Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist with HCA Florida Putnam Hospital you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

About the role

The Advanced Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for providing all levels of pharmacy clinical services, including monitoring patient medication regimens, providing appropriate interventions, and supporting all aspects of pharmacy operations. Supervises Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy Students, and Pharmacy Interns.

Responsibilities

• Interpret orders and transcribes or verifies them accurately and efficiently into the pharmacy computer system
• Accurately compound and dispense pharmaceuticals
• Comply with facility policy and procedures and regulatory requirements
• Monitor drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies, and appropriateness of drug and dose
• Provide clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners; suggest appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff as needed
• Sustain the hospital formulary, minimizing nonformulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic interchanges, and promote rational drug therapy selection
• Attend and actively participate in daily multidisciplinary and bedside rounds
• Support the hospital formulary decision process by working with medical staff to promote rational drug therapy and make improvements identified by drug utilization evaluations
• Provide accurate and timely medication information to healthcare staff and patients
• Actively participate in pharmacy clinical services such as drug consults, nutrition support, pharmacokinetics, anticoagulant monitoring, pain management, IV to PO, renal dosing, and other programs as defined by Pharmacy Leadership
• Participate in the antimicrobial management and other clinical programs
• Document all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely; responsible for mentoring, education, and ongoing analysis of interventions to ensure accurate documentation and provide summary reports (if assigned)
• Support and participate in the goals of the organization’s quality improvement, risk management, and patient safety program, including National Patient Safety Goals, Core Measures, and HCAHPS medication-related initiatives
• Complete notification reports regarding medication errors and adverse drug reactions
• Participate in the data collection of drug utilization evaluations, adverse drug reactions, and pharmacy quality initiatives
• Lead the training and mentorship of pharmacists, pharmacy students, residents, technicians, nurses, and physicians
• Participate in the training of new pharmacists, pharmacy students, residents, technicians, nurses, and physicians
• Participate in preceptorship of pharmacy students and/or residents
• Maintain professional competency sufficient to meet current and future needs of the facility
• Apply knowledge of patient populations served in the care of those patients
• Provide basic technical support for automated dispensing machines and other pharmacy computer systems
• Effectively supervise pharmacy operation activities and provide support to the whole pharmacy team
• Comply with facility pharmacy schedule to work physically at patient care areas to interact with medical staff, nurses, and other members of the healthcare team
• Effectively and proactively intervene in conflicts between pharmacy and medical staff regarding drug therapy issue resolutions
• Train and participate with Disaster Team drills and real-event response as assigned
• Train and participate with Code Teams as assigned
• Obtain and maintain BLS-ACLS or PALS current certification as appropriate
• Maintain appropriate controlled substance records
• Work with the Pharmacy Director and appropriate manager to identify processes to meet or exceed all controlled substance diversion prevention and monitoring standards
• Comply with all regulatory standards; work with the Pharmacy Director to identify and develop processes to meet or exceed all regulatory standards
• Prioritize work and lead others to comply with facility medication turn-around time policy and procedure
• Identify areas for improved efficiency
• Supervise and assist pharmacy technicians and other support staff effectively
• Participate in establishing pharmacy goals and objectives and assist in their implementation
• Participate with various nursing and medical staff committees as necessary
• Act as supervisor in charge as assigned
• Participate in the continuous quality review of order sets and/or computer drug entries
• Participate in the continuous quality improvement of pharmacy operations (operational/clinical)
• Provide input for improving pharmacy computer system programs relating to pharmacy, nursing, and physician programs

Requirements

• Doctorate Degree in Pharmacy
• 3 years of experience as a pharmacist
• No travel required

Benefits

HCA Florida Putnam Hospital offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

About the facility

HCA Florida Putnam Hospital is a 99-bed acute care facility serving North Central Florida, located in Palatka, Florida. We serve the residents of Putnam County and surrounding areas with the latest technology and highly trained, empathetic professionals. Our services include:

• 10-bed intensive care unit
• 24-hour emergency department
• Cardiac catheterization laboratory
• Inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services
• A full complement of quality healthcare services while maintaining cost-effectiveness

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.