Pharmacist

About the Role

Join St. David's Medical Center as a Pharmacist and be part of an organization dedicated to giving back to the community. Last year, HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours in volunteer work. We are looking for an enthusiastic Pharmacist to help us reach our goals and unlock your potential.

Benefits

St. David's Medical Center offers a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your health, life, career, and retirement. This includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with low copays and prescription drug benefits.
• Free telemedicine services and AirMed medical transportation.
• Life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, and supplemental health protection plans.
• Auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, and legal counseling.
• Long-term care coverage, moving assistance, and pet insurance.
• Free counseling services for emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 10% discount.
• Family support through fertility and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for various needs (childcare, eldercare, pet care, etc.).
• Consumer discounts and retirement readiness services.
• Education assistance including tuition, student loans, and certification support.
• Colleague recognition program and Time Away From Work Program.
• Employee Health Assistance Fund for eligible colleagues.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Job Summary And Qualifications

As a Pharmacist, you will be responsible for monitoring, evaluating, and recommending pharmaceutical strategies to ensure the appropriate and effective use of medications for patient care. You will interact with patients and healthcare providers to ensure compliance with current standards of practice and facilitate continuity of care to achieve optimal patient outcomes through safe, timely, and cost-effective pharmaceutical services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Interpret medication orders and transcribe them into the computer system.
• Accurately and effectively provide medication therapy.
• Accurately compound and dispense pharmaceuticals.
• Monitor drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies, and appropriateness of drug and dose.
• Suggest appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic medication alternatives to medical staff.
• Sustain the hospital formulary, minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic interchanges, and promoting rational drug therapy selection.
• Assist with clinical services such as drug consults, nutrition support, pharmacokinetics, anticoagulant monitoring, pain management, IV to PO, renal dosing, and other programs as defined by Pharmacy Leadership.
• Complete notification reports regarding medication errors and adverse drug reactions.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD).
• One year of hospital experience – preferred.
• Current Pharmacist license with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy (TSBP).
• Sterile Products (IV) Certification through the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) within 60 days of hire.

About St. David's Medical Center

St. David’s Medical Center, part of St. David’s HealthCare, is a comprehensive medical facility with three locations: St. David’s Medical Center, Heart Hospital of Austin, and St. David’s Georgetown Hospital. Located in Central Austin, St. David’s Medical Center features a 371-bed acute care hospital and a 64-bed rehabilitation hospital, offering a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services. The hospital is recognized for its full spectrum of women's services, including a Level IV maternity unit and a high-risk maternal and neonatal transport team. It also boasts the region’s largest Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The facility includes a 24-hour emergency department and a comprehensive stroke center. St. David’s Medical Center specializes in treating high-acuity surgical patients and is home to the esteemed Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute. The hospital is an ANCC Magnet® recognized facility.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® and has a strong commitment to charitable care.

Key skills/competency

• Pharmacist
• Medication Therapy Management
• Drug Interactions
• Hospital Pharmacy
• Patient Care
• Clinical Services
• Formulary Management
• Medication Errors
• Pharmaceutical Compounding
• Pharmacy Operations