Inpatient Pharmacist

Job Summary

The Pharmacy Division at UT MD Anderson is committed to ensuring safe, effective, and cost-conscious medication use. We collaborate with healthcare professionals to achieve optimal drug therapy outcomes through innovative patient care, research, and education. We are a leading division in delivering premier, patient-centered care by embracing change, leveraging new technologies, maximizing resources, and fostering a culture of caring.

About the Role

We are seeking a licensed Pharmacist with a Pharm.D. or Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy. The ideal candidate possesses strong clinical knowledge and a commitment to patient-centered care, preferably within an ambulatory oncology setting. While hospital pharmacy experience (6 months or more) is preferred, the candidate must excel in accuracy, communication, and collaboration within a multidisciplinary team. This role involves a dayshift schedule from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday through Friday.

Why Join the Inpatient Pharmacy Team?

• Dynamic, collaborative environment with direct impact on patient outcomes.
• Work alongside multidisciplinary healthcare providers.
• Apply clinical expertise at the point of care.
• Contribute to high-quality, evidence-based treatment in a fast-paced hospital setting.
• Opportunities for professional growth, advanced clinical practice, and meaningful impact.

Core Pharmaceutical Services

• Reviews, clarifies, and processes medication orders accurately and in a timely manner.
• Ensures appropriateness of ordered medications considering disease state, BSA, age, height, weight, lab values, and renal function.
• Utilizes computer resources and clinical information systems for medication order entry, verification, distribution, checking, and reconciliation.
• Performs and documents therapeutic interventions as appropriate.
• Actively participates in event reporting using UHC Safety Intelligence.

Pharmacy Area Supervision / Responsibilities / Administrative / Systems-Based Practice

• Provides supervision of immediate technical staff, assigning and overseeing daily tasks, monitoring breaks, and ensuring adherence to policies.
• Ensures all tasks and assignments are completed in a timely manner to maintain optimal workflow and patient care.
• Maintains a clean and organized work area.
• Monitors inventory and supplies, notifying appropriate personnel of shortages.
• Oversees the compounding of sterile and non-sterile admixtures.
• Completes assigned Quality Assurance and productivity reports.
• Researches and monitors problems, initiating corrective actions.
• Consistently provides input and suggestions for process improvement.
• Maintains all institutional and divisional requirements for licensure, mandatory education, and testing (e.g., Infection Control, Age-related competencies, Code Blue, BLS, TB testing, IV process validation).
• Develops, implements, and/or supports special projects.

Clinical / Patient Care

• Actively participates in clinical initiatives (e.g., discharge counseling, medication reconciliation, renal dose adjustments).
• Conducts and documents patient education as appropriate.
• Documents patient-specific information in the electronic medical record.

Other Duties

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy or Pharm.D. degree from an accredited college of pharmacy.
• Experience: Preferred: Six months of experience in a hospital pharmacy.
• Licenses and Certifications: Registered Pharmacist (RPH) Texas State Board of Pharmacy (required within 90 days), Basic Life Support (BLS) American Heart Association (AHA) (required within 30 days), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) American Heart Association (AHA) (required within 90 days for specific departments).

Benefits and Perks

• Careers built on care, growth, and balance.
• Comprehensive benefits package starting day one.
• Paid employee medical benefits (zero premium) for employees working 30+ hours/week.
• Group Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability coverage.
• Paid time off (PTO) and Extended Illness Bank (EIB).
• Paid institutional holidays, wellness leave, childcare leave, and other paid leave programs.
• Tuition Assistance Program after six months of service.
• Teachers Retirement System defined-benefit pension plan and voluntary retirement plans.
• Employer-paid life, AD&D, and illness-related reduced salary pay program.
• Extensive wellness, recognition, fitness, employee health programs, and employee resource groups.

Key Skills/Competency

• Inpatient Pharmacist
• Pharmacy Operations
• Medication Management
• Clinical Pharmacy
• Patient Care
• Drug Therapy
• Medication Reconciliation
• Therapeutic Interventions
• ASHP Accreditation
• Oncology Pharmacy