Sterile Pharmacist

About the Role

Sterile products pharmacists ensure patient safety through clinical, pharmaceutical, operational, and regulatory knowledge of sterile products and clean rooms. In addition to traditional on-demand compounding, the Sterile Products Team prepares a wide range of products and performs end-product testing. Pharmacists provide oversight of compounding personnel, aseptic technique, compounding practices, and clean room operations. They support the missions through teaching, continuous development and improvement of compounding practices, process and product research, and evaluation/implementation of new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Assure accuracy of compounded sterile products.
• Observe and correct aseptic technique and compounding practices.
• Manage sterile compounding personnel and workflow to ensure efficient, safe, and timely delivery of compounded sterile products.
• Review and verify adult parenteral nutrition orders.
• Manage emergent orders from OR suites and critical response teams.
• Review and verify specialty medication orders and orders for assigned ambulatory infusion suites.
• Advance knowledge of regulatory requirements and trends governing compounding.
• Assure completion and documentation of all required activities.
• Provide safe, efficient, patient-centered, evidence-based medication services.
• Verify medication orders and/or dispense medications accurately according to state and federal regulations.
• Document services in a complete, accurate, and timely manner.
• Actively contribute to medication safety initiatives.
• Utilize available technology proficiently and to its full extent in their area of practice.
• Ensure all pharmacy operations comply with national accreditation standards.
• Maintain professional interactions with patients to facilitate successful patient experiences.
• Direct staff appropriately to provide safe and efficient care.
• Maintain professional working relationships with all caregivers.
• Promote a positive work environment by providing constructive ideas and feedback to improve services and the department.
• Utilize time and resources effectively.
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work unsupervised or with minimal supervision.
• Work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Requirements

• Texas Pharmacy licensure and/or professional certification required.
• Must pass a pre-employment criminal background check.
• May be subject to a credentialing process; must maintain credentialed status, if applicable.
• Must maintain certification status.