Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Emergency Dept

At HCA Florida Ocala Hospital, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

About the role

The Advanced Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for providing all levels of pharmacy clinical services, including an advanced level of consultative or direct pharmaceutical care as a member of the health care team in the trauma and/or critical care setting. This role involves monitoring patient medication regimens, providing appropriate interventions, and supporting all aspects of pharmacy operations. The practitioner collaborates with physicians, nurses, and other health professionals to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate pharmacotherapy to ensure effective, safe, and economical patient care.

This position may require working at Ocala Regional Medical Center, West Marion Community Hospital, or The Free Standing Emergency Departments as needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop, promote, maintain, and evaluate patient care services to achieve appropriate care standards, quality improvement, and cost savings.
• Review non-formulary requests and provide overall formulary management for critical care and trauma areas.
• Assume an active role in multi-disciplinary teams and committees such as Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Medication Safety Team, or other clinical task teams.
• Provide clinical pharmacy services to patients in the ICU and/or Trauma areas.
• Assist the Clinical Pharmacy Manager in developing the clinical goals of the Pharmacy department.
• Maintain an active role in Medication Utilization Evaluation and Adverse Drug Reaction reporting.
• Support staff in the Pharmacy department and provide help and assistance when possible.
• Interpret orders and transcribe or verify them accurately and efficiently into the pharmacy computer system.
• Accurately compound and dispense pharmaceuticals.
• 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 non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic interchanges, and promoting 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.
• Support and participate in the goals of the organization’s quality improvement, risk management, and patient safety programs.
• 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.
• Train and participate in the education 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.
• 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 the 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 4-year Bachelor Degree or Pharm.D. required.
• Florida Pharmacist License required.
• BLS certification required.
• ACLS certification required.
• 2–5 years of pharmacy experience required.
• Residency preferred.
• 5+ years of pharmacy experience preferred.

Benefits

HCA Florida Ocala 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.