CICU Clinical Pharmacist

Status: Full Time (Day Shift)

Hours: Monday-Friday (7:00am-3:30pm)

General Description:

The Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for the implementation and provision of clinical pharmacy services to improve and enhance patient care. This position serves the newly built CICU units in addition to the central pharmacy

Responsibilities:

• Performs order verification for the designated units. Participates in patient care rounds with multi-disciplinary healthcare team in the assigned areas to provide pharmacy services. Works closely with all Pharmacy and Unit(s) personnel to assure safe, accurate, timely, and efficient delivery of patient care. Acts as a liaison between the pharmacy and the medical and nursing staff for issues pertaining to clinical pharmacy services. Participates in the orientation and training of new pharmacy employees as needed. Serves as a preceptor for College of Pharmacy students and PGY1 Pharmacy Residents at Driscoll Children's Hospital. Performs a variety of activities (policy/protocol development, order set development, medication use evaluation, medication build testing, etc.) and duties as assigned to meet the routine and urgent needs the department.

Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor’s degree (BPharm) from an accredited college of pharmacy Texas Pharmacist license Texas Preceptor license preferred A minimum of one to two years of hospital pharmacy practice experience preferred OR Completion of a Pharmacy Residency Program is preferred Pediatric or Cardiac experience strongly preferred
• BLS, PALS, or ACLS preferred