruptions

Responsibilities:

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practice

Adhere to instructions issued by the department's leadership and perform duties in accordance with established DHR routines, methods and techniques, and in compliance with the recognized policies, procedures, standards and practices and within the state Regulatory Acts

Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.

Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage and proper medication storage.

Assess the identity, strength and purity of medications.

Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, and registries of poisons, narcotics, and controlled drugs.

Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.

Plan, implement, and maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.

Teach pharmacy students serving as interns in preparation for their graduation or licensure.

Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment and health-care supplies.

Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, or high blood pressure. Collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of drugs and drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications and characteristics.

Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, therapeutic duplications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, drug-disease interactions, allergies, and appropriateness of drug and dose

Detects, assesses, and reports suspected adverse drug reactions

Provides clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners

Documents all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely

Assists with pharmacokinetics consult service and dosing per organizational protocol

Suggests appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff, as needed

Makes appropriate dosing recommendations

Reviews/interprets culture and susceptibility data for antibiotic appropriateness and recommends changes, as needed

Recommends conversion of intravenous to oral therapy when appropriate

Facilitates the identification, resolution, implementation, and communication of cost-effective medication use issues in collaboration with the medical staff

Keeps pharmacy equipment clean

Keeps pharmacy areas clean, neat, and well organized

Maintains efficient filing systems

Files papers, records, and reports

Enters medication orders into computer

Generates medication fill lists

Generates reports as needed

Issues controlled substances and controlled substance records to patient care areas and maintains records as required by law and pharmacy policies and procedures

Assures adequate control and documentation of controlled substances

Performs controlled substances inventories as scheduled

Utilizes appropriate information resources to answer drug information requests

Provides accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to the professional staff

Sustains formulary by minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols, and promoting rational drug therapy selection

Assists in performing physical inventories

Rotates stock to ensure use before expiration date

Maintains "borrow/lend" records

Documents all recalled drugs and action taken

Manages support personnel

Performs essential duties of the pharmacy director in his/her absence

Maintains logs, records, and other required documentation

Supervises and directs pharmacy support personnel

Ensures pharmacy services are provided in a timely manner

Compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals

Contacts prescribers regarding unclear or problem medication orders

Prepares intravenous and other sterile products accurately

Prepares parenteral nutrition products

Prepares chemotherapy products

Reads and interprets medication orders

Checks orders prepared by support personnel

Receives verbal and written medication orders from licensed practitioners

Screens medication orders for completeness, accuracy, and clinical appropriateness

Checks medication labels

Checks unit-dose medication carts

Supervises the intravenous admixture preparation area

Obtains medication histories from patients, caregivers, and health care providers

Maintains accurate and complete patient medication profiles

Reconciles patient profiles and medication administration records

Transcribes orders into computerized patient medication profiles

Maintains outpatient/employees prescription profiles and records

Participates in medication use review activities

Collects and analyzes medication use data per pre-defined criteria

Reviews the use of targeted medications for compliance with current pharmacoeconomic programs

Checks prepackaged medications and prepackaging records

All duties described above are applicable in the following Adult, Adolescent, Geriatric, Childrens, State Civil, and State Forensic units

Other information:

LINES OF REPSONSIBILITIES:

(Chain-of-command)

1. Behavioral Health Director ? 2. Pharmacy Director

CUSTOMER SERVICE:

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

AGE SPECIFIC:

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirement relative to his or her age.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: (ADA):

A. Essential Duties: Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.

The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited