Clinical Services Pharmacist

Description Summary: All pharmacists fill orders for drugs, monitor patient drug therapies and provide drug information. Pharmacists provide pharmacy services with compassion, excellence, and efficiency. CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline overlooking Corpus Christi Bay is the largest and foremost acute care medical facility in the region, with a full range of diagnostic and surgical specialty services in cardiac, cancer, and stroke care. It is the leading emergency facility in the area with a Level II Trauma Center in the Coastal Bend, staffed with physicians and nurses specially trained in emergency services. The Pavilion and North Tower house a state-of-the-art emergency department, ICU, Cardiac Cath Lab and surgical suites A teaching facility in affiliation with the Texas A&M University System Health and Science Center College of Medicine Accredited Chest Pain Center Accredited Joint Commission Stroke Team Responsibilities: • Operational Duties and Responsibilities • Prepares and dispenses drug orders per physician request according to established policies, procedures, and protocols. • Compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals including non-sterile and sterile products, chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition products accurately. • Issues controlled substances to patient care areas and maintains records as required by law and institutional policies. • Attends staff meetings. • Supervises and directs pharmacy support personnel. Verifies the daily activities of pharmacy technicians • Ambulatory care Pharmacist: Provides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services utilizing approved protocols and/or collaborative agreement with other providers, including managing patient drug therapy, anticoagulation management, providing patient education, and preparing and/or overseeing the preparation and dispensing of medications. Performs duties in the clinical areas assigned such as but not limited to anticoagulation clinics, intensive medical home, transition of care, Discharge Medication reconciliation, etc. Clinical Duties and Responsibilities • Ensures safe, appropriate, cost-effective drug therapies for patients according to established policies, procedures, and protocols. • Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose. • Assists with pharmacokinetics consult service and renal drug dosing per hospital protocol. • Reads, extracts, and interprets information in patient medical records accurately. • Sustains the hospital drug formulary, minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols, and promoting rational drug therapy selection. • Provides accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to the hospital’s professional staff. • Participates in the quality improvement and medication use review activities of the department. Collects data, conducts monitors and inspections, and maintains logs, records and other documentation as assigned. • Occupational Hazards • Potential for exposure to hazardous and toxic substances (including chemotherapeutic, cytotoxic drugs and cleaning solutions), sticks or cuts by needles and other sharp items. • Risk 0 exposure category. • Potential exposure to biologic material when participating in direct patient care activities (e.g., Education/Skills Doctor of Pharmacy or BS Pharmacy degree required. Experience Hospital experience preferred. Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications Pharmacy registration in the State of practice. Must have pharmacy State licensure within 60 days of start date. Work Schedule: Varies Work Type: Full Time EEO is the law - click below for more information:

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