Clinical Pharmacist
Saint Luke's Baptist Hospital
San Antonio, TX
5x8 hrs

This position may qualify for a sign-on bonus.

Summary

The Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for maintaining pharmaceutical dispensing functions, including clinical review functions, in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirements. The Clinical Pharmacist provides pharmaceutical care and products to all neonate, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients, including inpatients and outpatients.

General Functions: 

• Interprets medication orders (verbal and written) and transcribes to computerized patient mediation 
  profiles. Maintains patient medication profiles.
• Compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals, including sterile, chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition 
  products 
• Dispenses controlled substances to patient care areas and maintains records 
• Maintains the formulary by minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic 
  substitution protocols and promoting rational drug therapy selection.
• Provides direction to pharmacy personnel and ensures effective operation of the pharmacy 
  department. Verifies the daily activities of pharmacy technicians, interns and residents.
• Complies with standards or rules and regulations of regulatory agencies: TJC, TX State Board of 
  Pharmacy, TX Department of Health, OSHA, DEA, TX Department of Public Safety, EEOC / TEC.
• Ensures safe, appropriate, cost-effective medication therapies for patients according to established 
  policies, procedures and protocols 100%
• Detects and reports suspected adverse drug reactions and medication occurrences.
• Utilizes formulary initiatives and clinical review to provide adequate pain management for the 
  patient.
• Utilizes principles of drug dosing in the pediatric and neonatal patient to provide medications to 
  patients in correct doses and formulations
• Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food 
  interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose.
• Adjusts dosages or choice of medications based on decreased renal clearances in the elderly or other 
  patients with compromised renal function.
• Assists with pharmacokinetics consult service and drug dosing per BHS protocol
• Reviews/interprets culture and susceptibility data for antibiotic appropriateness and recommends 
  changes, as needed.
• Reads extracts and interprets information in patient charts.
• Provides clinical consultations and clarification to practitioners. Suggests appropriate, cost effective 
  therapeutic alternatives to medical staff.
• Provides drug information to the professional staff, patients and families.
• Participates in the development and presentation of orientation, education, and training programs to the pharmacy, medical, nursing, and other staffs.
• Follows up with other staff as a team to complete unresolved interventions.
• Performs initial screening of order entry to provide information to perform interventions and 
  documents all clinical activities and interventions
• Utilizes resources efficiently and effectively
• Maintains safe environment
• Addresses patient population-specific needs
• Participates in Performance Improvement activities