Sr Staff Pharmacist
Company: Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital
Location: Cypress
Posted on: October 24, 2024
Job Description:
At Houston Methodist, the Senior Staff Pharmacist position is
responsible for an expanded clinical role that may include
responsibility for proactive review of patient profiles,
participation in basic clinical functions such as discharge
counseling, medication histories, completion of pharmacy consults,
and participation in special projects. This position provides
day-to-day comprehensive, patient-oriented pharmacy services in any
or all areas of the department to include processing orders,
therapy review, and education to patients and other members of the
direct patient care team. Other duties for the Senior Staff
Pharmacist position include serving as a role model and preceptor
for staff pharmacists, pharmacy students, and residents in the
integration of clinical and distributive services in the
Department. This position also contributes to fulfilling the
department's mission by collaborating to provide innovative,
personalized, cost-effective pharmaceutical care in a culture
dedicated to quality and safety.
PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Promotes a positive work environment and contributes to a
dynamic, team focused work unit that actively helps one another to
achieve optimal department results. Collaborates with all members
of the patient care team by actively communicating and reporting
pertinent patient care information and data in a comprehensive
manner. Role models to team members effective communication skills,
assisting in their development of such skills.
- Guides and mentors pharmacy technicians, students, and new
pharmacists to help build confidence in skills, knowledge and
abilities. Serves as a coordinator for the shift overseeing and
leading activities of technicians and other support staff.
- Develops educational materials and provides educational
programs for the pharmacy staff and other hospital personnel.
SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Serves as a unit-based pharmacist and exercises good judgment
in patient care decisions by providing operational and clinical
support which may include, but is not limited to order
verification, processing orders/requests and automatic stop orders,
providing pharmacy consults, medication histories, patient
counseling, proactive drug therapy reviews and monitoring,
collaborating with other health care staff for problem resolution
for the achievement of patient specific goals.
- Monitors workload fluctuations and work output of pharmacy
technician(s), adjusting assignments as appropriate to ensure
accurate and timely delivery of medications to patient care areas.
- Conducts proactive drug therapy reviews and monitoring,
providing drug information, patient counseling, and management of
pharmacist based dosing protocols, collaborating with other health
care staff for problem resolution for the achievement of
patient-specific goals.
QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Collaborates with other health care professionals to manage
patient's drug therapy for effectiveness, side effects, adverse
drug reactions, toxicities, drug interactions, and
incompatibilities following guidelines for formulary management and
clinical intervention tools. Documents patient care activities and
patient outcomes as impacted by pharmaceutical care and clinical
interventions.
- Participates in department quality management activities, i.e.
medication use evaluations, adverse drug reactions and medication
error reporting, clinical interventions, medication center reviews,
and inventory management documentation and reporting.
- Works with other departments and/or committees to improve
medication safety and implement best practices in line with ISMP
safety guidelines.
FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Manages inventory to minimize waste and expired drugs in the
work area as well as uses one's resources effectively and
efficiently.
- Identifies cost savings and/or revenue opportunities for the
hospital and shares their ideas with the pharmacy staff and
management team. Self-motivated to independently manage time
effectively and prioritize tasks for self, pharmacy technicians,
and other support staff.
GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Participates in inter- and intra-departmental activities
including in-services, article publication/presentation,
preceptorship, and additional training. Seeks opportunities to
expand learning beyond baseline competencies with a focus on
continual development as a Staff Pharmacist.
- Participates in technology assessment, selection, development,
planning and implementation of system changes. Identifies and helps
to resolve operational and clinical service issues related to
technology.
- Identifies new trends in medication therapy and hospital
pharmacy management and assists pharmacy management to incorporate
them into the workflow.
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the
employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job
duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise
job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.
EDUCATION
- Graduate of education program approved by the credentialing
body for the required credential(s) indicated below in the
Certifications, Licenses and Registrations section
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Must have one of the following:
- - - - - - ---- Successful completion of an ASHP-accredited
post-graduate year one (PGY1) residency training program
- - - - - - ---- Three years of pharmacist experience applicable
to the specific work setting (e.g., hospital, specialty pharmacy)
- One year of experience precepting pharmacist students and/or
pharmacy residents
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS - REQUIRED
- PHRM - Pharmacist - State Licensure -- Texas Pharmacist license
or eligible for Texas Pharmacist license within 90 days AND
- PPC- Pharmacist Preceptor Cert - State Licensure within 90 days
AND
- NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation -- For pharmacists regularly
assigned to respond to Code Blue events within 90 days AND
- IV Certification - Intravenous certification (ACPE) -- If
applicable to primary work assignment within 90 days AND
- BLS - Basic Life Support (AHA) within 90 days
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely
perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills,
competency assessments, and performance evaluations
- Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the
English language necessary to perform the essential functions of
this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or
employee safety or security
- Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians,
family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a
customer service focus and application of positive language
principles
- Exhibits strong interpersonal, teamwork and leadership skills
with all levels of the healthcare team and assures delivery of
excellent customer service to all patients, visitors, physicians
and co-workers; capable of assuming responsibility for coordinating
the activities of a major pharmacy service area
- Knowledge and skills in comprehensive pharmacy services and
rational drug therapy including unit-dose drug distribution,
intravenous admixture preparation, nutrition support services, and
target drug monitoring
- Ability to assist in the coordination and supervision of
activities of a major pharmacy service area
- Demonstrates the knowledge of advanced principles regarding
rational drug therapy, including but not limited to, professional
and technical competence in the selection, evaluation, utilization,
and distribution of drugs and drug information and apply these to
all patient groups, neonate to geriatric
- Working knowledge of medical information systems and their
design, development, and integration into clinical practice
- Proficient in all areas of pharmacy technology
- Highly organized with the ability to multi-task and work
effectively with team and stakeholders to ensure efficiency,
accuracy, and timeliness
- Computer skills to include proficiency in MS Office and EMR
softwareSUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
WORK ATTIRE
- Uniform No
- Scrubs Yes
- Business professional Yes
- Other (department approved) NoON-CALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during
emergencies (ie. DIsaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless
of selection below.
- On Call* NoTRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**
- May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area
Yes
- May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area NoCompany
Profile:Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital, scheduled to open in
the first quarter of 2025, will be Houston Methodist's ninth
hospital and will incorporate the most advanced technology
available from the day the doors open. With 100 beds (at our
opening; licensed for 276) and a prime location in the heart of the
rapidly growing U.S. 290 corridor, the hospital will be equipped
with technologically advanced innovations implemented during COVID,
many of them designed to make patient communication with
physicians, staff and families the very best and most effective in
any health care facility. Even though the hospital won't be fully
operational until 2025, we have several services and specialties
opening in 2024.Houston Methodist is an equal opportunity employer
inclusive of women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.Equal
Employment OpportunityHouston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity
Employer.Equal employment opportunity is a sound and just concept
to which Houston Methodist is firmly bound. Houston Methodist will
not engage in discrimination against or harassment of any person
employed or seeking employment with Houston Methodist on the basis
of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or
other characteristics protected by law. VEVRAA Federal Contractor -
priority referral Protected Veterans requested.
Keywords: Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital, Port Arthur , Sr Staff Pharmacist, Healthcare , Cypress, Texas
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