Clinical Staff Pharmacist - NICU (Days)

Job Description

We are searching for a Clinical Staff Pharmacist for the NICU - someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will manage and promote activities appropriate to ensure a safe and effective medication use process and assist in direct patient care activities to promote optimal drug therapy and resolve medication use problems in a manner developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served (0-adult). Also, to perform a registered pharmacist's duties as defined by Hospital.

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Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Actively participates in multi-disciplinary rounds with medical specialty service.
• Ensures the appropriateness of all medication doses in reference to the patient's diagnosis, clinical status, weight / body surface area, allergies, and drug interactions.
• Identifies patients with special needs and oversees coordination of activities to ensure proper delivery of drug therapy.
• Performs outcome-directed therapeutic drug monitoring for patients according to guidelines.
• Monitors therapy for drug, drug-nutrient, drug-laboratory interactions and discusses interactions with appropriate health care professionals to help ensure patient safety.
• Performs outcome-directed pharmacokinetic monitoring for patients according to guidelines and discusses recommendations with appropriate medical professionals to help provide the best care for the patient.
• Accurately verifies medication orders in the electronic medical record.
• Ensures a safe medication use process.
• Participates in the education of patients, care givers, and the community.
• Supports patient safety systems.
• Completes intervention documentation in the electronic medical record according to guidelines.
• Performs and documents patient profile review according to guidelines.
• Performs and documents discharge prescription review according to guidelines.
• Enforces the non-formulary medication guidelines.
• Checks all available means of communication including e-mail, mailbox, and voice mail every shift.
• Ensures a work environment that is clean, neat, and organized according to departmental standards.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Skills & Requirements

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Since 1954, Texas Children's has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children's hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city's Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children's comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics / gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children's Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children's care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children's Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children's Health Plan, the nation's first HMO focused on children; Texas Children's Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children's Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children's Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

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