Inpatient Staff Pharmacists - San Antonio, TX
About The Position
Wander Staffing is seeking seven Inpatient Staff Pharmacists to support patient care at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The role involves reviewing inpatient medication orders, preparing and dispensing medications, and working with multidisciplinary care teams to optimize drug therapy. The position is 100% on-site at BAMC, with possible rotation to ambulatory or inpatient pharmacy sites to meet staffing needs. The inpatient pharmacy operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Shifts range from 8 to 12 hours and include 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 when needed, with Wander Staffing’s agreement. This is a long-term W2 contract position paying $76 per hour. The contract duration is between the government and Wander Staffing. Employees who need to leave are asked to provide 60 days’ notice.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from an ACPE-accredited college or university; no substitutions or equivalencies are accepted.
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a pharmacist.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- At least one year of inpatient pharmacy experience within the two years following graduation.
- Experience working in a large hospital setting.
- Only inpatient and directly relevant clinical experience will be accepted; residency experience and other pharmacy experience will not be considered.
Responsibilities
- Work with multidisciplinary teams to optimize drug therapy.
- Determine the substance, strength, dosage, and quantity to dispense in accordance with accepted practice and pharmacy standard operating procedures.
- Receive and review prescriptions for formulary pharmaceuticals, including controlled drugs.
- Perform advanced pharmaceutical calculations to prepare IV admixtures and complex parenteral nutrition solutions using body surface area and creatinine clearance formulas.
- Obtain medications, prepare labels, visually inspect medications before dispensing, and compare printed labels with original prescriptions.
- Review and interpret inpatient medication orders, screening dosage, route, frequency, potential interactions, and allergies.
- Perform medication distribution, including preparing and/or verifying, labeling, compounding, and dispensing medications.
- Follow established procedures for quality assurance, controlled-substance security, and hazardous medication disposal.
- Help orient, instruct, and train pharmacy technicians, residents, pharmacists, and other health professionals.
- May be assigned as the shift Code Responder and respond to code blues during that shift.
- May rotate between ambulatory or inpatient pharmacy sites to cover staffing needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
