Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

HCA Healthcare • Kissimmee, FL

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Advanced Clinical Pharmacist focuses on critical care and coordinates and assists with developing, implementing, and maintaining clinical pharmacy programs to ensure clinical services meet the needs of the patient population and community. The role reviews medication orders and pharmacy technician work, adjusts medication dosage or schedules as appropriate under policy, and ensures medications are safely dispensed in accordance with age-specific guidelines. It also supports sterile IV admixture preparation in compliance with USP 797 standards and contributes to evaluation of clinical data, medication use, drug monographs, and clinical toolkit development.

The pharmacist oversees pharmacy distribution activities, including order receipt, product storage, controlled substances, and dispensing. The role monitors and reconciles narcotic transactions, verifies narcotics received against DEA 222 forms and wholesaler invoices, assists with physician consults, and retrieves reliable drug information. The position supports patient-centered care through respectful communication with patients, families, physicians, and the interdisciplinary team, and accurately receives, interprets, and implements physician orders.

HCA Florida Osceola Hospital is a 404-bed tertiary care hospital, a Level II Trauma Center, and a teaching hospital in collaboration with UCF College of Medicine. It provides emergency, trauma, pediatric emergency, cardiac, stroke, maternity, neonatal, behavioral health, orthopedic, and other services.

Requirements

• Graduate of a college of Pharmacy accredited by the American Council on Pharmacy Education.
• BS or Pharm.D. degree.
• Current Florida Pharmacist License or eligibility for licensure.
• Customer service abilities, including effective listening skills.
• Critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience as a pharmacist in an acute-care hospital setting or a general pharmacy practice residency is preferred.
• Board certified.

Responsibilities

• Review medication orders and the quality of technicians’ work to ensure appropriateness of drugs, dosage, route, and interactions.
• Adjust medication dosage or schedule as appropriate for the patient’s condition and according to policy.
• Ensure medications are safely dispensed in accordance with age-specific guidelines.
• Follow appropriate procedures for sterile preparation of IV admixtures in compliance with USP 797 standards.
• Participate in evaluation and analysis of clinical data and medication use, and support drug and drug-class monograph development for clinical toolkit development.
• Provide oversight of pharmacy distribution activities, including order receipt, product storage, controlled substance processes, dispensing, and related functions.
• Monitor narcotic transactions, check dispensed controlled substances, and reconcile the quantity and type of narcotics leaving the pharmacy.
• Promptly sign in narcotics received from the wholesaler and verify them against the pharmacy copy of the DEA 222 form and wholesaler invoices.
• Assist the department with physician consults as needed.
• Retrieve reliable drug information from available sources in a timely manner.
• Contribute to a patient-centered culture and quiet healing environment.
• Communicate and interact with patients, families, and others in a caring, empathetic, courteous, and respectful manner.
• Work effectively with physicians and other interdisciplinary team members to meet patient needs.
• Receive, interpret, and implement physician orders accurately and courteously; consult resources to clarify unfamiliar or questionable orders.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine benefits.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Paid time off and paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay, based on years of service.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Fertility and family-building benefits and adoption assistance.
• Life insurance and supplemental health protection plans.
• Auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level