Clinical Staff Pharmacist - Main Campus (7:30a - 4p) Part Time:
Texas Children's Hospital

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Texas Children's Hospital
Houston Texas
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Job Summary

We are searching for a Clinical Staff Pharmacist - someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will manage and promote activities appropriate to ensure a safe and effective medication use process and assist indirect patient care activities to promote optimal drug therapy and resolve medication use problems in a manner developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served.

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Responsibilities

Utilizes Skills to Serve as a Clinical Practitioner

* Actively participates in multidisciplinary rounds with medical specialty services
* Ensures the appropriateness of all medication doses in reference to the patient's diagnosis, clinical status, weight/body surface area, allergies, and drug interactions as evidenced by the lack of medication incidents
* Identifies patients with special needs and oversees the coordination of activities to ensure the proper delivery of drug therapy
* Performs outcome-directed therapeutic drug monitoring for patients according to guidelines. Monitors therapy for drug-drug, drug-nutrient, drug-laboratory interactions. Discusses interactions with appropriate health care professionals to help ensure patient safety. Measures compliance
* Performs outcome-directed pharmacokinetics monitoring for patients according to guidelines and discusses recommendations with appropriate medical professionals to help provide the best care for the patient

Ensures a safe medication use process

* Promotes the use of formulary medications and follows procedures to obtain non-formulary medication
* Identifies opportunities for improvement in the area of practice; works with a clinical pharmacy specialist to accomplish this improvement
* Identifies and suggests agents be added, deleted, or modified to within the formulary, works with a clinical pharmacy specialist to accomplish the change
* Reports, investigates, follows up, and takes appropriate action for medication incidents and adverse drug reactions

Participates in the education of patients, caregivers, and the community

* Provides correct and timely drug information to medical, nursing as needed
* Participates in the training of new employees as evidenced by peer review and agenda
* Participates in the education of pharmacy students as evidenced by student feedback
* Provides medication education to patients/parents/caregivers as requested by the medical team or by hospital standard operating procedure
* Demonstrates current professional and technical knowledge and skill
* Develops educational programs, both practice-area specific and general education for pharmacists, in collaboration with a clinical pharmacy specialist to ensure good patient car
* Serves as a preceptor to pharmacists and pharmacy student
* Provides medication education to patients/parents/caregivers as requested by the medical team

Supports patient safety systems

* Completes intervention documentation in the online documentation program according to guidelines
* Performs and documents patient profile review according to guideline
* Performs and documents discharge prescription review according to guideline
* Enforces the Non-Formulary medication guidelines

Qualifications

* Being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including any booster dose(s) of the COVID-19 vaccine recommended by the Centers for Disease Control when eligible, is required for all employees at Texas Children's unless approved for a medical or religious exemption.
* Bachelor's Degree - Pharmacy required, OR
* Ph.D. - Pharm. D. degree required
* RPH - Pharmacist for State of Texas required
* 1 year PGY1 ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Residency preferred, OR
* 3 years' experience as a pharmacist in a hospital pharmacy setting with multi-disciplinary rounding responsibilities preferred

Company Profile

Since 1954, Texas Children's has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children's hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S.News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city's Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children's comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Center for pediatric research; Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children's Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; and Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children's care for communities north of Houston. We have also created the nation's first HMO for children, established the largest pediatric primary care network in the country and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children's Hospital is also academically affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities. You can also learn more about our amazing culture at infinitepassion.org.

Texas Children's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.