Pharmacist Intern - Pharmacy - PRN

Description

Summary :

Prepares, compounds, and dispenses medications inaccordance to established hospital policy and procedures, State,and Federal laws, rules, and regulations under the supervision ofthe Pharmacist.

CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital CorpusChristi - Shoreline overlooking Corpus Christi Bay is the largestand foremost acute care medical facility in the region, with a fullrange of diagnostic and surgical specialty services in cardiac,cancer, and stroke care.

It is the leading emergency facility inthe area with a Level II Trauma Center in the Coastal Bend, staffedwith physicians and nurses specially trained in emergency services.

• The Pavilion and North Tower house astate-of-the-art emergency department, ICU, Cardiac Cath Lab andsurgical suites
• A teaching facility inaffiliation with the Texas A&M University System Health andScience Center College of Medicine
• AccreditedChest Pain Center
• Accredited Joint CommissionStroke Team

Responsibilities :

• Meets expectations of theapplicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies : Leader of Self, Leader ofOthers, or Leader of Leaders.
• Prepares anddispenses drug orders per physician request according toestablished policies, procedures and protocols
• Interprets drug orders (verbal and written)and transcribes / verifies into computerized patient medicationrecord accurately
• Maintains, accurate,complete patient drug record
• Compounds anddispenses pharmaceuticals including non-sterile and sterileproducts, chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition products accurately
• Issues controlled substances to patient careareas and maintains records as required by law and institutionalpolicies
• Provides services efficiently and ina timely fashion
• Maintains competencyrequired for current job title / position
• Maintains current pharmacist license
• Ensuresapplicable CE records and licensure are maintained in departmentfiles
• Attends staff meetings
• Completes all competency / skills assessmentrequirements
• Provides analysis of medicationuse processes and contributes at least one related project per year
• Supervises and directs pharmacy supportpersonnel
• Verifies the daily activities ofpharmacy technicians
• Ambulatory care
• Provides ambulatory pharmaceutical careservices utilizing approved protocols and / or collaborativeagreement with other providers, including managing patient drugtherapy, anticoagulation management, providing patient education,and preparing and / or overseeing the preparation and dispensing ofmedications
• Performs duties in the clinicalareas assigned such as but not limited to : anticoagulation clinics,intensive medical home, transition of care, Discharge Medicationreconciliation, etc
• Monitors drug therapyregimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-foodinteractions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose
• Assists with pharmacokinetics consult serviceand renal drug dosing per hospital protocol
• Reads, extracts and interprets information in patient medicalrecords accurately
• Detects and reportssuspected adverse drug reactions accurately and in a timely manner
• Sustains the hospital drug formulary,minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeuticsubstitution protocols and promoting rational drug therapyselection
• Provides clinical consultation andclarification to practitioners as appropriate
• Provides accurate, adequate and timely drug information to thehospital’s professional staff
• Provides drugeducation to patients and their families per institutional protocol
• Participates in the quality improvement andmedication use review activities of the department
• Collects data, conducts monitors andinspections and maintains logs, records and other documentation asassigned
• Conducts designated interventions asdefined in department Clinical Intervention activities (IV to PO,Renal Dosing, Pharmacokinetic dosing support, Anticoagulation)
• Baseline departmental standards for reportinginterventions for clinical productivity as defined by departmentalgoals
• Participates in antibiotic stewardship,opioid stewardship, and shortage management activities as assigned
• Attends interdisciplinary rounds whenassigned
• Provides services efficiently and ina timely fashion

JobRequirements : Education / Skills

Education / Skills

Enrolled and in good standing with an ACPEaccredited School of Pharmacy program required

Successful completion of the firstprofessional year and a minimum of 30 credit hours of work towardsa professional degree in pharmacy required

Experience

Hospital experiencepreferred

Licenses, Registrations, orCertifications

• BLSwithin 180 days required
• Registration as aPharmacist Intern in the State of practicerequired

Work Schedule : Varies

Varies

Work Type : Per Diem As Needed

Per Diem As Needed

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