Job Description
**Description**
_**Summary:**_
All pharmacists fill orders for drugs, monitor patient drug therapies and
provide drug information. Pharmacists provide pharmacy services with
compassion, excellence, and efficiency.
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline overlooking Corpus Christi
Bay is the largest and foremost acute care medical facility in the region,
with a full range of diagnostic and surgical specialty services in cardiac,
cancer, and stroke care. It is the leading emergency facility in the area with
a Level II Trauma Center in the Coastal Bend, staffed with physicians and
nurses specially trained in emergency services.
- The Pavilion and North Tower house a state-of-the-art emergency department, ICU, Cardiac Cath Lab and surgical suites
- A teaching facility in affiliation with the Texas A&M; University System Health and Science Center College of Medicine
- Accredited Chest Pain Center
- Accredited Joint Commission Stroke Team
_**Responsibilities:**_
• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of
Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
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 transcribesverifies 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 current pharmacist license. Ensures applicable CE records and
licensure are maintained in department files. Attends staff meetings.
- Completes all competencyskills 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 andor collaborative agreement with other
providers, including managing patient drug therapy, anticoagulation
management, providing patient education, and preparing andor 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.
Occupational Hazards
• 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 for musculoskeletal injuries if proper lifting and carrying
techniques are not used.
• Potential exposure to biologic material when participating in direct patient
care activities (e. g., patient education, code attendance).
- *_Job Requirements:_**
- *A. EducationSkills**
- Doctor of Pharmacy or BS Pharmacy degree required.
- *B. Experience**
- Hospital experience preferred.
- *C. Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications**
- Pharmacy registration in the State of practice.
- Must have pharmacy State licensure within 60 days of start date.
- BLS or ACLS and PALS (pediatric practice) within 180 days of start date.
- *_Work Schedule:_**
Varies
Full Time
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