Clinical Pharmacist

Position Summary / Responsibilities

• Provides clinical and distributive services for Neonatal through Adult patients in accordance with JCAHO, OSHA, Medicare/Medicaid standards and Texas State Board of Pharmacy Rules and Regulations. Dispenses and labels drugs or devices, selects drugs and reviews drug utilization, stores prescription drugs and devices and maintains drug records in a pharmacy. Advises or consults when necessary or required by law about therapeutic value, content, hazard, or use of drugs and devices, or offering or performing the services and transactions necessary to operate a pharmacy. Implements decisions set forth by the P&T Committee as written in the Hospital Formulary and complies with Health System policies and procedures with regard to the dispensing, maintaining.  

• EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

        A Pharm.D. Degree or a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy is required.  Completion of an ASHP-accredited Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency or equivalent experience (3 years in hospital pharmacy) strongly preferred.

Licensure / Certification

• Current Pharmacy and Pharmacy Preceptor, or eligibility for license, in the state of Texas is required.

Why Join University Health?

• University Health is a large academic referral center which includes designations of Comprehensive Stroke Center, HeartCARE Center, Level 1 Trauma Center for Adults and Pediatrics, Level 4 NICU, Level 4 Maternal Care, ECMO services for adult and pediatric populations with an ELSO Gold Level Award, the leading liver transplant program in the country, and an IDSA Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence
• University Health has also been named in the USA Today Top Workplaces for the last five consecutive years
• The Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist will join a team of 15 full-time critical care pharmacists and 2 pharmacy residents caring for patients in five discrete adult ICUs
• Professional opportunities include precenting PGY1 and PGY2 critical care and emergency medicine residents, research, quality improvement, protocol development, meeting travel, and providing high level care in collaboration with multiple critical care disciplines