Clinical Pharmacist - Emergency Medicine - San Antonio, TX

WANDER STAFFING LLC•San Antonio, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Wander Staffing is seeking one Clinical Pharmacist specializing in Emergency Medicine to provide direct patient care, medication therapy monitoring, and emergency response support at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The position is 100% on-site. The rate is $78 per hour as a W-2 position, and the contract is described as long-term. The contract duration is between the government and Wander Staffing; employees are asked to provide 60 days’ notice if leaving. Hours follow the clinic schedule between 05:30 and 21:00. Shifts range from 8 to 12 hours, with a 30- or 60-minute unpaid lunch depending on the section and shift. The average schedule is 40 hours per week and is set by the department. Unplanned schedule changes may occur as needed with Wander Staffing’s agreement. The pharmacist may be asked to stay beyond a shift to finish patient care when leaving could put a patient’s health at risk; this does not apply to routine paperwork or end-of-shift administrative tasks. The pharmacist may rotate to other clinical pharmacist positions for which they are trained and competent. The pharmacist will assess treatment and manage medications; work with multidisciplinary teams to optimize drug therapy; assess patients in the assigned area and document recommendations, plans, interventions, and medication reconciliation; and review drug regimens for appropriate indications, dosing, allergies, interactions, laboratory monitoring, duplicate therapy, and documentation. The role also includes cost-effective medication management, monitoring therapy processes and outcomes, preventing adverse effects related to polypharmacy and high doses, staff and beneficiary education, emergency response, antibiotic stewardship, pharmacokinetic and organ-function-based dosing, patient education, and pharmacy support for discharge planning and care transitions.

Requirements

Pharm.D. degree; no substitutions or equivalencies for the education requirements.
Pharm.D. plus one of the following: ASHP-accredited PGY1 residency with BPS board certification; ASHP-accredited PGY2 residency; or ASHP-accredited PGY1 residency with three years of clinical practice experience and BPS board certification. The posting also separately lists BPS board certification as a qualification.
Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a clinical pharmacist.
BLS and ACLS; ACLS must be from the American Heart Association.
All hospital clinical experience must be recent, within the past two years post-graduation or training.
Must meet the standards of an ASHP-qualified residency preceptor within one year of hire.
Experience working in a large hospital setting.
Residency experience will not be considered for this position.
Pharmacy experience will not be considered for this position.

Responsibilities

Provide direct patient care, including treatment assessment and medication management.
Work with multidisciplinary teams to optimize drug therapy.
Evaluate patients in the assigned area daily and document pharmacy recommendations, plans, interventions, and medication reconciliation in the medical record.
Review each patient’s drug regimen for appropriate indication, dosing, allergies, potential interactions, laboratory monitoring, duplicate therapy, and medication documentation.
Manage drug use cost-effectively within the clinic and monitor the processes and outcomes of drug therapy.
Monitor for polypharmacy and high-dose dosing to help prevent adverse effects.
Provide pharmaceutical education to BAMC staff and beneficiaries as requested and support residency rotation requirements.
Respond to Level I trauma, code blue, and massive blood transfusion emergencies.
Provide medication therapy monitoring, including antibiotic stewardship, pharmacokinetic dosing, renal and hepatic dosing, and patient education.
Support discharge planning and transitions to other sites of care from a pharmacy perspective.
Potentially rotate to other clinical pharmacist positions for which the pharmacist is trained and competent.
Stay beyond the scheduled shift when necessary to complete patient care if leaving would put a patient’s health at risk; routine paperwork and end-of-shift administrative tasks are excluded.