Pharmacist PRN

PRN Pharmacist - South Texas Market

ScionHealth is committed to a culture of service excellence as demonstrated by our employees' adherence to the service excellence principles of Pride, Teamwork, Compassion, Integrity, Respect, Fun, Professionalism, and Responsibility.

As our most acute level of care, our specialty hospitals offer the same critical care patients receive in a traditional hospital or intensive care unit, but for an extended recovery period. Our clinicians play a vital role in the recovery process for chronic, critically ill and medically complex patients.

Responsibilities:

The Pharmacist is responsible for providing pharmaceutical services within the hospital that has a patient population ranging in age from 18 years to geriatric experiencing medically complex conditions, general medical-surgical conditions, with rehabilitation and/or wound care needs.

The Pharmacist duties include:

• Verification of medication orders for accuracy and appropriateness. Review of

• medication profiles.

• Assists in the resolution of drug therapy problems.

• Participation in medical and multidisciplinary rounds.

• Perceive and evaluate the medication information needs of patients and families, health care professionals, and other person.

• Use a systematic approach to address medication information needs by effectively searching, retrieving, and evaluating the literature and appropriately communicating and applying the information to the patient care situation.

• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, QA program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.

• Compounds, packages, labels and dispenses medications.

• Maintains proper inventory control and storage including the secure storage of

• controlled substances and inventory records.

• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in

• educational programs, current literature, in-services and workshops.

• Participates in training pharmacists, technicians, students and residents.

• Participates in education programs for pharmacy staff, attends meetings as

• required and participates on committees as needed.

• Consults with and advises healthcare providers regarding optimal and cost effective utilization of drugs. Where appropriate, documents clinical activities.

• Responsible for adherence to the Department Compliance Plan for Controlled

• substances.

• Performs dispensing and compounding functions utilizing automated technology

• Perform additional duties assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• • Ability to project a professional image.
• • Knowledge of regulatory standards and compliance requirements.
• • Working knowledge and ability to apply professional standards of practice in job situations.
• • Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• • Working knowledge of personal computer and software applications used in job functions (Word processing, graphics, databases, spreadsheets, etc.).